Stinkin Ref
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do you honestly think a team would trade for this guy.....?....would you really want the GM of your favorite team to trade for this guy and bring him in as the new face of your franchise.....because thats what QB's are, especially the really good ones....and at what it would cost.....and not knowing if after you trade if some other women come out and you go through all this again.....what GM is going to hang his hat and career on that kind of deal.....it would be the kind of move you are tied to forever....I think the "teams will do whatever if they think it will help them win" is overblown sometimes and doesn't really apply here....again this isn't a one off thing where he had a bad night out drinking or a DV thing with his wife or he was involved in something like Vick was.....this has a creepy vibe to it that will make people feel uncomfortable no matter how talented he is......not only is it creepy but if true it actually shows a great deal of stupidity, repeated bad decision making and not being in touch with reality......if I am a GM this is a hard pass....plenty of other places I can hang my hat.....this ain't one of them....It's probably going to take awhile but I'm holding out slim hope he settles and this is wrapped up before the draft so he can be traded but seems unlikely.
I would forget about criminal charges, I literally would factor that in zero.
At this point it's all civil and what the NFL decides to do. If this was in-season I think he'd get put on exempt list but I don't see that happening. My opinion is when the player is "hot" the NFL likes them to go away until it cools over. It's why they sent AP away for the season and basically put out word that they would put word AB would get placed on it which is why NE likely cut him and why no one would touch him in 2019. But again using AB as an example he was allowed to play last year despite his case still hanging open. When the stories first came out on AB and AP it was in-season, and again the NFL just wanted them to go away for a bit and let things simmer down but by September things will likely have settled down for Watson.
Of course what complicates this and makes this so interesting to me is Watson's trade demand and my thought BEFORE any of this occurred that he'd sit all or most of the year out. So now what happens if this is not resolved before the season but Watson does not want to play unless he's traded but Houston can't really deal him until it's resolved? Tricky.
One thing for sure it would benefit Watson greatly if he is facing a suspension to get that suspension handled in the 2021 season due to way his contract is structured and in general the sooner his potential NFL punishment is known the better so the Texans can try and move him.
I'm not even sure some players would want to be in the huddle with this guy or high fiving him on the sidelines.....I feel the damage has been done no matter the outcome really....his rep has taken a huge hit.....IMO his best option at this point is to tuck tail and thank the organization who just gave him a mega deal for "standing by him"....and show up and play football for HOU.... if allowed.....
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