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PFT Reports 11 Games and $5M fine for Deshaun Watson


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Let’s talk about the winners and losers here.  

GB above presented the outrageous comparison of DW’s punishment with that of other NFL violators.

Typically, when a player is suspended, his team gets to save what they owe the player on a per game basis, and the player does not receive the compensation.   So the team does not pay the financial penalty  of a player who has committed the violation. 

The NFL allowed Cleveland to structure a contract that paid DW almost no salary in 2022, even though his average compensation per hear is $46mm.  So, theoretically, were he suspended for 11 games, he would lose almost $30mm, but the penalty to DW directly is only $5m.

So the Winners?

  • Watson-see above.  He saves his body 11 games and only loses $5mm, not $30mm, as part of the penalty.
  • Texans-trade stands, it receives the compensation and got Watson off its books.
  • Browns (partially)-they get Watson back after 11 games.
  • NFLPA-this is not a correct result, but the NFLPA scared the NFL from doing anything harsher.  

Losers?

  • NFL-they look like idiots as described above.  
  • Browns-they basically get no savings for Watson being suspended for 11 games this year.  This season is likely ruined for them.  Watch out next year.  Watson is effectively costing them $52mm/year, not $46mm.  

For the Jets?

  • the Browns took Mayfield at 1 and he helped them build a team and made the playoffs.  They were able to trade him for something, but they should have just declined the 5th year option (tough to do after a playoff year).  There is hope for the Jets to be able to do the same thing after Wilson proves to not be worth it.  We just need to keep reminding ourselves that, although Wilson was picked 2 in the 2021 draft, he is still paid less than Fitzpatrick and McCown were for the high paid years.  Wilson was a risk worth taking.  
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A year plus eight games would have been far too little punishment for rubbing your penis on 26 women without their consent. He apologized for it, so it's not like we don't know it happened. The fact that he has to go through special "do not rub your penis on women" training is further proof that what he was accused of, happened. Huck Fim!

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Still amazed that the Texans, who aided and abetted his bad behavior, come out of this unscathed. No fines or penalties for enabling Watson and supplying him with the non-disclosure agreement to use with the therapists. The Brown take the hit, and they walk away with no repercussions.


W t f are you talking about ... they just turned a blind eye I thought. The guy is a grown up no ?

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17 minutes ago, Dwight Englewood said:

I dunno.  Insufficient evidence?  The female arbitrator only gave him 6 games and according to the geniuses on the internet Deshaun Watson is worse than Bill Cosby

Meanwhile she said she found evidence of non violent sexual assault. So did he or didn't he sexual assault them? 

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13 hours ago, Dwight Englewood said:

But it wasn’t serious enough to deserve more than a 6 game suspension.  Players have gotten way worse suspensions for smoking a marijuana cigarette 

I mean, the judge literally cited lack of precedent by the league as the reason for the shorter ruling, and then attacked the NFL for doing a terrible job with discipline.  But hey, if you want to be pro-sex pest, have at it!

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