Deshaun Watson practices with Houston Texans on 1st day of camp

Deshaun Watson was connected the tract for the commencement of grooming campy with the Houston Texans connected Wednesday.

The aboriginal of the backmost is uncertain aft helium asked for a commercialized successful January earlier 22 women filed lawsuits alleging that helium sexually assaulted oregon harassed them successful March. Houston constabulary and the NFL are investigating the allegations, but nary charges person been filed.

Watson inactive wishes to beryllium traded and reported to grooming campy solely to debar being fined. He would person faced fines of $50,000 a time if helium didn’t report.

Watson wore his reddish No. 4 jersey implicit a grey hoodie with sweatpants arsenic helium went done idiosyncratic drills with the remainder of the quarterbacks arsenic signifier began connected Wednesday. He chatted with teammates and coaches during breaks successful the action.

General manager Nick Caserio spoke earlier signifier and was evasive erstwhile questioned astir Watson’s presumption with the team.

“It’s a day-to-day endeavor,” Caserio said. “We’re going to instrumentality the information. We’re going to process that. We’re respectful of everybody and everything that’s involved. So we’ll benignant of instrumentality it 1 time astatine a time. And yet we’re going to bash what we consciousness is champion for Houston Texans.”

Caserio besides insisted that Watson was not a distraction to the team.

The NFL released a connection regarding Watson connected Tuesday that though its “review of the superior allegations against Deshaun Watson remains ongoing and active,” determination were nary restrictions connected his information successful squad activities.

Watson led the NFL successful yards passing past play and signed a four-year, $156 cardinal declaration hold with the Texans past offseason. But helium became unhappy with the absorption of the squad and requested a commercialized successful January aft the Texans, who won the AFC South successful 2018 and ’19, sank to 4-12 past season.

Caserio signed seasoned Tyrod Taylor to a one-year woody successful March to springiness the squad an security argumentation astatine backmost if Watson can’t oregon won’t play this season. The Texans selected Stanford’s Davis Mills successful the 3rd circular of this year’s draft, and helium and Jeff Driskel, a caller escaped cause signee, volition apt vie to backmost up Taylor if Watson isn’t an option.