REPORT: Nick Caserio: Texans have “zero interest” in trading Deshaun Watson

[Wolfcop]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

According to John McClain, they're prepared for that, and they mean it.

The only scenario he sees where they relent on this is if someone brings them an offer bordering on the ridiculous.

Easy to say that in January. We will see how they feel in the summer, if it goes that long. 

[kungfoodude]

20 minutes ago, pantherclaw said:

I understand the point you are making, but it just holds no meat for DeShawn Watson's

Situation.  

 

I read this post and understand why you cannot follow along. 

[onmyown]

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

It's kind of like watching a relationship with one of your buddies and telling him to rid of his GF/spouse because it is plainly obvious where it is all heading. But they double down to try and salvage it, only for more time to pass before the inevitable happens and they split up.

That's Houston and Watson right now. 

Your buddy? Lol come on man this has happened to all of us.

[AU-panther]

12 minutes ago, CRA said:

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. 

 

I would think that there are owners around the league who hope that the Texan's don't give in.  I doubt many owners like the idea of players being able to force their way out.

Personally I do think Watson has a very good chance of getting out, I'm just not convinced its as one sided as most fans think. 

The Texans aren't going to give him away for nothing. 

 

[kungfoodude]

11 minutes ago, CRA said:

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. 

There is a reason the "Patriot Way" works....Bill Belichick. And he also needed the greatest QB of all time.

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, onmyown said:

Your buddy? Lol come on man this has happened to all of us.

Nah. I cut and run pretty quickly. Zero commitment for me. Just the way I have always been geared.

[CRA]

Just now, AU-panther said:

I would think that there are owners around the league who hope that the Texan's don't give in.  I doubt many owners like the idea of players being able to force their way out.

Personally I do think Watson has a very good chance of getting out, I'm just not convinced its as one sided as most fans think. 

The Texans aren't going to give him away for nothing. 

 

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. 

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, AU-panther said:

I would think that there are owners around the league who hope that the Texan's don't give in.  I doubt many owners like the idea of players being able to force their way out.

Personally I do think Watson has a very good chance of getting out, I'm just not convinced its as one sided as most fans think. 

The Texans aren't going to give him away for nothing. 

It was going to be an interesting offseason anyway with the salary cap retracting and some teams being in dire straits now you add this Watson saga and it's going to be a page turner.

I don't think any of us knows how this is going to end up, so it's pretty fun to wildly speculate right now.

I do think the price will not be as steep as the Texans want it to be. I think they will inevitably have to come down off their rumored cost. IMO, not many NFL teams or NFL GM's are going to be willing(or some even able) to give up that kind of haul, even for a guy like Watson. 

We'll see though. 

 

[CRA]

5 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

There is a reason the "Patriot Way" works....Bill Belichick. And he also needed the greatest QB of all time.

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

Brady minus Bill - 1 winning season

 

[kungfoodude]

Just now, CRA said:

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

Brady minus Bill - 1 winning season

 

Yeah, I think we should wait before we completely write the last chapter of that story. It may end up like the Kobe/Shaq episode. Success for both parties but just not nearly the level of success they had together.

[Mister]

its all part of the game , hold the line and well get watson

[WarHeel]

Watson:

“Cowabunga it is...”

[Mr. Scot]

12 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

There is a reason the "Patriot Way" works....Bill Belichick. And he also needed the greatest QB of all time.

I know a lot of people think Caserio is gonna be great.

I'm not one of them.

I've seen enough of him to know that he knows sh-t, but I don't think that's gonna help him.

[CRA]

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