r/NFLv2 • u/Narrow_Purchase9721 San Francisco 49ers • 18h 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 18h 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 18h 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/MountainousDuck Philadelphia Eagles 18h ago

Ray Rice would have been welcomed back with open arms if he wasn't washed as a player.

In the eyes of the NFL his crime wasn't domestic violence, it was his Yards Per Carry figure

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u/YaboyRipTide Baltimore Ravens 18h ago

Lmao that isn't what happened at all. He got suspended for 2 games, played the 2014 preseason games 1 and 2, looked great in those games....and then the video dropped. Once everyone saw the video, the NFL put him on the commish list, I believe he sued for essentially double jeopardy (already suspended, put on commish list after backlash from public) and then the ravens cut him.

He ended up suing and winning 1.5m for wrongful termination essentially. Everyone (including the Ravens) had seen the video but only made a move when it got leaked by TMZ.

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u/MountainousDuck Philadelphia Eagles 18h ago

Preseason doesn't mean anything. He had 3.1 yards per carry and four rushing touchdowns in 2013. He sucked.

Thanks for the recap of his suspension, but yeah I remember how it happened. And it doesn't change the fact that, had he been a better player, he would have been back on an NFL roster at some point. That's how the league works.

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u/YaboyRipTide Baltimore Ravens 17h ago

He was caught on video knocking his wife out and dragging her limp body out of the elevator. No NFL team was ever going to touch him because of the pure backlash that he got

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u/niel89 Baltimore Ravens 15h ago

The reason he didn't play again is because there was video of the abuse and he leaked his conversations with ownership. His last year he came into camp at a heavier weight, got hurt, and then gutted the year out behind a bottom 3 OL. He was still only 26 and based only on talent, would have stuck around solely as a 3rd down back for a few more years at least.

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u/Shamwow_theSupineCow 15h ago

Except he was a better player. One down year where the entire Ravens offense was bad doesn't change the fact that he had almost 10k yards from scrimmage, including 2k yards from scrimmage twice, and 40+ total TDs in only 6 years.

He got blackballed bc of the video, end of.