As Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson stepped to the podium on Thursday, he quickly made one thing clear: he wasn't going to address the giant elephant in the room.
Watson is set to return from an 11-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy—a punishment that stemmed from lawsuits from more than two dozen women alleging sexual misconduct—in Houston on Sunday against his old team. The former Texans star made an opening statement to the media on Thursday, during which he said, "I understand that you guys have a lot of questions, but with my legal team and political team, there's only football questions that I can really address at this time.