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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Apparently even with the distractions of the extensive soundproofing of his basement and his efforts to revive Jerry Sandusky's charitable foundation, Roger Goodell still had time to think of new ways to screw the Saints. There has never been an ...

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Old 08-18-2022, 12:53 PM   #1
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Deshaun Watson will play vs Saints, suspended vs all other NFC South Rivals!

Apparently even with the distractions of the extensive soundproofing of his basement and his efforts to revive Jerry Sandusky's charitable foundation, Roger Goodell still had time to think of new ways to screw the Saints. There has never been an 11 game suspension in the history of the nfl. Its an odd number and makes no sense. But who is Cleveland’s 11th game against, post bye, week 12? Tampa Bay and Tom Brady! So Watson misses games against Atlanta, Carolina, and Tampa Bay, then plays against the Saints! Clearly it was no accident that Roger Goodell put the Saints last in their division on the Browns schedule, but making sure he only played against the Saints was no easy task. Has he been suspended all season there would be no way to particularly harm the Saints. Had be been suspended 10 games or less he would have played Tampa too. But had the settlement offer been 12 games or more he might have refused and ended up suspended all season or only 6-10 games. So 11 games was a specific message to the Saints. I hope one of the kids escapes and points the cops to Goodell’s house!
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The 11 games was all about the money. That gives him six games and the year counts toward his contract term.

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Apparently even with the distractions of the extensive soundproofing of his basement and his efforts to revive Jerry Sandusky's charitable foundation, Roger Goodell still had time to think of new ways to screw the Saints. There has never been an 11 game suspension in the history of the nfl. Its an odd number and makes no sense. But who is Cleveland’s 11th game against, post bye, week 12? Tampa Bay and Tom Brady! So Watson misses games against Atlanta, Carolina, and Tampa Bay, then plays against the Saints! Clearly it was no accident that Roger Goodell put the Saints last in their division on the Browns schedule, but making sure he only played against the Saints was no easy task. Has he been suspended all season there would be no way to particularly harm the Saints. Had be been suspended 10 games or less he would have played Tampa too. But had the settlement offer been 12 games or more he might have refused and ended up suspended all season or only 6-10 games. So 11 games was a specific message to the Saints. I hope one of the kids escapes and points the cops to Goodell’s house!
Gotta screw the Saints when you can.
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Old 08-18-2022, 01:33 PM   #5
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Gotta screw the Saints when you can.
With the way Watson looked in last week's game, not letting our NFC South opponents face him would be a good thing. He looked like total crap.
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The 11 games was all about the money. That gives him six games and the year counts toward his contract term.

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That just proves this was very premeditated on Roger Goodell’s part. He set it up so the exact length of suspension Watson would have to accept resulted in a last minute settlement of Watson not facing the Saints most important rival and only facing the Saints. He could have scheduled Tampa week 13. He could have put the Browns bye later. He could have scheduled the Saints week 10. He could have refuses to settle and instead suspended Watson for the season. He did none of these things. He never wanted a year suspension, that was all show. The victims dont matter to Goodell any more than his own victims matter to him when he is digging shallow graves. What matters to him is the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to him with his clothes on, being overruled by the evidence when he allowed a truly neutral judge in Paul Tagliaboue to get overrule his bountygate suspensions. There is no way all this comes to an 11 game supension with Tampa the 11th game, a few games of action to warm up, and then Watson at full speed against the Saints, unless Goodell planned it this way from the start.
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Old 08-18-2022, 01:45 PM   #7
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With the way Watson looked in last week's game, not letting our NFC South opponents face him would be a good thing. He looked like total crap.
One drive in the preseason means nothing. Blaine Gabbert and Matt Barkley looked great. Tom Brady might have had a bad drive if he didnt take the week off to shower Goodell with taxidermied animals in lobbying for this favorable settlement.
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That just proves this was very premeditated on Roger Goodell’s part. He set it up so the exact length of suspension Watson would have to accept resulted in a last minute settlement of Watson not facing the Saints most important rival and only facing the Saints. He could have scheduled Tampa week 13. He could have put the Browns bye later. He could have scheduled the Saints week 10. He could have refuses to settle and instead suspended Watson for the season. He did none of these things. He never wanted a year suspension, that was all show. The victims dont matter to Goodell any more than his own victims matter to him when he is digging shallow graves. What matters to him is the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to him with his clothes on, being overruled by the evidence when he allowed a truly neutral judge in Paul Tagliaboue to get overrule his bountygate suspensions. There is no way all this comes to an 11 game supension with Tampa the 11th game, a few games of action to warm up, and then Watson at full speed against the Saints, unless Goodell planned it this way from the start.
Goodell doesn't make the schedule. There's a whole team of analysts with a computer simulation that generates workable schedules based upon venue availability and other factors. After weeks worth of simulations they narrow the choices down to a couple of possibilities. Even at that point they have a favorite and it is then blessed by Goodell after seeing it for the first time. There's a whole documentary covering the entire process that I am sure you can find via Google.
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It’s either planned or one hell of a set of “coincidences”.
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It’s either planned or one hell of a set of “coincidences”.
Simply negotiated. Watson's lawyers wanted the year to count and not have the contract toll to 2023. The league wanted as long of a suspension as possible. 11 games fit both requirements. The mandated counseling was a concession by Watson's side. The reduction of the fine from $10 million to $5 million was a concession by the league.

The only coincidence was the fact that first game back would be against the Texans. If the schedule came into play at all it would be for the fact that all of the other three AFC North teams have to face him the same one game each ... Cincy and Baltimore the two weeks before the Saints, and Pittsburgh the final week of the season.

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill
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