Of all the monumentally dumb things the Texans have done, the dumbest would be trading Watson. He can "request" a trade all he wants, you don't have to trade him.
I think you are making the mistake of thinking any professional athlete puts liking a city where they live over millions of dollars and the chance to win championships. I’m sure Carlos loves the organization and city but if another contender comes calling with millions of extra dollars to spend I’m sure he will get over liking being here if we aren’t I a position to win. Shelf life for money is very narrow.
Yes. The Texans won’t let their asset depreciate by not playing and they don’t want a QB under center that doesn’t want to be there. If Watson really wants out, he is out.
No it isn't about time. I'm sorry but the Texans will probably never draft someone as good as Watson for the rest of the franchise's existence. You keep him at all costs.
More reports? Or the same report from earlier in the week (“coach may not matter”) that Mortensen just re-stated this morning... and all the usual news outlets re-reported (Schefter, PFT, etc.). Yes, it all may end up coming true... but there isn’t any current news from either side. If I was in Watson’s agent’s position, I’d play it exactly like they’ve done.... but at the same time, the league doesn’t want every star player who isn’t “happy” being acquiesced whenever they want, thus why I don’t think this is as simple as Watson gets to pick his team and they all make it work.
Amen. You can say what you want about a rebuild, but you don't get rid of a 25 year old potential hall of famer, even if you're rebuilding. Your window is open for 15 years here. You want to move on to rebuild with a 3 years younger unknown? Okay.... These fans be trippin'. Trying to convince themselves the team they root for is still trying to win football games. They're not. Quit being jaded. In two years, with Watson, and a competent organizational structure, this team would be fine. It doesn't have that, though. Instead, this team is literally setting itself up to be modeled after the Cleveland Browns teams of yore. The Pittsburgh Pirates of the NFL, if you will. Grow that talent, and then watch it leave.
If a trade actually happened... Watson’s new team would likely have a worse current roster and less future picks than the Texans do now... yet everybody will admit that situation can be “recovered” as long as you have Watson in place. Hence why you keep him if there’s a smidgen of hope that it can be fixed... even if he wants to run the risk of actually missing game checks (which it will never come to that).
Unless the media hit jobs actually creates an epiphany in the McNair family that they have to change... that truly would be some divine intervention right there. (And Easterby will say his job is done... and walk away on water).
Offensive line needs help (again) Secondary needs help Pass rush needs help Tight ends are meh Receivers are meh Only the QB is elite This is not ideal for a team looking with negative cap space, no high draft picks, and not looking like an ideal free agent destination. If they can guarantee Watson happiness then keep him. But if there is a chance of him being disgruntled or sitting out, they need to have the conversation.
The defense is crap... The Tight ends actually do have some versatility/talent. The receiving core, while could have been decimated by losing Hopkins, ended up being more prolific this year... but that’s how good Watson is that he can pretty much take any receiving core from here on out, with the slightest bit of talent/separation, and make them prolific. Any team looking to trade a kings ransom for him also has all these holes... and then some. They will need to be creative to try and fix the defense, or hit on some mid-round picks. Still easier then finding a new franchise QB.
How do you rid of what really is setting back this organization? Can't rebuild over a burial ground with bad foundation to top it off. I'm down with Trevor but Trevor won't be down for this sh**show when the extension comes up.
Remember that receiving corp is without Will Fuller. They can resign him or franchise him but that will be tricky with no cap space. The big thing that has me here is the possibility of a disgruntled QB. I'm just not confident the Texans ar able to clean this up.
And yet its still likely easier than either trusting this front office/owner to oversee a rebuild... or somehow finding another franchise QB and proving he’s truly one over the next 5 years.
This. Or McNair just says he's going to step back, let the team run itself, while he collects checks, and the someone running the team is not in Easterby's pocket. That's how you make Deshaun happy, and how you get the franchise back on track. Will never happen, though.
As long as the Easterbunny/Cal connect is there, there’s not much hope. They’re going to run off any good players who aren’t ‘culture fits’, bungle the inevitable rebuild we face if we trade Deshaun, and in 3-4 years say we need to start the rebuild over. This will continue until Easterbunny/Cal don’t have the team in their vice grip. Which is why this coaching decision is so massive. EB means Easterbunny has lost some influence, Frazier means Easterbunny ain’t going anywhere.
