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Back in June, when Lamar Jackson finally addressed the mystery surrounding his languishing contract talks with the Baltimore Ravens, he suggested the most jaw-dropping pact in NFL history — the extension between Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns — had no bearing on his situation. “I’m a man of my own,” Jackson said. “I don’t worry about what those guys get.” On Friday, Jackson became a man on his own. No contract extension with the Ravens. No guaranteed money beyond 2022…. Source link

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has named the designee to oversee the league’s appeal of Deshaun Watson’s six-game suspension. Former New Jersey attorney general Peter C. Harvey will hear the appeal, the league announced on Thursday. “Mr. Harvey served as the Attorney General of New Jersey and is now a partner at the Paterson Belknap firm in New York,” the league said in a statement. “He has also served as a federal prosecutor. He has deep expertise in criminal law, including domestic… Source link

BEREA, Ohio — If you were going to trace the NFL’s Deshaun Watson appeal back to a starting point, to a juncture where it became likely the league was going to overturn a decision from independent arbitrator Sue L. Robinson, it would have been early in the disciplinary hearing attended by Watson and his legal camp, along with representatives from the NFL and NFL Players Association. That’s when the league’s lawyers were first informed by Robinson that the NFL very likely was not going… Source link

Imagine you’re at an ATM near your home. You’re headed to your niece’s high school graduation party and want to put some cash in her card. As soon as you let go of the door of the bank lobby and step back onto the sidewalk, you’re approached by a larger, imposing person who demands the money you just withdrew. You comply, and they run off. Your heart is pounding in your ears, your hands are shaking. Police find the robber, and when the robber is in front of a judge, you find out not… Source link

The NFL now holds Deshaun Watson’s football future in its hands. With independent disciplinary arbitrator Sue L. Robinson delivering a six-game suspension decision in Watson’s personal conduct policy case on Monday, the spotlight now shifts back to the NFL, which must decide whether to appeal the penalty. The league issued a statement Monday saying it’s “reviewing” the decision and “will make a determination on next steps.” Barring a mutually agreed upon extension between the NFL and NFL… Source link

HOUSTON — Late last week, when details of the NFL’s suspension stance in the Deshaun Watson investigation began to privately circulate between parties involved in the case, a source in the middle of it all proposed that there was a single piece of information the league wanted publicly leaked. It was a nugget that would act like a public relations shield if Watson’s hearing before an independent disciplinary arbitrator didn’t unfold the way the league office thought it should. In the… Source link

Deshaun Watson is slated to face an NFL disciplinary hearing starting Tuesday where the league is expected to argue for a lengthy suspension, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter and multiple reports. The hearing will be overseen by former U.S. District Judge Sue L. Robinson, who will act as an independent officer. Watson, who faces allegations of varying degrees of sexual assault and misconduct by 24 women, will be represented by the NFLPA. The outcome of the hearing is expected to determine… Source link

(Warning: This story contains graphic allegations of sexual misconduct.) It’s clear now. During Deshaun Watson’s pathetic introductory news conference with the Cleveland Browns in March, as Browns general manager Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski spoke of having confidence in “Deshaun the person,” that very person claimed more than once he has “never assaulted, harassed or disrespected any woman in my life.” For good measure, he used his mother and her two sisters, his aunts, as a… Source link

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Deshaun Watson won’t be going on the NFL commissioner’s exempt list while the league investigates 22 civil lawsuits pending against the Cleveland Browns quarterback. Instead, any suspension or fine for Watson — if the NFL believes punishment is warranted — will be settled at the conclusion of the league’s ongoing probe. But there’s a sizable change awaiting Watson that stems from the collective bargaining agreement renewed in 2020: Commissioner Roger Goodell… Source link

The 40-minute introductory media conference — full of direct questions and defiant answers concerning Deshaun Watson and the 22 civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault against him — was complete. With the words done, the Cleveland Browns and their new quarterback used their actions to make their thoughts clear — namely, that this was business as usual in the NFL. As the news conference ended, Watson stood behind a table holding a No. 4 Browns jersey in the air. He was flanked by general… Source link