This was not card counting in Las Vegas or a similar scheme in a movie. From the beginning, it was a calculated strategy. They played the man. They knew they could beat the man, even though it looked like they couldn't. It was the reason they signed Deshaun to the largest guaranteed contract in the history of the league. The team structured the deal around his upcoming suspension.
Even though a day like Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, was coming, the Browns didn't flinch at the table. Knowing that the house always wins made them bolder. America was obsessed with football and its disbelief of women. Despite all the PSAs the NFL has released and womenconstituting of almost 50 percent of their fan base, Watson was never going touffer for something that society still hasn't deemed unacceptable. This is the United States. After not playing at all last season, the powers that be were ready for him to get back to work.
The joke was always on you if you thought your case would be the one where someone in the NFL would finally face meaningful punishment for doing something egregious. It's like thinking that an empty jar is half full because there are a few drops in it. Before the ruling came down, the NFLPA had already said they would stand by the ruling and hoped the league would do the same. According to reports, "Deshaun Watson and the NFL did engage in further settlement talks in recent days, but neither side felt they got closer." The best way for him to accept was 8 games. The suspension was announced a day before the best league said it was willing to do 12 games.
The fact that he isn't being fined and won't be paid during his suspension is proof that accountability is just a talking point and not an action. The reason for that is that the players in the league don't know how much power they have. They remained silent in this situation. The idea of players speaking out against a teammate is foreign to most people.
It is possible that players will speak out in defense of other people. They will be silent when it comes to holding each other accountable. It's easy to type "free my dawg!!" with a picture of Calvin Ridley, who was suspended in March for at least the entire upcoming season for betting on games in 2021.
Where was the same amount of energy when at least 24 women told us about how horrible the person was?
Players are upset. They watched as Terrelle Pryor was suspended for 5 games for getting tattoos without paying for them. In college Ray Rice faced a two-game suspension before the video of him hitting his wife became public. The disparity between the punishment and the crime never seem to match, no matter who was in charge. The train that is never late is the players ability to stay silent.
Judge Sue L. Robinson, who like so many white women before her, sold out her gender, is the one who will carry this weight. Robinson's decision to vote for Trump made it easy to picture her as a white woman who voted for him and then went to a party before going to the streets to protest against him. Given what happened in the NFL last week, you have to think about it. Three of the league's best players who all happen to be Black quarterbacks were questioned because of the discussion about what a "quarterback looks like". If more of the accusers had blond hair and blue eyes, Robinson would have made a different decision. If you don't think race plays a big part in who gets protected and loved in this country, then you should talk to Brittney Griner.
There are many reasons why on Sunday, October 23, in Baltimore. The ClevelandBrowns will play their first game with a new quarterback. The front office will be standing, cheering, and hi-fiveing each other. They will have just won something bigger because of the outcome of the division game. They understood that losing wasn't possible.
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