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Yep Watson will look at that and say “awesome! Taylor is gonna help this team get back on the right track while sitting on the bench behind me, now I’ll come back to the team and play!”

Not exactly but I do recall TD saying several times that he’d never play anywhere but Carolina then he went to the Chargers and the Skins...

Not relevant. They used a relatively significant amount of cap space on another QB. Watson will not be happy about that at all.

Damn fug that. That makes me angry, he’s probably gonna put up 10 TDs there

You do realize them using this much cap space on a QB will piss off Watson even more and make it more likely that he’ll cement himself further in his stance of never playing for the team again? If the Texans were convinced they could wait Watson out or still try to make amends with him they would not do this deal, they’d look to improve the roster around him. He’s as good as gone, just a matter of time and how ugly it gets.

Yeah Texans clearly see the writing on the wall with Watson. This signing will also only just piss him off more and further cement his position. He’s getting traded before the draft, is my guess

Too late, they’ve already spent all their money lol. Either Jags or returning to Carolina on a 1-3 year deal is my guess.

Melo so far but it’s close

If he does leave I’d love for him to go to JAX. Would be fun watching him in that offense with Lawrence.

They just moved cap hit from this year to spread out over the 4 years after that. It is literally kicking the can down the road. The “$140M” is completely meaningless, that pretty much all voids and won’t count.

How so? He was overpaid and now they’ll have dead cap for 4 more years because of it...

That was one of those trades where everyone lost...

I would be happy with Lance at 8. I prefer that to trading up for Wilson, but my ideal draft QB is Fields, however we get him.

Cam never had a fully healthy year with DJ Moore. The 1 year he had with McC and Samuel, both barely played because Rivera

Well, the "smartest coach in the NHL" is also a very questionable GM at times, so it might not tell us what he thinks it tells us...

We already have DJ Moore...

He’s better but age factors in too, same with Rodgers though. Only QB I’m taking over Watson right now is Mahomes. Herbert’s pretty close but still a small sample size.

I don’t think he’s coming back but this picture doesn’t really mean anything... Gronk looked relatively tiny for a period of time during his retirement. It’s not that hard for these guys to get back into game shape if they want to. Luke doesn’t seem the type to change his mind though, he’s more like Sanders, Megatron, Luck, etc. than Gronk or Favre

Yes please, in a heartbeat. He has been one of the best, most consistent LTs in the league since like his 2nd year and will likely come at a slight discount due to his injury. Worth betting on him bouncing back if you ask me.

They don't really have much to show for it though. 1 SB win (that was gifted to them after katrina) with an all time great QB and above average HC... They were mediocre until that historic 2017 draft saved their asses and even still they haven't been back to the SB since then.

I think a deal along the lines of 4 years $48M with a significant amount guaranteed could be good for both sides. Maybe less total money than he wants but guarantees can outweigh that and since it's only 4 years he can cash in again while still in his prime at 30. A lot for us to pay but could be much worse and it's a shorter deal too so that helps alleviate the risk if his play drops off at some point in the future.

Yeah I'd prefer a rookie (Fields ideally) but I'm not adamantly against going for Watson, just depends on the price. If we do make the trade, even if we pay way more than I'd like, I'd still be absolutely pumped and excited for the future having an elite QB here and I'd just have to hope Rhule and Fits can make it work to build around him with less assets. Either way the meltdown here on both sides would be a sight to see...

The Huddle will crash forever if we actually woke up to news of a Watson trade.

Considering we play them just 3x a year in normal years, that record can't be right... But I would think our record against them has been pretty damn good lately, they haven't been good before this year and even now that they are good we're 3-0-1 against them...

Good, unless it's an intentional smokescreen, then bad