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• Deshaun Watson hearing continues for a third day on Thursday

  30-06-2022 01:36 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Two days down, how many more days to go? The disciplinary hearing regarding Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has lasted through two days. Per multiple reports, the third day will occur on Thursday. It’s unclear how much longer the hearing will last. That’s because no one is saying much of anything about the situation, undoubtedly at [more]
  
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• Someone from NFL pushes back on notion that it would accept 6-8 game Deshaun Watson suspension

  29-06-2022 22:12 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Anonymous source giveth, anonymous source taketh away. On Tuesday, Rob Maaddi of the Associated Press, citing an unnamed source, reported that the league would be “more likely” to accept a 6-8 game suspension of Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson and not appeal the decision to Commissioner Roger Goodell. On Wednesday, an unnamed source “rejected that scenario” [more]
  
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• Deshaun Watson case could be headed to court, eventually

  29-06-2022 13:46 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Despite failed efforts by the NFL Players Association to challenge discipline imposed by the NFL on Tom Brady and Ezekiel Elliott in court, the current effort to impose discipline on Deshaun Watson could ultimately be challenged, too. Brady initially won, before a three-judge appeals panel (by a 2-1 vote) found that Commissioner Roger Goodell properly [more]
  
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• Report: NFL “more likely” to accept 6-8 game suspension of Deshaun Watson and not appeal

  29-06-2022 05:47 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Not much news has emanated during or after the first day of the Deshaun Watson disciplinary hearing. One specific item of information that has emerged cries out for further analysis and interpretation. From Rob Maaddi of the Associated Press: “I’m also told the NFL, despite insisting on indefinite suspension, wants to avoid the appeals process [more]
  
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• Deshaun Watson hearing is expected to last “several days”

  28-06-2022 23:50 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Deshaun Watson disciplinary hearing got started on Tuesday. So far, not much information has emerged from the proceedings. Mark Maske of the Washington Post added this nugget to the broader narrative earlier today — the hearing is expected to last “several days.” Maske adds that it’s not known when Judge Sue L. Robinson will [more]
  
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• Deshaun Watson hearing starts today

  28-06-2022 15:33 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The news was carefully tucked into low tide of our collective early-summer attention span. The day has arrived. The hearing regarding the potential punishment of Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson begins today. The league has proposed discipline. Per multiple reports, the NFL wants an indefinite suspension of one year, minimum. The league hopes to keep it [more]
  
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• Houston Texans Lawsuit Expands Inquiry Into Deshaun Watson

  28-06-2022 00:39 via nytimes.com
  
  One of the 24 women who sued Watson for sexual misconduct claimed in a lawsuit filed Monday that the N.F.L. team enabled their star quarterback’s alleged behavior.
  
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• First lawsuit against Texans hints that “at least thirty different women” may have had their rights violated by Deshaun Watson

  27-06-2022 23:09 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  One of the biggest questions regarding the Deshaun Watson situation relates to the vague possibility that the 24 lawsuits filed against Watson will continue to expand. How many claims will there eventually be? A strong hint appears in the first lawsuit against the Texans as a result of Watson’s behavior. From page two of the [more]
  
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• How independent is the NFL’s new Disciplinary Officer?

  27-06-2022 18:07 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  In 2020, the NFL and NFL Players Association changed the process under the Personal Conduct Policy for determining the punishment imposed on a player who allegedly has violated its terms. Here’s what didn’t change — the Commissioner still has final say over whatever is done, as long as the new Disciplinary Officer imposes any discipline [more]
  
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• Texans are sued for enabling Deshaun Watson’s alleged misconduct

  27-06-2022 17:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When the news broke last week that Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson had reached settlements in 20 of the 24 civil cases pending against him, many wondered whether attorney Tony Buzbee would proceed with his vow to sue the Texans for their alleged role in enabling Watson’s alleged misconduct. An answer has arrived, in the form [more]
  
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• In settlement talks with Deshaun Watson, NFL insisted on a suspension of at least one year

  26-06-2022 15:13 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  On Tuesday, the hearing regarding the potential discipline of Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will commence. It could still, in theory, settle before the proceedings begin. For that to happen, the NFL would have to dramatically change its current position. Andrew Beaton of the Wall Street Journal, who reported last night that the league will push [more]
  
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• A full-season suspension would push Deshaun Watson’s entire contact back by a year

  26-06-2022 01:00 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Much was made of the fact that the Browns gave Deshaun Watson a base salary for 2022 of only $1 million, given that the approach would reduce dramatically the financial consequences of, for example, a six- or eight-game suspension. If Watson misses all of 2022, it doesn’t matter. A full-season suspension by rule would toll [more]
  
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• Report: NFL seeks indefinite suspension of Deshaun Watson, lasting at least one year

