Panthers will "pay any price" for Watson (via Sportsnaut via PFN)

[Snake]

3 minutes ago, TheRumGone said:

Also deshaun might be vying for best qb in the entire league year in and year out with Patrick Mahomes in the not so distant future. That’s why people are so hyped about acquiring him. Watch his games, he is on the precipice of being the best in the league and he’s 25 fuging years old. I get why it’s so tempting.

He's definitely good but the question is can we surround him with enough talent after giving up multiple firsts and our own stars to get him. 

[Kentucky Panther]

Any price is different than a hefty one. I trust we won’t give up everything.. it will probably be a load though. I trust our front office will make the right move. 
 

Just a quick note, this has been the most interesting offseason I can remember as a Panthers fan. We are finally being aggressive and I love it. 

[TheRumGone]

4 minutes ago, Snake said:

He's definitely good but the question is can we surround him with enough talent after giving up multiple firsts and our own stars to get him. 

Yeah I mentioned that in my other post. And he’s more than good. He’s a top 5 qb with the potential to be the very best in the league. Deshaun also has that clutch gene. 

[Panther'sBigD]

I think too many of you must watch Billions and think that having all that money gives you more balls than brains. That's the only reasoning I can come up with as to why so many of you seem to think Tepper or anyone else in the Panthers organization would be dumb enough to telegraph their intentions so publicly and basically show their belly to Houston. 

 

 

[Jon Snow]

It is impossible for me to believe that the Panthers would let something like that become public knowledge.  It is the dumbest bargaining strategy imaginable to let the seller know you will pay whatever they want.  If this is true I fear for the future of this team.

[KSpan]

16 minutes ago, Panther'sBigD said:

I think too many of you must watch Billions and think that having all that money gives you more balls than brains. That's the only reasoning I can come up with as to why so many of you seem to think Tepper or anyone else in the Panthers organization would be dumb enough to telegraph their intentions so publicly and basically show their belly to Houston. 

 

 

After how public they made their negative views on the QB situation, and by proxy Teddy, I'm just not understanding the public strategies (assuming this Watson thing is true). Perhaps the whole idea though was/is to make it abundantly clear that Carolina was serious about any/all potential deals.

Even then though I can't agree with the approach.

Edited February 25, 2021 by KSpan

[joemac]

1 hour ago, Kuhndog94 said:

I doubt we'd put this out there so the Texans can drive up the price. I wouldn't look too much into this. 

I would imagine that the Texans already know that we are All-In.  You have to think our GM and theirs have already discussed this in detail....

[Mr. Scot]

15 minutes ago, Panther'sBigD said:

I think too many of you must watch Billions and think that having all that money gives you more balls than brains. 

Are you familiar with the Appaloosa management model?

[joemac]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yep. It sounds like he's gone nuclear quietly behind the scenes but is trying to stay quiet and let others do his communication to the public. He might have to go nuclear publicly.

Watson just sent out a tweet a little while ago talking about how important loyalty is to him.

 

 

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, joemac said:

Watson just sent out a tweet a little while ago talking about how important loyalty is to him.

 

 

He's probably going to have to go scorched Earth and stop with the innuendo.

[joemac]

1 hour ago, BIGH2001 said:

I sure as hell hope that this isn’t true.  The first three years of this guy’s ownership have been a disaster anyway.  I don’t know if he has a clue what he’s doing. 

I don't know about it being a disaster....thats a little strong.  There are growing pains, but it seems we have the right coach, the right OC and hopefully the right GM in place.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and all that jazz....

[MVPccaffrey]

we need a jackass or two to tell us that Houston is not going to trade them, because of course we should take them at their word.

 

Watson, Russ, just get one of them

[joemac]

45 minutes ago, TheRumGone said:

No way the panthers just put this out. You don’t do that when you’re trying to make a deal. 
 

and deshaun could block this trade. He’s already said he won’t go to a team that mortgages their future to get him because that’ll leave him in the same situation he’s been in on the Texans. I honestly think he’s either going to sit out the season, or go for less than what people think because deshaun WILL have a say in this trade. He has some power.
 

Let’s say he accepts that trade of Burns/Chinn and 3/4 first round picks. You just hope to rebuild with 2nd-7th round players around him for the next 3/4 years. No doubt we would SUCK epically this upcoming year. 

like I said before this will either go down as the best thing that’s ever happened to this franchise or the absolute worst. If these reports are true, Tepper is putting all his chips on the table and this has the capacity to turn this franchise into the worst run in the entire league or he looks insanely brilliant and Matt and co. coach up non blue chip prospects for half a decade. There doesn’t seem to be any in between here. It’s an insanely risky move.

Well thats the rub, isnt it?  Any team that trades for Watson is going to have to give up the farm.  There is no trade scenario that does not rape the team that Watson is going to. 

[CRA]