Deshaun Watson dealing with new lawsuit that might permit Browns to get out of deal, plus Prisco's Energy Rankings

Welcome to the Tuesday version of the Decide Six e-newsletter! 

It has been a wild 24 hours within the NFL and most of that wasn’t associated to something on the sector:

• Deshaun Watson has been hit with a brand new sexual assault lawsuit
• The bodycam footage from Tyreek Hill’s arrest was launched on Monday
• And in precise soccer information, the 49ers confirmed that they are nonetheless the 49ers

We’ll be overlaying all of that and extra in at this time’s e-newsletter, so let’s get to the rundown. 

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1. Deshaun Watson hit with sexual assault lawsuit

The Browns quarterback may very well be in some sizzling water once more after a sexual assault lawsuit was filed towards him on Monday. 

Here is what it’s worthwhile to know: 

• The case stems from an incident in 2020. When Watson was suspended 11 games by the NFL in 2022, it was associated to the 24 civil lawsuits that he was dealing with (He ultimately settled most of them). The allegations in these lawsuits befell between March 2020 and March 2021. The most recent allegation stems from an incident that allegedly occurred in October 2020, which might be in that very same window. 
• The accusations towards Watson. In line with the lawsuit, Watson met the sufferer at a Houston bar after which started texting her over a interval of a number of months. The lawsuit claims Watson agreed to satisfy at her residence, however on the evening of Oct. 10, 2020, allegedly referred to as Doe’s cellphone “aggressively yelling and screaming” about being unable to seek out the residence telling Doe he would not “have time for this.” When Watson lastly arrived, Doe claims she was not prepared as she “had not completed placing on her make-up.” She says Watson was invited to take a seat in the lounge as she tried to make dialog. Listening to nothing in return, Doe says she thought Watson might need left, so she left the lavatory and allegedly “discovered him fully bare on her mattress, mendacity face down on his abdomen.” At that time, Watson demanded a therapeutic massage and some minutes later, he allegedly sexually assaulted her. 
• Browns may get out of Watson’s contract. Watson’s absolutely assured contract does have one out: If Watson did not inform the Browns about this allegation, that might probably void the remaining ensures in his contract. When he signed his deal, Watson needed to give the workforce a listing of all his accusations in writing. If this accusation was on the listing, then the Browns cannot punish him in the event that they knew about it. The NFL may additionally droop him over the brand new accusation and if that occurs, the Browns would even be in a spot the place they may void the remaining ensures in his contract. Professional Soccer Speak has a solid breakdown of the situation that you can read here. To date, the NFL has refused to touch upon this particular case. 

If you’d like all the main points within the newest lawsuit, you can see those in our full story here.  

2. Tyreek Hill incident: Bodycam footage launched, Dolphins name for punishment of officers concerned

After Tyreek Hill was detained by police on Sunday, there was some query about what precisely occurred and we now have a a lot better concept of that after the bodycam footage was launched on Monday. 

Here is the most recent on the scenario: 

• Bodycam footage launched. The Miami-Dade Police Division launched the bodycam footage on Monday evening and what the footage confirmed was that there have been a number of officers who had been overly aggressive with Hill. The Dolphins receiver was requested to place his window down and when did not reply quick sufficient an officer opened the door to his automobile and dragged him out. At that time, Hill was thrown to the bottom and handcuffed. The footage, which you can see here, undoubtedly wasn’t a very good search for the police division. One member of the police division has already been positioned on administrative go away. 
• Dolphins name for officers to be punished. The Dolphins launched a robust assertion on Monday evening calling for the officers concerned to be punished. “Whereas we commend MDPD for taking the correct and mandatory motion to shortly launch the footage, we additionally urge them to take equal swift and robust motion towards the officers who engaged in such despicable habits.” You’ll be able to see the team’s full statement here. 
• Tyreek Hill speaks out. The Dolphins receiver did a number of interviews on Monday evening and the primary level he made is that he is fortunate to be a celeb. Hill stated he is aware of the scenario might need ended with him being shot if he wasn’t who he was. “If I wasn’t Tyreek Hill, worst-case situation, we might have had a unique article: ‘Tyreek Hill obtained shot in entrance of Laborious Rock Stadium’ … or ‘Tyreek Hill put in handcuffs, taken in and booked,'” Hill stated in an interview with CNN on Monday evening. You can read Hill’s full comments here. 

The Dolphins receiver, who was given two citations — one for careless driving and one for a seatbelt violation — is exploring litigation towards the Miami-Dade Police Division, according to his attorney.

3. Recapping the 49ers’ win over the Jets: 5 issues to know

The defending NFC champions performed just like the NFC champions on an evening the place they dominated the Jets, 32-19. 

