agreed, but I'll take it a step further. I think the Jets are the single best positioned team to acquire Watson. Most draft capital, best market, cap room, weak division, and Watson's preference.
They're going to be bad next year whether they trade him or not. Whether they have draft picks or not. It's not like a team has never told a player to shove it up their ass when they didn't get what they wanted. The NFLPA agreed to allowing franchises to fine the players a ton of they held out in the new CBA, anticipating the fact that hold outs only apply to a very small minority of players in the league. They can fine him over $1.5 million before the season starts and continue to find him during the season, along with obviously not receiving game checks. Of course I think it's likely that they're just going to appease the situation and run away from it as quickly as they can so they can start to rebuild from the PR mess they've created for themselves. But they're not without any leverage.
I think the Texans will have a hell of a lot more 'justifying' to do to the fan base if the ship Watson out. There's not a single Texans fan who'd hold it against the Texans if the prefer to keep their #1 FQB.
the only leverage the Texans have is to cling onto the hope that teams will bid against each other for Watson's services so they get a nice offer. Which is absolutely a possibility. They will not go into next season with Watson on the roster. That would be career suicide for the front office & coaching staff. Most people dont want to purposely lose their jobs
Guise, half the battle in the NFL is just finding a franchise QB. We really haven't had a true franchise QB in like 40 years. This would be crazy. Whatever it takes, and we go from there.
and we are not? Actually we are probably only looking 4-12 if we give up the farm for Watson. Keeping Sam, and using the drafts picks we probably have a better chance of winning 4.
I thought that was already an established fact? They just hired a head coach who is simultaneously the oldest HC in the league and also has never been elevated to the coordinator position in his 27 year career.
I currently live very far away from both Houston and NYC, and yet somehow my neighbor is a huge Texans fan. If this somehow, some way goes down with the Jets, I can't even begin to tell you...
correct, that was kind of my point. They are a terribly run organization so they very well may not trade him but that is because they are stupid.
Watson had 10 more tds than our entire team and half the ints. If you don’t think Douglas and saleh can’t build a team around him then you don’t think there’s any hope for this team
Texans are in a similar place that Joe Douglas was with Jamal Adams, a top player demanding a trade. Douglas saved face by finding a trade partner willing to give up a king's ransom. That alone soothed a riotous fan base (you and me). Now it's the Texans turn. Get a windfall that makes the fans say "DAMN!!!". But what happens IF the 2 or 3 teams Deshawn gives thumbs up to fail to deliver a kings ransom plus? Three 1sts, including a 2nd or 3rd overall, plus perhaps another star player or two is a pipe dream. Perfect for the Texans, but lets say a trade offer that huge never develops. Then what? Do the Texans still trade their star FQB for 2 firsts? 3 low firsts across multiple years? No Quinnen. No Becton. No hope for a total rebuild?
I was arguing your point that deshaun wouldn't be good with the jets roster, not like he had much to work with over there. And his deal is definitely not a cap killer, every starting qb gets paid. If we're talking about the safest way to have an overall better team, yeah keeping the picks makes sense. But adding deshaun Watson gives us a higher ceiling, and it is definitely possible to build around him with our remaining picks and cap space. The Texans on the other hand are over the cap and have no first round pick. It's not like we'd be swapping place with the Texans. We have 4 firsts and Darnold to trade..
Yup...even if the end up keep Waston they have zero cap and zero draft to build around him....they'll enter 2021 with the exact same team that just went 4-12. In fact they may actually lose a player or two.
