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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Melissa Jacobs

The Deshaun Watson outcome shows women where they stand in the NFL’s eyes

Deshaun Watson
Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson speaks to the media on Thursday in Berea, Ohio. Photograph: Joshua Gunter/AP

During a ping-pong of mostly diversions and contradictions in press conferences following the NFL’s 11-game settlement with Deshaun Watson, Browns co-owner Jimmy Haslam allowed the truth to slip.

Haslam, squirmy and unable to make eye contact with reporters, was in the midst of answering a question about Watson’s deviant behavior when he added, “It’s important to remember that Deshaun is only 26 and is a high-level quarterback.”

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