Deshaun Watson keeps making the rounds for the wrong reasons. The Cleveland Browns quarterback wants to play next season and will reportedly take a significant fine to avoid sitting out for a year.
Nonetheless, thatās not what league Commissioner Roger Goodellā and at least half of the NFLās fanbaseā thinks. Watsonās situation was fishy from day one, and the fact that he and the Texans settled with so many people only makes things more suspicious.
Thatās why Commissioner Goodelldidnāt mince his words when talking about Watson. He claimed the Clemson product committed multiple violations and went as far as to call him a predator.
NFL News: Roger Goodell Goes After Deshaun Watson, Wants Him Suspended For A Year
When asked about why the league decided to pursue a heftier penalty, Goodell didnāt hesitate to claim that the evidence proves that Watson was in violation of the leagueās CBA, so they have a right to punish him:
āBecause weāve seen the evidence,ā Goodell said, as quoted byJames Palmer of NFL Network. ā[Judge Robinson] was very clear about the evidence. That there were multiple violations here, and they were egregious an it was predatory behavior. Those are things that we always felt were important for us to address in a way thatās responsible.ā
āAs you know, itās part of the CBA that two parties had the right,ā Goodell said. āEither party could certainly challenge and appeal that and that was something we thought was our right to do.So we decided it was the right thing to do.ā
At the end of the day, some will continue to defend Watson because he wasnāt explicitly found guilty. But you donāt have to be an attorneyā or a geniusā to realize that he may not have been on his best behavior.
