For as long as he's an NFL player, quarterback must have team-approved ma sage se sions with approved therapists. That's according to the settlement he reached with the over the summer, per three sources familiar with the matter.Browns GM Andrew Berry said in August the team had
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Andrej Sekera Kids Jersey treatment plan. Though we don't know the details of that plan due to privacy laws, but it was stre sed to me by one league source that this is treatment and not counseling, if that distinction makes a difference.His pre s conference the day the settlement was announced seemed contradictory to his previous statements in more controlled environments. He said he will "continue to stand on my innocence.""I have to do what's best for Deshaun Watson at the end of the day and I know what happened,'' Watson told reporters in August. "I was in those situations, but I have to continue to push forward and keep moving forward.'' A Browns source noted to me that he hadn't yet started treatment at that point, and that Watson isn't viewing the treatment as
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