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This is something I've been thinking about ever since they traded Hopkins because they might just be dumb enough to do it or they might further bungle the situation with other questionable decisions that prevents him from even wanting to re-sign there. We might not even have to give up any player if we play our cards right. Here's my line of thinking...Going from Brees to Watson would keep us in that upper echelon we've fought our way into over the last decade and a half since Payton and Brees took over the reigns.
- Watson is under contract through the 2021 season with his 5th year option
- Brees is under contract through the 2021 season as well
- If the Texans' situation doesn't improve drastically by then, he may refuse to sign a long term deal
- If no teams are giving up anything enticing enough to trade him during or before his 5th year in 2021, he'll likely be franchise tagged at the conclusion of the season and entering the 2022 offseason; now at that point we could go one of two ways:
- Either we could sign him to an offer sheet and pony up the two 1st rounders for him (which would definitely be worth it as a proven franchise QB that's only 27 going into the 2022 season and additionally hoping they are late 1st rounders anyway)
- Or we could risk waiting it out, roll a year with Taysom (provided he's signed through then), and try to woo Watson as an UFA in 2023 where we don't have to give up anything to give him, hoping that the allure of playing in a Sean Payton offense will be the most desirable destination to cement his legacy by taking possession of the torch passed from Brees who he greatly admires
Depends on what that "more" is. As long as it didn't include Thomas or Ramczyk, I'd likely do it.
Exactly what I was going to say, he's not only the head coach but at the end of January they made him the general manager.
We could only do that if the Texans tag on Watson was non-exclusive. Which would be very stupid of them when they could use the exclusive tag.