Moo Daeng

I won't be able to muster any interest in watching this Superbowl.

I think it's just because his face looks like a kid that people mention his build.

23 hours ago, bobcat91 said:

I don't get the knock on his size. Aaron Rodgers is an inch shorter and 10 pounds heavier. And Wilson has a quick release so he will see minimal hits if he is smart with the ball. I'm not opposed to Lance, but the film is simply not there and he didn't play in a passing offense. You simply can't say what you are getting with him.

And he's an inch taller and 5lbs lighter than Desean Watson.  5lbs is nothing. Nobody is complaining about Watson's size.  Wilson can easily put on 10 pounds of muscle as a pro if it was wanted or needed.

35 minutes ago, SizzleBuzz said:

Exactly what was promised?

Who made the promise and when?

How do we know?

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30364710/houston-texans-ceo-cal-mcnair-asked-deshaun-watson-opinion-team-head-coach-gm-search

47 minutes ago, onmyown said:

I don’t understand Watsons need to be  so involved in all the FO and coaching hires...has a franchise QB ever had this much say in a hire or refused to play or want to leave if it wasn’t his guy?

No doubt Houston has ran out of toes shooting themselves in the foot, I just can’t imagine individual players being the most qualified people to hire their own coaches and FO personnel.

I believe the issue is they told him in advance he would and then didn't.

48 minutes ago, t96 said:

We’ll be there next year.

It's certainly possible.

55 minutes ago, woahfraze said:

This is silly.

We'd be in the same situation with any franchise QB, not just Watson.  To win in the NFL, you have to have a franchise QB.  To have a franchise QB (unless they are on a rookie deal, in which case you're probably only getting a year or two of high level play before you have to pay them), you have to pony up the cap space to keep them on the roster.  And allocating that cap space to a franchise QB means having to make tough decisions about other players that also need to get payed. You can either pay all the top guys and skimp on depth, only keep the QB and try to spread around the remaining cap around a larger of mid-level guys, try to stagger and structure deals so that the cap hits vary year to year to fit it all in under the cap, or hope to draft well enough that you're constantly getting outsized contributions for your dollars from players on rookie deals. Usually it's a combination of these strategies.

TL/DR, your logic is dumb.

Actually your logic is not logical at all. You forgot the whole part about giving up multiple firsts when you will be needing them to replace the guys you admitted won't be resigned. 

2 minutes ago, SOJA said:

I'm sorry but while I mean no disrespect to Stafford (who is underrated and really has been a warrior for a terrible Lions franchise) he is not in the same stratosphere as Watson even disregarding their age. 

This seems like pretty obvious exaggeration given how closely their production and situations compare.

Never if he's not going to be traded. I see Watson staying exactly where he is being the most likely scenario.

4 minutes ago, Growl said:

Gantt is still stuck in this fox era view of panthers football where the ultimate goal is for the panthers to stay in their lane, make the sensible, safe, economical, view and build a really scrappy roster that contends for a wild card spot

 

Or just has the common sense to realize we aren't trading for Watson.

This is going to be a long 3 months daily Watson trade drama.

On 1/22/2021 at 11:16 AM, SizzleBuzz said:

Now that is interesting.

In isolation "General Manager" is nothing more than 2 words printed on a business card...

...it's entirely possible Snyder gave the "GM" title to Mayhew in order to secure that draft pick while creating another position (call it COO of Football Ops) to whom the GM reports. 

Aaaahh, the law of unintended consequences...

...illogical knee jerk policy decisions always create unintended consequences.

You don't get compensatory draft picks for hiring a minority GM. You get them if you lose a minority executives to a promotion. A gm cannot be lost to a promotion 

10 hours ago, top dawg said:

 

The Texans' hand will be forced one way or another, and Watson will get paid by them in dead cap, AND by someone else--top dollar! That's the power of the no-trade clause!

Dead cap money was already paid to him in form of sighing bonus. Dead Cap is only an accounting treatment that applies the bonus to the teams cap over the length of the contract. He won' get paid by both he will just get his normal salary from the new team and any roster or workout bonus. 

11 minutes ago, joemac said:

Rams have not had a first round pick since 2016 and they’re always gunning for the Championship.

Goff has been a disappointment. Imagine if they had kept their 1st round picks and drafted Dak Preskott

43 minutes ago, Basbear said:

Brady should know him, hes form LSU. Got good combine numbers for a 7th rounder. 

NO BS Im ready to move on form Ian Thomas as a starter, give this guy his snaps instead. 

He's done literally nothing in years and you want to make him a starter?

y'all should offer to give Tepper some guidance on business intelligence

20 minutes ago, joemac said:

Is this like some new phenomenon that Tepper and Rhule just figured out?  Seems pretty obvious to me...

It's not like you can just interview GM candidates every month. You actually need a position to fill and if you do it in bad faith you will make enemies fast and shoot yourself in the foot

7 minutes ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

Good lord that moment made me angry. 

Nobody cares about your childish anger issues.

11 minutes ago, Zod said:

So we do it better then, like this joint. 

 

You will need rules and moderators to moderate.

Not sure I see any similarities with Manziel.

If you want it to be used and to keep things in order then you need to moderate in such a way. Move things, etc. 

It's sad that his less than hoped for performance has caused people to turn on him personally. Though that's the internet for you.

1 hour ago, mrcompletely11 said:

With our line I would be a bit nervous because of his frame.  If he fell to us then I would be completely fine letting him sit the entire year to learn and bulk up.  Let teddy win us 6ish games and aim for 2022 to make a serious run. 

He's the same size as Watson. If we are concerned about that we probably shouldn't trade away our ability to create a stronger line while paying a fragile framed guy 35 million a year with 40+ million cap hits.

2 hours ago, MHS831 said:

Funny how people act as if suddenly becoming a millionaire celebrity at age 22 should have no impact on your maturity.  These athletes are put on a pedestal--many from poor homes---and suddenly surrounded by fame and fortune.  They have never failed in sports--always the best athlete on the field, and that is what they believe they are.  So much depends on the athlete's support system.  I expect this coaching staff to kick the tires on a lot a players that we would call "damaged goods". 

Haskins doesn't come from a poor home.

That's great.