In this reply I am not excusing or judging the merit of any of the actions Watson may or may not have taken. That’s a separate conversation. But I will say that it’s been since last spring when these accusations came out and the HPD has thus far not indicated they plan to charge him for anything.
That being said, I believe McNair and their crazy VP, Easterby, instigated the public arc of all this to try to damage Watson and force him to relent on his demand to be traded. They were too dumb and short-sighted to imagine Watson and those representing him would call their bluff and use league rules to keep him paid and on the roster even when f he didn’t play.
They also thought that simply hiring an African American HC would impact Watson and make him forget all the Texans past BS and come back into the fold. Now they know they have to deal Watson, so they fired Culley, which shows the cynical and monolithic view they have of the QB and now former HC.