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He won't be starting this Sunday in snowy Buffalo, but Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson finally participated in his first regular-season practice with the team since being suspended 11 games over claims of sexual misconduct.
The 27-year-old signal caller took reps with the Browns at the team facility in Berea, Ohio on Wednesday, marking his first action with his new club since training camp.
The practice is a significant step for the three-time Pro Bowler, who was accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women while he played for Houston. He has denied allegations of sexual assault, and a pair of Texas grand juries opted against charging him, but Watson did apologize during August's training camp to 'all the women I have impacted.'
Deshaun Watson was all smiles at his first regular-season practice with the Browns
The practice is a significant step for the three-time Pro Bowler, who was accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women while he played for Houston. He has denied allegations of sexual assault, and a pair of Texas grand juries opted against charging him, but Watson did apologize during August's training camp to 'all the women I have impacted'
Jacob Brissett (left_ has gone 3-6 as the Browns starter in place of Watson (right), and will get the nod again on Sunday, when Cleveland plays the Bills in Orchard Park, where as much as six feet of snow could fall ahead of the 1pm kickoff
Watson reached a settlement with the league in August to sit out 11 games, pay a $5 million fine and undergo counseling and treatment.
To this point, the league said he's fulfilled those obligations.
'Watson has thus far complied with the requirements set out in the August agreement, including evaluation by an NFL-NFLPA jointly appointed clinical professional and participation in a treatment program designed by behavioral experts, and is expected to continue to do so following his return to the football field,' league spokesman Brian McCarthy said in an email.
As long as he continues to meet conditions of the agreement, Watson will make his regular-season debut for the Browns on December 4 against Houston, which drafted him in 2017 and traded him to Cleveland in March for three first-round draft picks. The Browns subsequently
