Football is supposed to be fun.

And if you live in Cleveland or Northeast Ohio, Browns football is supposed to be fun.

But this isn’t fun – not at all, not in the least bit – as the Browns open training camp.

I can never remember the start of a Browns training camp like this. In the past, there was always great anticipation for the beginning of camp. Football was back – Browns football, that is – and all was right with the world again.

Not this time, though, and it all goes back to the trade with the Houston Texans to get Deshaun Watson.

I don’t care about the three first-round picks in the NFL Draft the Browns gave up in the deal, or that they are paying him $230 million in guaranteed money. If the Browns are convinced that he’s the real deal as their franchise quarterback, then he’s worth all that – and then some. Quarterback is the most important position in team sports, and you’ve got to have a good one to have a good chance.

But what I am having a big problem coming to grips with – and probably a lot of you, too, are having a big problem coming to grips with – is that the Browns are trying to do it with a guy whose character is highly suspect, to put it mildly. Yes, the face of the franchise for our team is, in the court of public opinion for many, a pervert.

A pervert!

A pervert!!

A pervert!!!

Yikes!

You’ve got to be kidding me!

Fun?

How in the world is any of that fun?

How?!

Tell me.

Steve King