The Deshaun Watson Discussion Thread

[Bronco Billy]

Geez, watching TC footage of Watson is more like watching a perp walk than football, with him wearing his hoodie covering his face. His jersey isn’t for sale in the team store and he’s getting time at S right now since he’s listed as the QB4 on the team.

Denver officially pulled out of the Watson trade talks yesterday. With all this circus going on and all the unsettled legal issues and ongoing criminal investigation, I’m wondering how he isn’t on the Commissioners exempt list right now. Guilty or not guilty, these are really bad optics and a black eye right now.

[FantasyFreak]

Geez, watching TC footage of Watson is more like watching a perp walk than football, with him wearing his hoodie covering his face. His jersey isn’t for sale in the team store and he’s getting time at S right now since he’s listed as the QB4 on the team.

Denver officially pulled out of the Watson trade talks yesterday. With all this circus going on and all the unsettled legal issues and ongoing criminal investigation, I’m wondering how he isn’t on the Commissioners exempt list right now. Guilty or not guilty, these are really bad optics and a black eye right now.

No doubt. It's way too risky for a team to be moving 3 firsts and change for him. The possibility of jail time has entered the equation. Could it be a ploy to gain leverage in the civil cases? Maybe, but no one here is in a position to say that definitively, and that would also expose these women to charges themselves if they give false reports. I agree that the NFL is looking bad on this. The explanation that it was because it was all civil cases has been thrown out the window. It should be interesting to see what they do as the season approaches.

[mild]

One of the accusers went live on a talk show today, too... bad, bad optics.

[Pew Dogs]

Does anyone have any idea why a Bing search of "Houston Texans Rumors" would list Deshaun Watson as a FORMER player?

https://www.bing.com/search?q=houston+t ... 40B56E8D24

[CGW]

Does anyone have any idea why a Bing search of "Houston Texans Rumors" would list Deshaun Watson as a FORMER player?

https://www.bing.com/search?q=houston+t ... 40B56E8D24

Click bait would be my assumption. Like 99% of other articles you will find on the subject.

[Shoreline Steamers]

Does anyone have any idea why a Bing search of "Houston Texans Rumors" would list Deshaun Watson as a FORMER player?

https://www.bing.com/search?q=houston+t ... 40B56E8D24

Maybe because it's just a rumor? IDK...

What I do know is it seems they're pretending he has a foot injury so he isn't actually injured in camp. Roger should just put him on the exempt list so the Texans don't have to play games before they can trade him down the road.

[Ice]

Not sure why the Texans would want him on the exempt list. He still gets paid on that list.

[Pullo Vision]

Does anyone have any idea why a Bing search of "Houston Texans Rumors" would list Deshaun Watson as a FORMER player?

https://www.bing.com/search?q=houston+t ... 40B56E8D24

Wanna have fun? Click on Watson's name in Bing and figure out why Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers... and Luka Doncic (?!) are associated with Watson ("explore more" section). Along with some baseball player called Frazier. Surely, one of them must be on the verge of getting traded for Watson?...

[JTLoh]

....He still gets paid on that list.

This is the NFL's huge dilemma, and why he isn't on the list, yet.
Has 110M guaranteed.
With depositions not even scheduled until 2022, this could easily drag on for a few years.
Scheduled to make 35M in 2023. He could just drag out his civil cases and get PAID.

[Bronco Billy]

....He still gets paid on that list.

This is the NFL's huge dilemma, and why he isn't on the list, yet.
Has 110M guaranteed.
With depositions not even scheduled until 2022, this could easily drag on for a few years.
Scheduled to make 35M in 2023. He could just drag out his civil cases and get PAID.

I’d be pretty certain that there is some kind of morals clause in the body of the contract. If so, there’s a real possibility if the allegations turn out to be even partially true that HOU could severe the contract and quite possibly seek to recover some previously paid compensation.

[Ice]

....He still gets paid on that list.

This is the NFL's huge dilemma, and why he isn't on the list, yet.
Has 110M guaranteed.
With depositions not even scheduled until 2022, this could easily drag on for a few years.
Scheduled to make 35M in 2023. He could just drag out his civil cases and get PAID.

I’d be pretty certain that there is some kind of morals clause in the body of the contract. If so, there’s a real possibility if the allegations turn out to be even partially true that HOU could severe the contract and quite possibly seek to recover some previously paid compensation.

Houston's goal today is to trade him ASAP is my guess.

The NFL can't really do much at this point based on speculation but they haven't been the most consistent on matters so who really knows.

Maybe the Philly rumors will happen.

[thebeast]

Does anyone have any idea why a Bing search of "Houston Texans Rumors" would list Deshaun Watson as a FORMER player?

https://www.bing.com/search?q=houston+t ... 40B56E8D24

Why are you using Bing?

[Plank]

Does anyone have any idea why a Bing search of "Houston Texans Rumors" would list Deshaun Watson as a FORMER player?

https://www.bing.com/search?q=houston+t ... 40B56E8D24

Why are you using Bing?

[Anteaters]

Does anyone have any idea why a Bing search of "Houston Texans Rumors" would list Deshaun Watson as a FORMER player?

https://www.bing.com/search?q=houston+t ... 40B56E8D24

Why are you using Bing?

Disclaimer: I use the big G less than 25% of the time. There really isn't any secret sauce in the SE area these days. There hasn't been a big SE breakthrough in a while, and until there is all the top dogs are equally alpha in results, if not monetization.

[FantasyFreak]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/a- ... ar-AANipJM

Grand jury investigation launched.