Have the Briwns had some pieces? Yes. But the perception around the league has been predicated on guys like OBJ who haven't done well in the environment of Cleveland while it was expected that young players would develop in ways they haven't.
Cleveland for a while has overestimated the amount of talent they had while under estimating the importance of team chemistry. There's been sideshow there pretty consistently that have held the team back. Maybe Watson fixes that, but hampering their ability to improve their roster much from here us quite a gamble. They are tryingbto swing fir the fences like the Rams, but that's a team that had been to a Super Bowl under McVay and that wasn't a constant sideshow thst is somehow hoping to get fixed by a guy with Watsons issues.