Mr. Scot

I'd imagine a "shakedown" would have consisted of going to Watson privately and saying "If you don't agree to play for us, we'll make this public". Doing it this way would be like releasing embarrassing pictures of somebody and then going to them and saying "Now pay us not to".

Fair point...

One real helpful thing to understand here folks... This does not benefit the Texans. There were two possible outcomes that would have been good for Houston. One, they get their franchise player back agreeing to play; or two, they get a massive trade package in return for him. It's quite possible that neither of those things happens now. I'd add that if you think David Tepper is some kind of mafia boss / Game of Thrones type master manipulator who's going to somehow use his influence to make all of this just magically go away, you've probably been watching too much TV.

Fisher's injury happened this year and tends to take a while to rehab. I've seen some speculation that he might not play this season.

Even after this?

I could be wrong but I think "can't stay healthy" was a bigger problem for him.

Yeah, probably. I liked this discussion a lot better when it was just about football. Now it's looking like a pretty sad story all around.

The latest filing alleges that Watson forced oral sex. This just went to a new level.

Third suit filed, and this one alleges forced oral sex... Hoo boy...

This is unusual...

Said previously more women coming forward would be bad. It's bad.

Another guy some fans wanted gone elsewhere...

I know when we've got a free agent people naturally suspect Buffalo or Washington will go after them. Buffalo snagged Emmanuel Sanders yesterday, so...

Florio talked about it. Basically said if it was just the one accusation it might not have an effect, but four is another story.

Prefer this one?

He's a Seahawk.

Could have gotten something in return for him, but the same guy who says no to that deal goes to the other team and signs him and we get nothing in return. Thanks, indeed.

Well then, I imagine you'll love this...

I think Josh Klein said after our last signing that cap wise, we were probably below the point where we had any chance to keep Curtis.

Per Schefter I don't think too many of us were expecting him back at this point, but still...

Check the address.

For what it's worth, Person thinks we go corner next.

I know some fans here were hoping we'd pursue him.