Deshaun Watson Suspended 11 games (Updated)

[NCPATSFAN1971]

"Browns owner Jimmy Haslam also said he’d make the trade again and that they strongly believe Watson deserves a chance to “rehabilitate himself” as a member of the team. Watson continued to maintain his innocence at his own press conference on Thursday, which calls into question whether that’s something the quarterback has any interest in doing in the days, weeks, months, and years to come."

Browns: We would make same decisions on Deshaun Watson knowing what we know now

When the Browns traded for Deshaun Watson and gave him a fully-guaranteed contract earlier this year, the team was adamant that they had fully vetted the sexual misconduct allegations against Watson and that they were comfortable moving forward with him as their quarterback.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

Absolutelty tone deaf ownership IMO.

 

[Captain Cliche]

That kind of points out one more reason why he really is a sick fuk. What he did deserved a swift punch to the junk, if not a stab, but massage therapists are healers so that's about the last thing they'd do. He could have just found himself a prostitute (or 43), but it's clear the lack of consent is one thing that he got off on.

Exactly.
I watched an interview with a sexual predator/serial killer. He told the psychiatrists he killed his victims so he wouldn't get caught. The commentator said that was BS. He killed his victims because that's how he got off.

 

[Bill Lee]

Absolutelty tone deaf ownership IMO.

Agree 100%.

 

[Jlaff]

Was talking to someone who works in the NYC crypto industry who recently returned from a bachelor's party in Costa Rica.
A development in the bachelor party industry apparently is renting all-inclusive villas in Costa Rica that come with turn-key hookers.
As the story goes, the financial geek's villa was next to a villa filled with NFL players from a NFC North team.....and in a moment of neighborly hospitality, the NFLers invited the crypto geeks over to booze and see first-hand the off-field world of NFL stars up close and in action.
(A couple of big names I might add)

Anyway, no word if Roger's "investigators" are honing in on this group or if he only targets paid-in-full US masseuses unaffiliated with geriatric owners.

I've heard similar stories. As a labourer before university I met a guy who was the biggest Eli Manning fan because Eli would hire him every year to work on his summer hooker cruises.

 

[BaconGrundleCandy]

Holy moly lol

 

[Bill Lee]

Exactly.
I watched an interview with a sexual predator/serial killer. He told the psychiatrists he killed his victims so he wouldn't get caught. The commentator said that was BS. He killed his victims because that's how he got off.

The thing no one is bringing into the discussion is now that it's clear the player is in denial, what are the odds of him doing it again, despite him being told he can only use team-approved massage therapists? Or it can escalate to even worse behavior?

He has this strong pattern of behavior and now sees there are only minor ramifications for his actions. He'll be watched a lot more closely, which means his urges will be more difficult to address, which means he'll be even more motivated to push the issue any chance he gets. This could end up being a lot more ugly than it already is.

NFL and CLE think they're dodging a bullet, but I think the root cause isn't being addressed so I think there will be future incidents that will occur that will be even harder to address than this one.

 

[Bill Lee]

 

[Deus Irae]

They're not going to have him play in any more exhibition games, either.

Stefanski said that Jacoby Brissett will start against the Eagles on Sunday and that Watson will not play at all in either of the final two games.

Deshaun Watson won't play again in preseason - ProFootballTalk

 

[VectorPrime]

“Watson is very sorry that the graphic details contained within the completely false allegations leveled against him may have upset the delicate sensibilities of women all over the world who were exposed to such duplicitous falsehoods in the news coverage.” - basically the NFL, NFLPA, Browns, Watson’s agent, and Watson himself.

 

[Bill Lee]

"He issued a statement" -- what a joke.

The Browns PR department issued a statement.

He issued more than onto a massage therapist.

 

[PatsFan2]

Its' their QB crying its' their QB.

 

[VectorPrime]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a PR press release debunked in real time by the person who allegedly wrote said PR press release but here we are.

 

[PatsFan2]

You can't make these things up the Owner is keeping it real: way to go out of a limb with 1 Mill.

 

[BaconGrundleCandy]

 

[Bill Lee]

This strategy works, if and only if you assume he doesn't do it again, or does something worse...

 

[PatsFan2]

Watson banned 11 games, maintains innocence

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has been suspended for 11 games and fined $5 million after a settlement between the NFL and the NFL Players Association.

www.espn.com

Is it 6 or 11 Games?? That Browns game is definitely a Win yess!

 

[PatsFan2]

Browns fans after the recent ruling.

 

[Sicilian]

They're not going to have him play in any more exhibition games, either.




Deshaun Watson won't play again in preseason - ProFootballTalk

Good PR move, but also good to give reps to the QB who's going to start for 2/3 of your season.

 

[XLIX]

The NFL has discovered - perhaps inadvertently - a new form of the news cycle. Normally controversial news gets released on Fridays, but now I think the best thing for a sports league to do is announce bad news during the LLWS because that's all that ESPN shows and talks about during the month of August.

 

[Bill Lee]