The NFL and Deshaun Watson agreed to a settlement Thursday, bringing that saga to a close. It was announced that Watson has been suspended for 11 games and fined $5 million. However, the suspension does not begin until Aug. 30, leaving a couple weeks for Watson to continue getting some work with the team.

After the news broke, Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski announced that Watson will not play in either of the team's final two preseason games, according to NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport.

Stefanski talked about this being Jacoby Brissett's team now. Brissett will presumably get all of the work in practice with the first-team offense. But it might have made some sense for the Browns to still get Watson some with the first team and maybe even play in the preseason.

Once Deshaun Watson's suspension begins on Aug. 30, he isn barred from team facilities until Oct. 10. However, he still cannot practice at that time. He can be at the team facility but cannot practice until Nov. 14. That leaves only a couple of weeks for Watson to get ready to play in Week 13 against the Houston Texans.

Cleveland likely was making the decision to save face. The faster they can get Watson out of the public eye, the better for their image. Just keeping him from playing in any preseason games will mostly accomplish that. But it's interesting to see the Browns make a solid decision based on morals when they traded for Watson with 22 civil lawsuits pending.