I think the context of what you just mentioned is exactly why the Broncos could get away with just ignoring Watson the same way the Steelers did with Roethlisberger. Imagine this scenario: The Broncos acquire Watson (on a discount, let's say a 2nd round and a conditional first), Rusty quietly drags the court battle out and then settles, Watson gets a similar suspension to Roethlisberger. Meanwhile, let's say the Broncos trust situation starts to reach a resolution, and the siblings designate Brittney to serve as the CEO. Maybe in 2 offseasons? Either way, Brittney steps in, and can say she inherited the situation, has spoken to Watson, believes in his character, blah blah blah, and just completely wash her hands of it.
Every person who has followed Big Ben's career knows he is a rapist that would go to college bars and prey on young women. He still got endorsements, still sold jerseys, and still is the face of a franchise with presence all across the nation. Similar to what Big Ben did, Watson will quickly get married around the same time as the settlement and do the whole newlywed PR game where he hides behind his new wife in interviews.
#metoo has not had much luck going after successful Black men, and I think they will have even less luck picking up traction against a female NFL owner, especially if this settles as expected with admissions of misconduct, but not admissions of sexual assault.
I would rather not become the Steelers and root for a predator.
Big Ben is shit!
Meh - Ohio teams died to me because that state became a bastion of ignorance and bigotry.
And I got tired of being trolled for what, three years about fandom. So at this point y'all are just meme'ing to me.
Also, some you all apparently need to change your drawers more frequently!
Because it's hard to root for a place that represents things you dislike. Just generally.
As to the second point - not really. Denver was on the decline post SB: in fact that's where a lot of the trolling and snide comments came from. I had the audacity to say "we should rebuild, we aren't contenders and the like," and ate shit for it. For years. Even though I was right. Same thing for the stupid Flacco, TS, Keenum, etc moves. Pittsburgh just lost to Cleveland, they have a bad QB, they're expected to finish third or fourth in the division, and they have massive cap issues. I'm fairly bright, right? Surely I'd have picked a team on the rise/a known power like Kansas City, San Fran, Arizona, Tampa, etc. It makes sense because if I wanted a 'winner' after moving on from Ohio I'd have used the same logic.
So I reject your claims, but I don't view it as an attack. I differentiate between the two.
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