HOUSTON — Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson on Monday requested followers who deliberate what was initially referred to as a protest on his behalf to cancel the occasion “for the sake of public security.”
“Though I’m humbled I ask that whoever is organizing the march cancel for the sake of public security,” Watson stated in a tweet. “Covid is spreading at a excessive fee & I do not need any followers to unnecessarily expose themselves to an infection.”
I am listening to there’s a march deliberate on my behalf in Houston at present. Though I’m humbled I ask that whoever is organizing the march cancel for the sake of public security. Covid is spreading at a excessive fee & I do not need any followers to unnecessarily expose themselves to an infection.
— Deshaun Watson (@deshaunwatson) January 18, 2021
The protest gave the impression to be associated to Watson’s unhappiness with the crew after the method it used to rent common supervisor Nick Caserio.
The occasion was organized on Saturday night time by a Texans fan who tweeted, “I am off Monday, I am all the way down to protest in entrance of NRG. If we get sufficient folks to do these items change might occur.”
The gathering, first marketed as a protest however later modified to a “rally,” wound up being a small group exhibiting its assist for Watson. The plan was for followers to eat at Lefty’s, the cheesesteak franchise of which Watson is a minority proprietor, after which stroll a half-mile to NRG Stadium for a “peaceable protest.”
