Around the NFL 2022: Post Draft Edition

Marion Barber was a beast for a number of years -- always respected his game. He played with an attitude and never shied away from contact. I always thought he was underappreciated by Dallas (kind of like what they're doing now with Pollard, in fact). Sad news -- 38 is pretty darn young.

Barber was a tough RB to take down

RIP Barber, way too young

Ryan Fitzpatrick to retire. Big kudos to him for surviving in the NFL for 17 years as a journeyman QB. The last journeyman QB that lasted a long time in NFL that I could think of is Vinny Testaverde.

Props to RF, wish we could have seen him as our starter for a full season. Could have been fun.

Damn Mark Rypien being accused of abuse by his partner of 18 years
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34015403/former-long-partner-sues-mark-rypien-alleges-abuse-ex-washington-qb

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/browns/2022/06/03/deshaun-watson-attorney-rusty-hardin-radio-comments-happy-ending/7503385001/

I really don’t know why Watson attorney is doing radio interviews parsing out the happiness of a happy ending. Saying sex workers who give them are happy to do…that’s great I’m sure that’s the case for the thousands who are human trafficked in this country and around the world, forced into sex worked in an industry rife with abuse. Jesus man, your client is a creep period. A piece of shit.

His words:

A "happy ending" in terms of a massage is generally defined as a sex act at the end, according to dictionary.com. After the radio interview, Hardin told USA TODAY Sports he defines “happy endings” as consensual oral sex.

“Happy endings are not a crime, and a happy ending is a consensual happy ending,”

In actual football news, DK Metcalf is absent from the Seahawks' mandatory camp:

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/06/07/report-dk-metcalf-not-present-for-start-of-mandatory-minicamp/

This Watson stuff is wild. 66 massage therapists in about 1.5 years. He is 1 weird SOB.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34054310/cleveland-browns-qb-deshaun-watson-saw-least-66-massage-therapists-17-month-period-report-says

To be a Browns fan right now must be wild.

This Watson stuff is wild. 66 massage therapists in about 1.5 years. He is 1 weird SOB.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34054310/cleveland-browns-qb-deshaun-watson-saw-least-66-massage-therapists-17-month-period-report-says

To be a Browns fan right now must be wild.

He needs to sit for 2 more years