Texans GM Nick Caserio told SportsRadio 610 that he does not expect Deshaun Watson to travel with the team to Green Bay this weekend (Twitter link). So, at minimum, Watson won’t face the Packers to start the preseason. Beyond that, it’s unclear if the Texans will actually put Watson on the field.
Caserio says that both he and head coach David Culley have had multiple conversations with Watson over the last week, but declined to provide much in the way of additional info (Twitter link). Any other talk concerning Watson, he says, is “speculation.” That includes the latest batch of conflicting info — longtime team insider John McClain hears that Watson has played his final down in Houston. Meanwhile, Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports hears that the Texans haven’t ruled out some type of arrangement to keep him this year and trade him in 2022, a la Aaron Rodgers.
The Panthers and “several” other teams are said to be keeping tabs on Watson, even though he could be parked on the commissioner’s exempt list at any moment. Right now, it doesn’t sound like the Texans are entertaining calls on their one-time franchise face or backing down from their surprisingly steep asking price — five high draft picks plus quality veterans.
At this point you have to wonder what the NFL is thinking given their heavy handedness when doling out player suspensions in the past. You’d almost think they are sticking it to the Texans by keeping them in never-never land.
I would be ‘business as usual’ until I heard otherwise if I were them.
First off I’d just say that the Texans own inept bumbling resulted in them being in never-never land. Any action by the NFL while legal matters are still taking place could be prejudicial so they would want to avoid that.
Agreed on your first part, but legal proceedings don’t and shouldn’t have any bearing on what kind of punishment the NFL chooses to dole out to one of its employees. For starters, both civil and criminal courts move incredibly slowly. Second, legal standards are completely different from the NFL codes of conduct. And third, our courts have proven to be extremely fallible.
Soooooo guilty until proven innocent got it.
First day in America, huh? Welcome to our country
Zach is making a career out of post basically the same article over and over again, with only a slight change.
How will this clown EVER play again??????
Oh he’ll play…just not in the NFL
“Massages this way? Okay cool. I’ll be busy”
I don’t think the asking price is “surprising”. This whole thing is going to subside eventually, and you want to start out high. They may not trade him this season, but you can just tell that he is eventually going to be cleared, and life will move on.
If they have a firm offer for Watson, they should take it and run.
2022 a la Rodgers to HOU, a la Watson to GB.
(both miss the playoffs).
Sorry but I have a hard time believing Watson would be welcomed here…unless he is somehow able to prove that 22 unrelated women from different parts of the country all decided to lie and risk their own dignity and reputations. Good luck with that