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No, that’s not what a character witness is. A character witness is someone who would testify that they’ve known the accused for some time and that he’s a great guy and would never do what he’s accused of. All these women could say is that they massaged Watson and he didn’t try to molest them. The downside of employing a character witness is that it opens the door to the other side introducing witnesses who will testify as to the accused’s bad character. That’s why it’s not often done... And in the court of public opinion, it’s an entirely different standard altogether...

It helped the Bucs that in the Super Bowl the referees actually enforced the defensive pass interference and defensive holding rules, unlike in the Chiefs’ previous game.

The only way to complete with KC is to keep adding weapons. As you point out, our WR room is hardly young, and even Diggs is going to turn 28 this season.

Simms had Brown ranked number 3, and said the difference between him and the top 2 (Chase and Smith) is negligible. I’d be surprised if he’s available at 61.

Yeah, it’s about all he’s got. I think next, Deshaun is going to being doing a lot of appearances at local churches, and various people in the community will come forward to “testify” as to what a great and selfless human he is...

And I seem to recall that Tyreek Hill ran about a 4.25...

I mean, there are probably millions of women in the greater Houston area whom Watson never groped or sexually assaulted...so there’s that. Obviously innocent...

On the other hand, Chris Simms has him as WR 3, and views him as in the same category as Chase and Devonte Smith. Based on his track record, I’d side with Simms’s analysis.

Maybe, but you don’t think the Bengals take Sewell?

Future Miami Dolphin, unfortunately...

This is a strange twist. I can think of one reason for it: If he withholds the information from the police now, it gives the plaintiffs greater leverage in their negotiations with Watson’s team. Once the cat’s out of the bag and it becomes a law enforcement matter, the civil case gets harder to settle.

This is the type of individual who ends up on the sex offender registry. No team in their right mind is trading for this guy and making him the face of their franchise.

I'm starting to think there might be something to these wonderlic tests after all... https://www.al.com/sports/2017/04/nfl_draft_2017_deshaun_watsons.html

Not enough ammo to get him

First DB off the board

Do you realize how little sense you're making right now?

Who knows, but I’m told teams in the AFC East are eager to trade for him nonetheless. They are playing the long game...

And how is that a better outcome for the McNairs and the Texans than trading Watson to the NY Jets (or some other team) for 3 or 4 first round draft picks, which would also solve the problem of the $156 million contract?

What’s your theory? That the McNairs paid off 20 or so otherwise law-abiding women to engage in a criminal conspiracy to extort Deshaun Watson, even knowing he’s rich and will be able to defend himself with the best lawyers in the country? And the motive would be to devalue their franchise’s prime asset...Makes perfect sense.

You literally stated that there is no criminal investigation, apparently based solely on the fact that none has been publicly announced, which of course they would never do anyway. And from the above, it appears that, yes, you are doubling down on your absurd contention that some deranged General Manager might try to trade serious assets for a guy who (1) probably won't play next year, and (2) might have to register as sex offender when he does join his new team. 😀 I'm sorry, I can't stop laughing.

You most certainly did. I bolded it in your previous post. In light of today's Watson revelations, do you care to double-down on your ridiculous statement that some team might trade for him before the draft?

And even luckier that Elway was too dumb to draft Josh Allen instead of a defensive lineman, at a time when the Broncos really had no decent QB.

I think the OP's point is that, yes an actual franchise QB is worth giving up a ton of picks for, but identifying said franchise QB coming out of college is not so easy, so it's not necessarily a good idea to trade, say, three number ones for the right to draft a college QB, because those making the pick are wrong far more often than they are right. I can't think of a single team that's given up multiple first round picks to move up in the draft and then hit on a franchise QB with that pick. The Texans, Chiefs and Bills all gave up far less to get their guys. But maybe I'm forgetting someone.

How are you able to make this statement, unless you work for the Harris County District Attorney and know something non-public? Do you doubt that the district attorney might at least start a criminal investigation of someone accused of sexually assaulting 20 or so women?

All he needs is a trade to the AFC East—problem solved!