  26-06-2022 00:39 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  A slow Saturday on the NFL calendar has picked up considerably. With the NFL knowing that coverage of all things Deshaun Watson is unavoidable, the league steered the emergence of reports into a window where they could be less noticed. And here we are. At 6:05 p.m. ET, the Wall Street Journal posted an item [more]
  
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• Report: Deshaun Watson’s disciplinary hearing due to start Tuesday

  25-06-2022 23:30 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Why bother dumping bad news into a Friday afternoon in late June when it can instead be buried close to five o’clock on a Saturday? At a time then many were waiting for the NFL to initiate the process of disciplining Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson under the Personal Conduct Policy by proposing a significant suspension [more]
  
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• What happens with the four remaining cases against Deshaun Watson?

  25-06-2022 13:20 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Last October, then-Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson could have settled all but four of the civil lawsuits pending against him. He wanted to resolve all of them or none of them. This week, Watson reached a tentative settlement with all but four of the individuals who have sued him for sexual misconduct during massage therapy sessions. [more]
  
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• Negotiated suspension of Deshaun Watson seems very unlikely at this point

  24-06-2022 20:36 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL, the NFL Players Association, and Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson reportedly were discussing the terms of a negotiated suspension under the Personal Conduct Policy. Those talks reportedly “fell apart.” It’s not believed that they’ll be put back together. Per a league source, the current expectation is that the NFL will propose a suspension on [more]
  
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• NFL uses aggressive reading of its Constitution & Bylaws to argue for arbitration of all Brian Flores claims

  24-06-2022 20:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL has, as it always does, filed paperwork aimed at forcing the claims made against it to the league’s in-house arbitration system, better known in these parts as a secret, rigged kangaroo court. Close inspection of the 25-page memorandum of law filed by the NFL earlier this week in the case filed by by [more]
  
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• Will the Texans still face litigation over Deshaun Watson?

  24-06-2022 14:16 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It was either a hollow threat or a solemn promise. For now, it’s looking as if it were the former. On June 8, attorney Tony Buzbee said he “will be joining” the Texans as defendants to the pending lawsuits against Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson. Not “might be” or “could be” or “should be,” but “will [more]
  
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• NFL announces training camp start dates for all 32 teams

  23-06-2022 21:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It’s a quiet patch in the NFL schedule right now, but it won’t be long before fields are filled with players. The NFL released training camp start dates for all 32 teams on Thursday and we’re less than a month away from players reporting to camps around the league. Rookies will report to work for [more]
  
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• Report: Settlement talks between NFL, NFLPA, and Deshaun Watson “fell apart”

  23-06-2022 19:17 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Last week, we pointed out that a negotiated resolution of Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson‘s discipline was possible, but not likely. The problem was that Watson, as of last week, was determined to clear his name. With Watson settling 20 of the 24 cases pending against him, that possibly will lay the foundation for a settlement [more]
  
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• Pharaoh Brown expects to be All-Pro in 2022

  23-06-2022 00:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Pharaoh Brown set career highs last season with 23 catches for 171 yards. The Texans tight end had no touchdowns after catching his only two career scores in 2020. But that hasn’t stopped Brown from dreaming big. “The game has just slowed down understanding all the fine-line details,” Brown said, via Cole Thompson of SI.com. [more]
  
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• Saints cut Kahale Warring

  22-06-2022 22:32 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Saints signed tight end Brandon Dillon on Tuesday. They waived tight end Kahale Warring on Wednesday, Field Yates of ESPN reports. The team signed Warring on May 24. The Texans made Warring a third-round selection in 2019, and he spent two-plus years with the team before Houston waived him last August. He had brief [more]
  
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• NFL officially files motion to compel Brian Flores case to arbitration

  22-06-2022 13:44 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When selecting June 22 for the date of the hearing at which Commissioner Roger Goodell will testify, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight & Reform either deliberately or coincidentally set the session for one day after the league’s deadline for filing a motion to force the arbitration of the Brian Flores litigation. Regardless, as Congress [more]
  
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• Will other lawsuits be filed against Deshaun Watson?

  22-06-2022 13:19 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The settlement of 20 lawsuits pending against Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson came eight days after attorney Tony Buzbee vowed that two more lawsuits would be filed, pushing the total to 26. Omitted from Tuesday’s statement issued by Buzbee regarding the settlements is the question of whether those lawsuits will be filed — and whether others [more]
  
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• Deshaun Watson Settles 20 Lawsuits Accusing Him of Sexual Misconduct

  21-06-2022 22:35 via nytimes.com
  
  The lawyer for the 24 women announced the agreements but did not disclose details. The plaintiffs had accused Watson of coercive behavior and sexual misconduct during massages.
  
