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Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was the target of a No. 24 lawsuit this week accusing him of sexual misconduct during massage appointments.
On Tuesday, The New York Times published a bomb report on allegations against Watson, including that his former team, the Houston Texans, may have allowed the behavior of the star quarterback.
The Times reported that the Texans provided “the site Watson used for some of the dating” and provided her with a confidentiality agreement after a woman threatened to make her allegations public in 2020.
Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry on the left, new quarterback Deshaun Watson, center and head coach Kevin Stefanski pose for a photo during a press conference at the training facilities the team on March 25, 2022 in Berea, Ohio. (Photo by AP / Ron Schwane)
Following the final details, questions are circulating about Watson’s status for the upcoming NFL season, and a former NFL executive and NFL informant has questioned whether Watson will hit the field in 2022.
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“This one bothers me,” Andrew Brandt, a former Green Bay Packers receptionist and “Monday Morning Quarterback” contributor to The Pat McAfee Show, said Wednesday.
“Because I can sign a guy who may have had character issues or bad things happened to him in his life as a player on your team. Just one player. But the Browns made him the face of the franchise. The Browns They gave him the best contract in football history. The Browns gave him the safest contract in football.
“Is that something like that, really? Is that the face of the Browns?”
Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) calls a play with the attack during the team’s organized activities at the CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on May 25, 2022 in Berea, Ohio. (Ken Blaze / USA Today Sports)
At the annual league meeting in March, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Watson could still face league punishment, even after two Texas grand jurors refused to charge Watson. for criminal charges.
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“And with Trevor Bauer’s two-year suspension, with new information, dribbles and drums coming out almost every day, it’s hard for me to see him enter the field this year,” Brandt said. “I do. I just think, really?
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Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) throws a pass during team activities at the CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on May 25, 2022 in Berea, Ohio. (Ken Blaze / USA Today Sports)
“The NFL is trying to attract women. The precedent of the NFL [Ben] Roethlisberger, precedent of Ezekiel Elliott, precedent of the indefinite suspension of Ray Rice after the video … Will they put him on the field this year? Even for a couple of games? It’s hard for me to see right now. “
Watson was traded to the Cleveland Browns of the Houston Texans in March, and the Browns gave Watson a historic, fully guaranteed 5-year, $ 230 million contract to accept the change.
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Watson and his lawyer have denied the allegations.
Joe Morgan is a sports journalist for Fox News.