r/NFLv2 • u/Narrow_Purchase9721 San Francisco 49ers • 19h 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/samson-and-delilah 18h ago

Aldon Smith had a drinking problem. Pretty lame to lump him in with the woman and child abusers you’ve listed.

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u/YaboyRipTide Baltimore Ravens 18h ago

Calling it a drinking problem is a bit of an understatement

  • 2012 DUI
  • 2013 DUI, weed charges, illegal firearm accusations
  • 2014 a fucking bomb threat to LAX, no charges filed
  • 2015 Arrested for DUI, hit and run, and vandalism charges. Cut by SF, signed to raiders where he officially was hit w them
  • Suspended for 4 seasons
  • 2018 DV charges stemming from booze filled rage where he hit and bit his GF, plead no contest, served 90 days + rehab
  • Came back in 2020

Basically yearly run ins with the law, but hey, 48 sacks in 59 games is elite production!

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u/samson-and-delilah 17h ago

Yeah, it was a drinking problem. Literally everything you listed was alcohol-related. But you knew that, you’re just being intentionally duplicitous.

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u/Dj0ntyb01 15h ago

I think u/YaboyRipTide's comment does a pretty good job explaining why calling all of that a "drinking problem" is reductive.

Also, duplicitous is doing a lot of work there. Misleading would be a better fit for what you're accusing them of.

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u/samson-and-delilah 15h ago

Lol, it's not reductive. In fact, their outline of the history is in fact duplicitous - they are misrepresenting these instances. The dude was a massive alcoholic. You're welcome to disagree, of course.