If you happen to missed the sport or simply desire a refresher, this is a fast breakdown of what occurred: 

• 49ers offense thrives with out Christian McCaffrey. The 49ers working again, who’s dealing a calf/Achilles damage, was a shock scratch on Monday, however that did not appear to decelerate San Francisco’s offense. With McCaffrey on the sideline, Jordan Mason came in and put on a show. The backup working again went off for 147 yards and a landing on 28 carries on an evening the place the Jets protection had no concept how you can sluggish him down. The 49ers additionally obtained Deebo Samuel closely concerned within the offensive recreation plan. The twin-threat star had 13 touches for 77 yards and a landing.
• 49ers holdouts held up. The 49ers had two gamers who skipped all of coaching camp and each gamers had been on the sector. First, there was Trent Williams. Lacking coaching camp did not appear to hassle Williams, who was the very best offensive lineman on the sector on this recreation. The 49ers star left deal with did not permit a single strain on 33 pass-blocking snaps, according to Next Gen Stats. Brandon Aiyuk additionally missed all of coaching camp and he performed prefer it. Though he caught two passes for 28 yards, he additionally dropped a surefire landing go from Brock Purdy that you can see here. 
• Aaron Rodgers made it by way of the sport. All eyes had been on Rodgers final evening and he appeared slightly rusty, which was too be anticipated for somebody who had solely performed 4 snaps over the previous 20 months. Rodgers completed simply 13 of 21 for 167 yards and he wasn’t nice, however he did present some flashes of his outdated self. Rodgers threw two landing passes, together with a 36-yard laser to Allen Lazard that you can see here. If you happen to’re a Jets followers, the loss wasn’t so dangerous when you think about that Rodgers survived and he gave the impression to be getting extra snug within the offense as the sport went alongside. 
• Jets protection will get failing grade. Though New York’s offense confirmed flashes on Monday evening, the protection crashed and burned. This unit was top-of-the-line within the NFL final season, however towards the 49ers, they obtained embarrassed. At one level within the recreation, the 49ers scored on EIGHT straight drives, which marked the primary identified time in franchise historical past that the Jets had given up a rating on eight straight possessions (We are saying ‘identified historical past’ because tracking only goes back to 1979). The Jets’ defensive efficiency was virtually actually excellent news for Haason Reddick, as a result of New York will probably be extra open to getting a deal finished with the star pass-rusher, who sat out Monday’s recreation resulting from a contract dispute. 
• Jake Moody ties 49ers report. The 49ers kicker opened the season by hitting six area targets, which tied the franchise report for many area targets in a single recreation. Moody and Chris Boswell each hit six area targets this week, which makes them simply the second pair in NFL historical past to hit six area targets in the identical week. The one different time it occurred got here in 1999 when Olindo Mare and Jason Hanson did it. 
• We obtained a scorigami. The 32-19 remaining rating marked the primary time in NFL historical past {that a} recreation has ended with that remaining rating. There have now been 1,085 distinctive remaining scores in NFL historical past. You can read more about that here. 

Anyway, if you wish to try extra of our takeaways from the sport, be sure to click here. 

Yearly, the most important motion in Prisco’s Energy Rankings comes after the primary week of the season and this yr was no totally different. After a wild Week 1, we noticed 30 of the NFL’s 32 groups transfer at the very least one spot this week. The one two groups that did not make a transfer was the workforce on the prime and the workforce on the backside. 

With that in thoughts, let’s check out Prisco’s prime 5 groups heading into Week 2: 

1. Chiefs (Identical as final week)
2. 49ers (Up one from final week)
3. Bills (Up one from final week)
4. Lions (Up three from final week)
5. Texans (Up three from final week)

I am not going to spoil the remainder of the Energy Rankings right here, however I’m going to offer you a number of nuggets. Here is what has modified since Prisco’s final Energy Rankings: 

• The largest bounce this week went to the Los Angeles Chargers. After watching Jim Harbaugh win his debut recreation, Prisco rewarded the Chargers by bumping them up seven spots from 18th to eleventh. The Chargers beat the Raiders 22-10 on Sunday. The Steelers additionally moved up seven spots. Regardless of not scoring an offensive landing of their win over Atlanta, Prisco nonetheless moved them up from nineteenth to 12. The Steelers are the one AFC North workforce that gained a recreation in Week 1. 
• The largest bounce within the NFC went to the Vikings, who obtained rewarded for thrashing the Giants, 28-6, on Sunday. Due to that win, Prisco moved them up seven spots from twenty fifth to 18th. 
• The largest drop within the rankings went to the Inexperienced Bay Packers. With Jordan Love anticipated to be sidelined for a number of weeks resulting from a knee damage, Prisco has misplaced all religion in Inexperienced Bay. The professor of energy rankings dropped the Packers 13 spots — from second right down to fifteenth — which is likely to be the most important tumble I’ve ever seen within the energy rankings.  Additionally, it is in all probability value noting that Prisco dropped the Bengals 11 spots for struggling essentially the most stunning loss in Week 1. They went from fifth right down to sixteenth. 
• Now, let’s discuss in regards to the worst workforce within the NFL. The Panthers closed out the 2023 season on the backside of the rankings after which they opened the season on the backside, and now, they’re nonetheless there. After watching Carolina get destroyed 47-10 by the Saints, Prisco noticed no motive to maneuver them out of the thirty second spot. 

