From sharing a stage in Deshaun Watson’s biggest moment (so far) to eventually handing down judgment on the embattled quarterback’s future, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is part of Watson’s story no matter how you spin it. Watson entered the NFL on that seemingly far off draft day in 2017. What else he entered into might not be so rosy, based on the 22 sexual misconduct/assault lawsuits the phenom is current facing from massage therapists.
While Goodell’s early years were ruled with a borderline iron-fisted dictatorship, he’s backed off that stance to become someone who seemingly just can’t make a good decision and therefor makes no decision at all—until forced to do so.