LinvilleGorge

The irony here is that was the Texans pre-Watson. They had a GREAT defense and were a QB away. It just took them a little too long to get their QB and they missed their window. I want to trade for Watson but I want Burns, Brown, and Chinn off the table.

The Bucs were 5-11, 5-11, and 7-9 over their last three years. Turned out they actually WERE a QB away from competing for a championship and in case you haven't been paying attention, the Saints' QB just retired.

As good as Watson is, I think if I was in their position I'd do the same. Yeah you're rolling the dice on a talented rookie panning out and plenty don't but you're also retaining a boatload of draft equity that would otherwise be headed to Houston.

He knows the score.

You might as well go ahead and get your next alt ready.

The writing has been on the wall for months. Some people have just performed Olympics level mental gymanstics to deny it.

You think the Bears didn't make the same or similar offer for Watson? I doubt it. I can't see being seriously interested in Wilson and not being at least as interested in a similarly elite QB seven years younger.

Utterly delusional. It's factually true that Tepper retained Hurney for two years after acquiring the team.

No. That's five 1st rounders. Can't do that.

Here they come!

Just imagine being this cocky about the management of a team with an overall losing record.

I'm absolutely fine with Watson being Plan A, but I sure hope we aren't putting all of our eggs in that basket.

I hope that is juicy because that's as click baity as headlines get.

I accept that I have to pay taxes but I still bitch about it.

Most of us accepted that a trade up would be required for a QB as soon as we beat the WFT.

I'm not buying into Tepper wanting to continually field a loser. I don't think he's as accustomed to accepting a loser as you seem to be.

They're really dumb if they'd say never. I'd gladly fleece a division rival if they were willing to grossly overpay. Yeah, I'm sure Tepper is just thrilled that the more this organization gets his fingerprints on it the worse we look.

Call with a dumb enough offer and they would. We're desperate, so I gotta leave a little wiggle room.

Yep. If the Jets want him they're in by far the best position to get him. I've been saying for awhile now that for us to get him, we basically need the Jets and Dolphins to bow out of the race due to the cost of the trade and/or they're sold on other options whether those other options are QBs in the draft or QBs currently on their roster. Our hope resides on the fact that this is a strong QB draft class and the Dolphins have a guy on the roster they drafted #3 overall just a year ago.

I usually wish our former players well, but can't wish him well there.

I honestly have no idea what we're doing in free agency. We need to sweep the building. It feels like Hurney is still there somewhere and calling the shots.

If the Texans sit on Watson through a holdout they're even dumber than I thought and I already thought they were the dumbest franchise in the league.

And this. These agents are connected. His agent didn't push for him to sign an incentive laden contract if he didn't expect a decent chance to check some of them off. They know he has a good chance to start some games this year in Houston.

Let's say his base contract is $5M. That would've made him the 4th highest paid backup QB last season. That is big money for a backup. Teams with young entrenched MVP caliber QBs with a bunch of other roster holes don't spend big money on backup QBs. He's gone, man.

So what's the end game? What are they getting out of trying to get everyone to get vaccinated?