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• As to remaining four cases, Deshaun Watson could use formal “offer of settlement” procedure under Texas law

  21-06-2022 21:38 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It’s unclear why four of the 24 plaintiffs suing Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson did not settle their claims. Surely, Watson would prefer to resolve all of the cases. (Last year, he declined a chance to settle 18 of the cases because he couldn’t settle all 22 that were pending at the time.) So what happens [more]
  
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• Ryan Fitzpatrick: Joining Amzaon made a lot of sense for me

  21-06-2022 20:10 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick officially became the newest member of Amazon’s Thursday Night Football broadcast team on Tuesday. Fitzpatrick was reported to be heading for the pregame show when he announced his retirement earlier this year and the deal is now official. Fitzpatrick told Andrew Marchand of the New York Post that seeing a [more]
  
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• Ryan Fitzpatrick: Joining Amazon made a lot of sense for me

  21-06-2022 20:10 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick officially became the newest member of Amazon’s Thursday Night Football broadcast team on Tuesday. Fitzpatrick was reported to be heading for the pregame show when he announced his retirement earlier this year and the deal is now official. Fitzpatrick told Andrew Marchand of the New York Post that seeing a [more]
  
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• NFL on Deshaun Watson: Today’s development has no impact on disciplinary process

  21-06-2022 19:57 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has settled with 20 of the 24 massage therapists who had sued him. It has no affect on his status with the NFL. While that goes without saying, the league said it anyway. “Today’s development has no impact on the collectively bargained disciplinary process,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told Mary Kay [more]
  
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• The Deshaun Watson settlement amounts are confidential but someone surely will blab, eventually

  21-06-2022 19:18 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Last year, Deshaun Watson was ready to pay each of 22 plaintiffs who had sued him for sexual misconduct during massage therapy sessions $100,000 in order to resolve the pending lawsuits. All but four were ready to end the process. Watson declined to settle with fewer than all of the plaintiffs, however. Watson, who just [more]
  
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• Deshaun Watson Settles 20 of the 24 Sexual Misconduct Cases Against Him

  21-06-2022 18:14 via nytimes.com
  
  The lawyer for Watson’s accusers announced the deals but did not disclose details.
  
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• Tony Buzbee: 20 of the 24 cases against Deshaun Watson have settled

  21-06-2022 17:59 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Most of the women suing Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson have agreed to a settlement. Tony Buzbee, the attorney representing 24 female massage therapists who say Watson engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct during their sessions, announced today that 20 of his clients have settled. “Today I announce that all cases against Deshaun Watson, with the exception [more]
  
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• Deshaun Watson Settles With Massage Therapists Who Sued Him

  21-06-2022 17:59 via nytimes.com
  
  The lawyer for Watson’s accusers announced the deals but did not disclose details.
  
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• NFL interviewed “at least” 11 of 24 plaintiffs; neither league nor team contacted Harris County D.A.

  20-06-2022 15:50 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  As the NFL prepares to do something about the longstanding investigation of Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, some details have emerged regarding the extent of the review. Friday’s article from Mark Maske of the Washington Post, which drew most of its attention for the suggestion that the league will start the formal disciplinary process by recommending [more]
  
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• Harris County district attorney: Lack of indictment by grand jury was not an exoneration of Deshaun Watson

  19-06-2022 15:15 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Some, including attorney Rusty Hardin, want people to believe that the decision of a pair of Texas grand juries to not indict Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson means that Watson has been exonerated. The top law-enforcement officer in Harris County, Texas disagrees. At the end of a podcast interview of Kim Ogg, Mike Melster gave her [more]
  
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• Harris County D.A. calls contact with Rusty Hardin over Deshaun Watson “totally normal”

  19-06-2022 01:43 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The article from Jenny Vrentas of the New York Times regarding the grand-jury process that culminated in no indictments for Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson detailed extensive communications between lawyer Rusty Hardin and assistant district attorney Johna Staliings. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg, who runs the prosecutor’s office in Houston, recently was interviewed by Mike [more]
  
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• David Johnson announces he couldn’t come to terms with Saints

  18-06-2022 00:55 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  David Johnson has looked like he’s on the downside of his career the past three seasons when he’s averaged 4.1 yards per rush and 33.3 yards per game while missing 11 games. This past season was a career-worst, not counting 2017 when he played only one game, as he rushed for 228 yards and no [more]
  
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• Report: NFL to “probably” seek a one-year suspension for Deshaun Watson

  17-06-2022 22:01 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When Major League Baseball suspended Trevor Bauer for two years due to allegations that, at their core, involve sexual consent and the violation of it, we asked whether this meant the NFL will suspend Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for a full year. Reportedly, the league will try to impose something along those lines. Mark Maske [more]
  
