The lawsuit against Antonio Brown, Dak's 'imminent' contract and the NFL's new tanking problem

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🗓️ 11 September 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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With Week 1 officially in the books, Terez Paylor and Charles Robinson catch up on some league news and Monday Night Football's opening-week doubleheader.First they address the still-developing story concerning a lawsuit filed in federal court accusing Patriots WR Antonio Brown of sexual assault and rape (0:30).Moving to Monday night's Texans/Saints game, the guys lament Deshaun Watson's lack of protection and why both teams have something positive to come away with after the thrilling Monday night matchup (5:30). On the other side of the MNF coin, the Broncos lost to the Raiders in a lop-sided and embarrassing affair. Our experts break down what this game means for the two floundering AFC West franchises (10:45).From floundering out west to flounders in the east -- the Miami Dolphins' obvious tanking efforts are causing concerns all around the league. Terez & Charles outline their concern for the Dolphins fans, staff and players and why tanking in the NFL might not go away (14:40).Later, the guys dig into a pair of star players and their new contracts. First, Charles has an update on Dak Prescott's no longer "imminent" new deal (25:10) and then Terez dives into the details of Tyreek Hill's new deal and where the Kansas City Chiefs might hope to invest next (30:05).Stay up to date with the latest NFL news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsNFL.Follow Charles @CharlesRobinsonFollow Terez @TerezPaylorCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports Podcast family at https://apple.co/2Abi8jk or at yahoosports.com/podcasts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NFL podcast. On today's show, Charles and I talk about the latest in Antonio Brown news.
0:08.5	We also talk about some Monday night football games, you know, one great, one was just okay, and I dive into the Tyriquille
0:15.0	contract situation, the New Deal he just signed and Charles has an update on Dax quote
0:20.2	imminent New Deal should be a good one.
0:23.0	All right, let's go. Yes, sir, yes sir. Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NFL Podcast. I'm Yahoo Senior
0:37.4	NFL writer Torez Paler here my main man and fellow senior NFL writer Charles
0:41.7	Robinson and we're here for a late night edition of the
0:45.2	podcast because new New England Patriots receiver Antonio Brown stands
0:50.4	accused of raping his former trainer in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in a federal court in Florida.
0:55.3	The New York Times first reported the lawsuit, which accuses Brown of three separate incidents
1:00.0	of sexual assault and rape against Brittany Taylor a gymnast he met while attending
1:04.8	Central Michigan and later hired as his trainer. The suit alleged that the two incidents occurred in June
1:09.8	2017 and another in May 2018 Charles I know we've both been you know shooting out text trying to make calls on this
1:17.3	I understand you've got an update
1:18.9	Yeah, so it um look the the league right now the NFL obviously is aware of this. They're tracking no statement from the NFL, no statement from the Patriots who are also tracking. I think what is interesting about this was, this wasn't anything that either became aware of until right before the New York Times peace ran.
1:38.1	I think at that point there was some element of, you know, both the NFL and the Patriots being made aware that this was coming out.
1:45.0	Because it's late Tuesday night, our information is limited.
1:49.0	Obviously, I had a chance to read through the lawsuit itself. Very graphic, definitely some very concerning. Very graphic.
1:56.4	Yeah, very graphic. Definitely some very concerning allegations there against Antonio Brown.
2:02.4	But you know, I'll just say this like. against Antonio Brown.
2:02.5	But I'll just say this, like,
2:04.8	Teres and I have learned, like, look, this is,
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