If you wish to know the place your favourite workforce ended up in Prisco’s Week 2 Energy Rankings, be sure to click here. If you wish to argue with Prisco over his rankings, you can do that on Twitter by clicking here. I argue with him on a regular basis about every little thing.  

5. Breech’s Week 2 NFL picks: Dolphins beat Payments in Thursday thriller

If it is Tuesday, that may solely imply one factor round these elements: It is time for my weekly picks.  

The primary week of the season is at all times powerful to foretell, however I nonetheless managed to go 10-6 final week. My objective this week is to go 16-0, however that is in all probability not going to occur as a result of I feel I might need gotten slightly too aggressive with a number of of my upset predictions. 

As at all times, this text will characteristic three of my picks, after which if you happen to really feel like studying the remainder of them, you can click through here and check them out. 

With that in thoughts, listed here are three of my principal picks for the week, beginning with the Thursday evening recreation in Miami:  

• Payments at Dolphins (-2): Josh Allen is 11-1 in his final 12 video games towards the Dolphins, which sort of makes me wish to decide the Payments, however I am not going to do it. Buffalo will probably be going into this recreation with a totally revamped secondary and I may see that secondary struggling towards the Dolphins passing assault. Additionally, Mike McDaniel is 7-0 in his teaching profession in the course of the first three weeks of the season and till he truly loses a recreation, I am unable to decide towards that. PICK: Dolphins 27-23 over Payments.
• Browns at Jaguars (-3.5): Each of the groups are 0-1, which suggests they’re each going to be determined for a win this week. The distinction for me on this recreation is that the Jaguars offense truly appeared considerably competent in Week 1. On the Browns’ finish, Deshaun Watson appears misplaced on the sector and I am unable to decide a workforce if their quarterback appears misplaced. PICK: Jaguars 23-20 over Browns.
• Bengals (+6) at Chiefs: The Bengals appeared completely horrible on Sunday towards the Patriots, but when there’s one workforce they at all times look good towards, it is the Chiefs. Joe Burrow has a 3-1 report towards Kansas Metropolis and in these 4 video games, he is averaged 293.8 passing yards per recreation whereas throwing 9 landing passes in comparison with simply three interceptions. The Bengals are going to be determined so I will not be stunned in the event that they pull off the upset. PICK: Bengals 27-24 over Chiefs. 

As soon as once more, to take a look at the remainder of my picks for Week 2, be sure to click here.   

6. Further factors: Puka Nacua to overlook at the very least 4 video games

It was a busy 24 hours within the NFL, and because it’s practically inconceivable to maintain monitor of every little thing that occurred, I went forward and put collectively a roundup for you.

• Rams place Puka Nacua on injured reserve. The Rams have determined to place Nacua on injured reserve. Nacua had been coping with a knee damage throughout coaching camp and he aggravated the damage on Sunday towards the Lions. Sean McVay stated the damage is a strained PCL. With Nacua on IR, meaning he’ll be out towards the Cardinals (Week 2), 49ers (Week 3), Bears (Week 4) and Packers (Week 5). The excellent news for the Rams is that they’ve a Week 6 bye, so there is a good probability he’ll be again on the sector in Week 7.  
• Packers will not put Jordan Love on IR. The Packers will NOT be placing Jordan Love on injured reserve, which suggests the workforce is holding out hope that Love will be capable to return in some unspecified time in the future within the subsequent three weeks. If Love was despatched to IR, he’d need to miss 4 video games. Proper now, Malik Willis is in line to begin this week’s recreation towards the Colts. 
• Browns to signal Tremendous Bowl-winning receiver. The Browns added some depth to their receiving room on Monday by signing Kadarius Toney to their follow squad. Toney, who gained two Tremendous Bowls with the Chiefs, was lower by Kansas Metropolis in August.
• Rookie rankings for Week 1. From Caleb Williams to Bo Nix to Xavier Worthy, there have been numerous rookies who performed in Week 1, so we determined to undergo and attempt to determine who had the very best week. If you wish to know which rookies thrived in the course of the opening week, be sure to check out our rankings here. 
• One factor we realized about every workforce. If you wish to know one factor we realized about every workforce in Week 1, then you definitely’ll wish to check out Cody Benjamin’s story here.