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• Nick Caserio: Davis Mills has come a long way from a year ago

  17-06-2022 21:52 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It took a hamstring injury to Tyrod Taylor in Week 2 for Davis Mills to get playing time. The third-round draft choice’s performance in 11 starts won him the job for 2022. In the final five games, Mills threw nine touchdowns and two interceptions and posted a 102.4 passer rating as the Texans went 2-3. [more]
  
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• Negotiated punishment for Deshaun Watson is possible, but currently not likely

  17-06-2022 19:03 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL has yet to decide what to do about Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson. One possibility will be to work directly with Watson and the NFL Players Association to reach a negotiated resolution. As a source with knowledge of the situation recently told PFT, “There’s a way out for everybody.” There is, but it won’t [more]
  
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• NFL fines Lovie Smith $50,000 for prohibited drills at offseason practice

  17-06-2022 16:41 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL is continuing to crack down on coaches who don’t follow the rules requiring offseason practices to be non-contact. The latest coach to get busted is Texans head coach Lovie Smith, who was fined $50,000 after a finding that he had his offensive and defensive linemen doing prohibited one-on-one drills, according to Dan Graziano [more]
  
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• 11 NFL stadiums to host 2026 World Cup games

  17-06-2022 13:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The 2026 World Cup will be spread across the United States, Canada and Mexico, and all 11 American host cities will play their games in NFL stadiums. The stadiums for the Falcons, Texans, Dolphins, Eagles, Seahawks, Chiefs, Cowboys, Patriots, 49ers, Jets and Giants, and Rams and Chargers will all host World Cup games. As NFL [more]
  
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• Divide intensifies in league office over handling of Deshaun Watson

  17-06-2022 01:13 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Even before recent developments gave the Deshaun Watson case a more ominous feel, some in the league office believed that Watson should not play until the pending litigation has ended. However, Commissioner Roger Goodell took the possibility of paid leave off the table in March. Starting with the feature that debuted 23 days ago on [more]
  
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• Texans waive Scottie Phillips off IR

  16-06-2022 23:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Texans have made a move at running back. Houston announced on Thursday that the team has waived Scottie Phillips off of injured reserve. The team previously waived Phillips from the 90-man roster with an injury designation in May. But Phillips went unclaimed off waivers and reverted to the team’s IR list. Phillips appeared in [more]
  
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• Jadeveon Clowney wanted to sign with whatever team Deshaun Watson joined

  16-06-2022 22:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Jadeveon Clowney returns to the Browns on a one-year deal, the third consecutive one-year contract he has signed. It keeps him in Cleveland for a second consecutive season, the first time he has spent consecutive seasons with the same team since Clowney played his first five seasons with the Texans. As much as Myles Garrett [more]
  
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• Nick Caserio brushes off possibility of the Deshaun Watson trade being undone

  16-06-2022 22:23 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  As the last three weeks have entailed a chain of negative developments for Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, some have wondered whether, at some point, the Browns could undo the trade with the Texans. Houston G.M. Nick Caserio, appearing Thursday on SportsRadio 610, was asked about the possibility of the Browns getting out of the trade, [more]
  
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• NFLPA’s defense of Deshaun Watson will take aim at NFL’s treatment of multiple owners

  16-06-2022 16:52 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Eventually and inevitably, the NFL will take action in the Deshaun Watson case. If that action includes an unpaid suspension imposed under the Personal Conduct Policy, the NFL Players Association will mobilize with an aggressive defense on Watson’s behalf. Per a source with knowledge of the intended strategy, the NFLPA currently is bracing for a [more]
  
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• Deshaun Watson wants to “clear my name,” but it’s probably far too late for that

  15-06-2022 23:02 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When meeting with reporters for the first time since March 25, Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was asked whether he will settle the 26 (and possibly counting) cases pending against him. He said, “I just want to clear my name,” and that he plans to do so through the legal process. As a practical matter, it’s [more]
  
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• Texans expect Derek Stingley, Kenyon Green to be full speed at training camp

  15-06-2022 17:40 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Texans took a pair of players in the first round of this year’s draft who have been recovering from injuries over the course of the offseason. Cornerback Derek Stingley was limited to three games at LSU last year by a Lisfranc injury and guard Kenyon Green had a knee injury that needed to be [more]
  
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• From the testimony of detective Kamesha Baker in the Deshaun Watson cases, three key points emerge

  15-06-2022 10:35 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Although Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was not indicted on any of 10 criminal complaints made against him, Houston Police Department detective Kamesha Baker testified last week that she believed based on her investigation that Watson committed multiple crimes. Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports has obtained a copy of the Baker deposition transcript, which is not [more]
  
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