Off-season thoughts (Vol. XXXVII) 

While Browns Nation waits -- almost, but not quite -- breathlessly for the verdict to finally arrive regarding Deshaun Watson's availability this season, a couple of quarterback-related items with ties to the Browns occupy their time.

In no particular order, the Arizona Cardinals have made Kyler Murray just a tad wealthier than Watson with a multi-year contract that will pay him $46.1 million a season once it kicks in two years from now. That point one is exactly point one more million than Watson will earn in the next five seasons.

This modern world of oneupmanship from a money standpoint gives Murray bragging rights until . . . well . . . until Lamar Jackson beats that when he and the Baltimore Ravens agree to terms on his new contract in the very near future. 

And then Jackson will be eclipsed in 2023 when Joe Burrow and the notoriously cheap Cincinnati Bengals decide southern Ohio is where he belongs and they -- probably reluctantly -- open the vault, shedding that penurious reputation.

So much for bragging rights.

Watson, who reported to training camp Friday, doesn't really care what the others get. He's laughing all the way to the bank with owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam III dropping (foolishly in the eyes of just about every National Football League owner) a fully-guaranteed $230 million in his lap.

Meanwhile . . . the Browns Friday announced the signing of veteran journeyman quarterback Josh Rosen, making Cleveland his sixth stop in five seasons as he wends his way through the National Football League.

The main goal for the former first-round pick by the Cardinals in 2018 is to play well enough in training camp and the exhibition season for the Browns to make current third-stringer Josh Dobbs an ex-Brown and be ready in the event Jacoby Brissett, who will start after Watson is suspended, either falters or is hurt.

There is a reason Rosen has bounced around the NFL. He was the third of five quarterbacks selected in the opening round of that draft and is easily the most disappointing after a stellar career at UCLA. His only consistency is his inconsistency at each of his first stops.

The Browns will find out soon enough why. He is what his résumé says he is: A puzzle still looking for the right answers. The Browns apparently hope head coach Kevin Stefanski, considered by some a quarterback whisperer, can unlock the mystery.

It's a never-ending search by Rosen to revive a career that never really got off the ground. He's got the arm and pocket awareness as a strictly dropback passer. His biggest flaw, it seems, is a lack of mobility to sustain plays.