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I’ll give you the cheats so you don’t have to listen. Williamson is former NFL scout. Watson to NYJ (2 1s, 2 2s and DT Williams) Stafford to SF Cam/Love to WFT (Packers move Love to appease Rodgers) Trevor/Wilson/Fields/Lance all gone before Carolina picks. Senior bowl playing a big factor and Carolina getting Mac Jones in the 2nd. Thinks Brady will see a lot of Burrow in him.

and for the record, I would probably sound like that too up at the podium. Because for me...it would because I would be bullshitting and unqualified.

no clue. Last I heard was he didn’t communicate a detailed plan well enough. but from listening to this dude, the Lions coach....teams don’t seem to care about that lol

But Eric from KC interviews poorly...

yeah, I love Cam too. wish he would just retire honestly. Painful watching his end here. Sad watching him in NE. I don’t want to remember him going out even more broken. I always thought he would have a short career. Cam can have a great career away from the game. Whether that involves football or not. Hell, put him on TV. He would be great entertainment. Better than a lot of former players they got out there.

People don’t like getting fired and moved on from. Many deal with it badly. Almost all ill will that I have heard usually ties into that. Every team has some of that. when guys come in and join...we have a pretty big sample size IMO of guys that have noted how good it is here vs the other places. Good is again relative to the rest of the teams. Not that we don’t have our own issues. Houston seems to boil down to the ownership FO/change that recently occurred. Dave Gettlemen IMO is the perfect example. They tried him. He got fired because he was bad for the culture/atmosphere/relationships. Houston essentially found out IMO they had a Dave....and doubled down.

Did Cam ever address if he would simply play out his contract? I wanted to roll with Cam. But I couldn’t of done it if he wanted an extension to play.

well, Carolina, all things considered...is largely regarded as a pretty decent place to play over the years. As fans we are hard on the org. we follow. But we have seen enough players come in and talk about other orgs to know by NFL standards...it isn't bad. Houston by a lot of player accounts became a real cesspool. Even in our dark times here, we haven't heard that. I mean if we had an Easterby that was causing our players to revolt I think both Richardson and Tepper would simply of fired them. Houston seems to be really unique mess right now.

from the man who brought us Jimmy Clausen. The one true Hurney draft.

Watson is Gamestop stock. The athletes are the redditors. The part of billionaire is still played by the billionaire.

Bill minus Brady - 2 winning seasons, 6 losing seasons. Brady minus Bill - 1 winning season

I would say every owner hates the thought of it....even the one who landed him (if it happens). as I said, they have watched players in other sports begin to wield their power. They know it is coming to the NFL to some degree. And none of them want it.

Jack Easterby probably needs secret service to walk around in Houston. people never learn about these Patriot folks. Yeah, an oddity might pop up every now and then like Vrabel but they are almost always poison pills going into other organizations.

I don't think anyone is a big fan of it. I generally would scoff at a player attempting to pull this off. I think Watson simply is in position for it to happen. And eventually someone is going to pull this off in the NFL. I just don't see how Watson sitting isn't worse overall (for the owner/team) than trading him. And I have never seen an example where a player doing so would result in that. It is a combo of Watson being Watson and the team being where it is that generate that IMO.

well, his ego also likely will factor in what his franchise will look like if Watson sits.....again, they will make the Jets look like good team. And the Houston fanbase isn't emotionally attached to that team. I don't think an ego maniac is only going to be concerned about beating Watson.....when he already is being accused of ruining his daddy's franchise. Because if Watson sits.....that is the worst case scenario IMO for him. All scenarios clearly suck giants balls for him.

gonna get boo'd if Watson is sitting. key would be he has to have someone for them to cheer for. So the deal to get Watson.....has to set that up. Why I think the CMC option is good to deal. You essentially could sell your fanbase on a new start. Draft a Trey Lance. Have the best RB in the NFL taking the field. I mean if they are going to deal Watson....they got to have something they can sell Texan fans on in 2021.

yeah, Watson is smart. With a lot of money. He would just go focus on his businesses and making money off the field.

QBs are different though. Why Eli could pull off what he did in another time. Exceptions to the rule. Especially one like Watson. A LaVeon Bell can sit and the the show can go on. Realistically, we barely skipped a beat without the best RB in the NFL. You can pretty much do that to any unhappy player in the league. Watson sits? Good luck filling them seats. The ones that sat empty the year prior. QB isn't a next man up position. Especially, when your team is a one man show at QB. What is a bad backup going to do on bad team. You thought the Jets were a laughing stock? Last year's Jets would look good. Coach/GM ain't keeping their jobs. And Houston is a transplant city that doesn't have the Jets historically loyal fanbase. What are they going to show up for? You got to be able to sell something. Fool the fans into thinking something positive is going on. Houston doesn't have those cards. that said, every NFL owner is dreading this. They have seen how other leagues have changed. Only a matter of time before it seeps into the NFL to some degree. that's my 2 cents.

I mean I got zero interest in doing a lot of stuff. Doesn't mean I don't do it. I see this as nothing more than the Texans trying to improve their hand publicly. They got really no choice but to say such at the moment. What are they going to say? Watson wants to be traded. We will do what he says. We will now take whatever the best you got to offer? Nah, they will just negotiate from the stand point that they don't want to let him go and will dare him to sit to try to squeeze teams for more.

“scam” beat those Gamecocks down twice that year if memory serves. Cam was a hard pill for the SEC crowd to swallow at first lol

you got kids? that certainly doesn't sound like addressing a problem that actually is putting the kids best interest first IMO. Some kids will have drastically fallen behind. Some won't have. Treating them all the same in that manner is just creating even more problems.

AND in 2015 the Panther defense was #6 overall , #6 in points allowed, #1 in turnovers, #6 in sacks Houston in 2020 was #30 overall, #27 overall in points allowed, #28 in turnovers, #18 in sacks Part of Cam being able to turn water into wine and win with those WRs was a defense that was top 10 in every manner you could breakdown and look at a defense. Watson lead the league in passing w/ Brandon Cooks. If he had a defense that wasn't bottom of the barrel he would have continued posting double digit winning seasons. A feat Carolina has never done. Ever. Cam was Cam. Watson is Watson.

Worst FA signings in Panther history. 1. Sean Gilbert 2. Matt Kalil 3. Teddy Bridgewater

Steve Young and Cam Newton didn't have the same game. Vick and Cam didn't have the same game. Vick and Rodgers don't have the same game. and the opposite end of the spectrum Peyton Manning and Teddy didn't play the same game. Just because Watson can run and Cam can run....doesn't make them similar players

my favorite 2 Panther QBs of all time