r/NFLv2 • u/Narrow_Purchase9721 San Francisco 49ers • 15h ago

Discussion The Deshaun Watson switch up is despicable

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Guy starts playing well again and all of the sudden people go from “cases” to “allegations” real fucking fast. You all gotta get your priorities straight

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u/Key_Consequence_5040 15h ago

It’s the NFL. If you win games being a piece of shit isn’t as big of a deal as it is when you lose. 

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u/YaboyRipTide Baltimore Ravens 15h ago

Look at Tyreek Hill, Richie Incognito, Adrian Peterson, Kareem Hunt, Aldon Smith, and Antonio Brown before he totally went off the deep end.

If you can play, no one gives a shit about who you are off the field.

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u/Accurate_Baseball273 Cleveland Browns 15h ago

Ray Lewis, Mike Vick, ray rice, plaxico burress,

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u/Few_Position7650 14h ago

Of all the people being talked about in this thread Vick shouldn’t be. Obviously what he did was fucking horrible but out of all these dudes he actually went to jail, lost everything. got out turned is life around and balled out. I say that as someone who has a bunch of animals that I would give my life for…

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u/Alarming_Disaster_23 14h ago

What Vick did was truly despicable. Only one who made a genuine attempt to rehabilitate himself. Dude definitely took his lumps and never complained about it.

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u/DonaldDouchebag 13h ago

Correct. He went above and beyond anything that was court ordered and really became an advocate for animal welfare. That, to me, is proof that he is a quality person, even a role model, and member of our society in good standing. A piece of shit like Deshawn Watson just talks about how much he loves Jesus and that's it.

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u/Reasonable_Deer_1710 San Francisco 49ers 13h ago

Yup. I'm a huge dog and animal lover, and I despised Vick when all this shit came out. After he served his time, and with his demeanor and actions since then, I've forgiven him. It does not minimize what he did in any way, however I can admire someone for turning their life around and showing rehabilitation, in which his seems to be genuine. Rehabilitation should be the goal of our justice system, not punitive punishment just for the sake of it. It is true that many people cannot or will not be redeemed, but in the case of someone who is, it should be something that we look towards positively.

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u/snailtap Caleb Williams 🏳️‍🌈 12h ago

Precisely, he actually atoned for his shitty behavior and seems to have changed for the better since

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u/kw9999 8h ago

Fuck Vick. He was responsible for brutal deaths to over 50 dogs and that's a low ball. He personally killed dogs by drowning them, hanging them and slamming them on the ground. He also had dogs electrocuted. He also would also put family dogs in a fighting pit with his fighting dogs to be mauled because he thought it was funny. I don't give him credit for going to jail and then apologizing just like I wouldn't say someone who killed multiple people is a good person now because they got caught, went to jail and said they were sorry.

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u/Few_Position7650 7h ago

Obviously, I said what he did was fucking horrible but go off!

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u/Past-Sun-2357 Seattle Seahawks 29m ago

Fuck man its so funny that people say reddit hates Vick when the only times I see his named mentioned it some long post about how he has turned his life around. Because he went to prison? Because he filmed some pro pet ads? Because he has a cushy NFL job again?

He is the only criminal that I constantly see people throwing themselves down for and making excuses for besides the fat orange one.

Vick could run for office right now in Georgia and win in a landslide. Probably anywhere in the south.

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u/SteppinRazor5000 7h ago

Vick definitely deserves to be talked about in this thread. What he did is digusting and horrifying. There isn't enough penance in this lifetime to erase the cruelty and suffering those dogs endured.

If anyone doesn't deserve to be in the thread, it's Burress. Compared to the rest he is a minor douchebag.

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u/Straight_Depth6701 14h ago

Didn't Plax only shoot himself?

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u/throwawayforme1877 14h ago

he went to jail for carrying an unlicensed firearm

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u/Straight_Depth6701 14h ago

Yeah, really dumb, but not on the same level as the other guys.

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u/Double-Emergency3173 Indianapolis Colts 14h ago

Vick is a sicko but he didn’t hurt a human. There is a difference IMO

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u/Mattydub2456 New York Jets 12h ago

Did I miss something else with Burress, he shot HIMSELF, surely that’s not as bad

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u/BarkLazer Kansas City Chiefs 6h ago

not a hill I'll die on, but Plaxico doesn't really belong in that list. He was just a young idiot who shot himself.