I’ll be honest — I’m glad the Falcons weren’t able to trade for Deshaun Watson.
It’s not just the 22 pending civil suits against him alleging various acts of sexual harassment and assault, though I’m deeply troubled by those allegations. It’s also about the lack of talent on the Falcons’ roster and the many, many holes they need to plug. It’s the exorbitant cost of acquiring a player like Watson in light of how much work the Falcons need to do to even be competitive in this division, much less within the league.
Given all of that, it never made sense for Atlanta to even be involved in these trade talks, but after a grand jury in Harris County, Texas, declined to bring charges against Watson on nine criminal complaints, teams — including the Falcons — started falling all over themselves to trade for the Texans quarterback.