If Watson did not have the sexual assault allegations hanging over him he'd be worth 3 firsts and two starters. But he does, so he's not. I don't want any part of that soap opera. There is no evidence that he's sorry for what he did, and how do we know he wouldn't get himself in trouble again if we signed him?
He is not yet facing any criminal charges (and may never, or at least would not be convicted. Which sucks).
But no matter. It's a bad look, and he'll almost surely face an NFL suspension if nothing else.
Of course this team also has a history of signing quarterbacks who've been to jail.
I don't know that I am. Seems more likely the next Eagles QB is someone they draft or trade for next year. But given how much time and effort and trouble they've put into what is now the Hurts era, and given they can't win a championship this season regardless, may as well let it play out. Watson with no baggage might be a different story.
I am also a big Jalen Hurts believer and want everything to do with Watson (if there were no off the field issues).
Despite the Eagles being featured here it sounds like he's not going anywhere any time soon. He thinks next spring.
The Texans have been willing to trade quarterback Deshaun Watson for months, but teams aren’t making offers because of his legal issues that include 22 civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault and misconduct as well as police and NFL investigations.
For some reason, many seem to think because Watson reported to training camp with the other quarterbacks and rookies on Sunday to avoid being fined $50,000 a day that all of a sudden the Texans are interested in trading him.
That’s not the case. General manager Nick Caserio would have traded Watson before, during or after the draft — not to mention yesterday, today and tomorrow. The Texans want to trade Watson, and he wants to be traded.
With the first practice of training camp Wednesday morning, Watson still hasn’t resolved his legal issues, and no team has yet to step up with a legitimate offer to entice Caserio.
Included in the discussion of Reagor failing his conditioning test is that he lost a close friend recently to murder. That is obviously sad, but it is very disappointing that a guy who had a pretty bad rookie season showed up in sub-optimal condition. We already had to use another 1st round pick because he isn’t a #1 WR, now one has to really question how hard he is really working. Unfortunate.
Too early to be worried about the draft pick, but I really hope they don’t sign an experienced backup.
Well, I don't want to wish ill health on Carson but if it's so bad that the Eagles end up losing the draft pick it might still look like an even better trade than it was at the time.
Wentz has declined to disclose his vaccination status. If he's unvaccinated, he could miss games due to restrictions on unvaccinated players, which could also affect the value of the draft pick the Eagles will receive.
There seems to be a lot more pressure in the NFL to do it. I suppose it's also possible he's just playing the privacy card. But would not be surprising that a North Dakotan wasn't.
Apparently he appeared at a press conference masked (which the NFL requires for unvaccinated players) and declined to disclose his vaccination status. It seems likely he isn't vaccinated, but we can't be sure.
Heh, well, that either means he's not vaccinated or he is very appropriately being extra-cautious and considerate. Unfortunately we know which one is more likely.
Breaking: Frank Reich says Carson Wentz had an old foot injury dating back to perhaps high school according to doctors. Over time, the broken bone came loose and caused pain. The decision has been made to undergo surgery and remove it. 5-12 weeks.
— Stephen Holder ( @HolderStephen ) August 2, 2021
There are several reasons why I am happy to see Wentz out of town. At the top of it is his fragile physicality. Who would have thought that a player at his position with his physique would be hurt as much as he has been during his career,
It's not like his injury history was a secret (though I suppose it's possible the Eagles didn't know about this particular issue). Nor his tendency to want to take a hit. But the talent still justified it (or so we hoped).
I don't think he actually is physically fragile. He plays kamikaze style. He tore up his knee on a play where he stupidly ran upright into the endzone between two defenders, who unsurprisingly managed to disable him. The situation didn't require that and a normal QB would have slid, dived in the direction of the pylon or gone out of bounds or not attempted that play at all. It was a stupid injury, but I think most guys hit like he was hit would have been injured. He then continued to play after the injury, undoubtedly aggravating it. His refusal to throw the ball away, get rid of it downfield in reasonable time, or run out of bounds added numerous, what I'll call 'voluntary' hits. His problems were mental, not the result of a fragile body. He never really learned that NFL defenders are better than the guys he faced in a minor college league and that he couldn't get away with what he got away with in college. He was stubborn, seemingly stupid, and in his last season had poor receivers and a poor OL. He lost his mobility through that goal-line hit. Then, what seemed to be a very severe concussion, because he refused to slide. Dirty hit, despite no call, but his style of running enabled it.
I guess I should say foolish and stubborn rather than stupid, he seems reasonably intelligent, he just never played that way.
