CSI: HOUSTON

Hello. Welcome to a new blog. Just giving it a test run, and the 1st test will be what's going on with the QB position for your Houston Texans.

Since the Texans drafted him in 2017, QB Deshaun Watson has played in 54 games in his NFL career, and has been sacked 174 times. This includes a 62 sack season in his sophomore year, which is tied for the 5th most in a season in NFL history. It doesn't include 3 playoff games where Watson was sacked another 14 times. That also doesn't include another 145 times Watson has been hit after throwing the ball, or the number of times he's been tackled the 307 times he's run the ball.

With all of those hits to his body in a 3 1/2 year span, it's no wonder Watson would seek out a massage from time to time. Thank goodness every team in the NFL has their own team of trainers and massage therapists to take care of such things. Only problem with that is, Watson decided not to take advantage of that employee perk, and instead spend his own money choosing his own therapists. And after signing a $160,000,000 contract last September, with $110,000,000 guaranteed, and $27,000,000 paid up front just for signing it, Watson could certainly afford to do so.

It appears, though, that Watson didn't consult the Yellow Pages to find his own therapist. OK, I just aged myself. Watson didn't do a Google search for massage therapists close by. Instead, he turned his search efforts to Instagram where he browsed through pics of scantily clad women with "massage therapist" or "masseuse" in their bio. But hey, there's nothing wrong with that.

Where it started going wrong was when reports came out that a woman had filed a civil suit, through Houston attorney Tony Buzbee, against Watson for sexual misconduct during one of these massage sessions. That was a bit out of nowhere for most everyone, as Watson has always seemed to carry himself well publicly. And how many times have we heard someone trying to extort these young, rich athletes? But then a 2nd suit was filed, and then a 3rd, and a 4th, and it got to a point very quickly where there were reportedly over 20 women waiting to come forward. And just like that, the QB who gave his very 1st NFL paycheck to cafeteria workers who had lost their homes during Hurricane Harvey, now seems to have a very serious sex addiction at the very least, to being a serial sex assaulter.

With each case that was filed, some the details were pretty graphic, disturbing, and seemed to get worse as the claims mounted. They went from him just exposing himself, to "accidently" touching them with his wingwang, to forcing them to touch his boingey pole, to forcing oral. I'm not even going to mention the claims of getting pre-juice on one, or anything about his oiled up Browns tunnel. Gross, I just did mention it. And that's just from the 15 suits filed as of March 25. And it sure doesn't help that Watson's team has admitted there was consensual sex being had in some of these "massage" instances, not necessarily those who have filed.

What all of this means for the Texans in relation to their football team, is that we knew Watson was upset with the Texans and was demanding a trade. This a mere 4 months after signing his $160,000,000 deal with them. We all thought the rift was because Watson wasn't happy with the direction the Texans were taking with some key front office personnel, that included the owner, Cal McNair. He sure didn't have a problem taking his money though. As it looks now, it appears that maybe the Texans were aware Watson was putting himself in a dangerous position and maybe tried to talk some sense to him. Watson may have not been happy with them getting into his personal business, and it pissed him off. Enough to where he wanted out. I'm betting he'd wished he'd listened to them now, if that was indeed the case.

The Texans never showed that they were going to give into Watson's demands to be traded. But if they did, for a QB of his caliber, the Texans would have brought in a HUGE haul in return. I also think that if the Texans had traded him, and then all of this stuff came out, that the world would think the Texans had pulled a fast one.

The Texans are in a position now, that there really isn't anything they can do. Watson is likely facing a suspension by the NFL, and there's a chance some of these suits against him, which are all currently civil cases, could turn criminal at some point. Now we're talking possible jail time if convicted. So the Texans couldn't trade him even if they wanted to now.

Before all of this came out, it appeared the Texans were willing to let Watson sit out the upcoming season, which means they wouldn't have to pay him a dime of his mega million dollar contract. The crappy part now is that the NFL could put Watson on their commissioner's exempt list, meaning he doesn't get to play in the NFL until the commish says he can, but it also means he gets paid while he's on the list. That part sucks.

The other crappy part is that finding a top tier NFL QB is a very hard thing to do, and in this day and age, you need one to be a consistent contender year in and year out. The Buffalo Bills have been looking for a top tier QB since Jim Kelly retired in the mid 90's. The Cleveland Browns have been looking for one their entire existence (1999). It took the Texans 16 years to find one, he's on the precipice of becoming one of the elite QBs in the league, and now it's doubtful he'll ever take another snap for the Texans again. And they likely aren't going to get anything for him to help with their efforts to find another.

Sucks to be a fan of Houston sports right now. But probably not as much as it sucks for the women that have had what Watson is alleged to have done to them. And it is alleged. Watson is certainly not been proven guilty, but damn, it sure isn't looking good.