How Deshaun Watson Became the N.F.L.'s Biggest Scandal

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🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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This episode contains details of alleged sexual assault. In the past year, more than 20 different women have accused the star N.F.L. quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct. Despite the allegations, Watson has signed one of the most lucrative contracts in the history of football, with the Cleveland Browns, and will take the field today for training camp. Guest: Jenny Vrentas, a sports reporter for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Obaro. This is the Daily.
0:07.0	Over the past year, more than 20 different women have accused the NFL's most sought-after
0:16.5	quarterback, DeShawn Watson, of sexual misconduct.
0:22.5	Despite those allegations, Watson has signed one of the most lucrative contracts in the
0:28.1	history of football and will take the field today for training him.
0:36.5	I spoke with my colleague, Jenny Vrentis, about how one of the NFL's biggest stars has
0:43.0	now become its biggest scandal.
1:06.4	Jenny, tell us about DeShawn Watson. What do we need to know?
1:11.2	Well he's one of the most talented quarterbacks in the NFL.
1:20.8	He was a championship-winning quarterback both in high school in Georgia and also for Clemson.
1:34.5	When he was drafted in 2017, he was supposed to be the next star quarterback, the future
1:41.0	of the Houston Texans franchise.
1:50.5	And what happens to him once he enters the NFL?
1:54.4	Well he immediately starts to be the kind of difference maker for the Texans that they
1:58.0	had hoped for, actually Hurricane Harvey hit Houston right before his rookie season.
2:10.4	And he donated his first game check to stadium cafeteria employees who were affected by the
2:14.8	storm.
2:16.1	And then he became successful on the field and started reinvigorating the franchise.
2:20.9	He led them to the playoffs two years in a row.
2:24.1	And there was the expectation that because of the way he played, because he was emerging
2:28.7	as a top five quarterback in the NFL, he could be the person that could deliver a championship
2:34.2	to Houston.
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