Why Roger Goodell's hug to Deshaun Watson was an embarrassment to the NFL.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell hugs Deshaun Watson.

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DeShawn Watson was called a predator by Goodell only a year ago.

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Goodell said that during a press conference on August 9 last year, Watson was described as violent.

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In his report, Robinson said that "Watson's pattern of conduct is more egregious than any the NFL has reviewed."

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Watson was fined $5 million and banned for 11 matches.

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Goodell's hug is one of the most underrated moments in his nearly two-decade tenure as commissioner of the league.

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Goodell's response showed that he never understood or forgot the pain and damage caused by Watson.

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In embracing Watson like this, Goodell is turning his back on all of Watson's victims.

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