Mr. Scot

Contract alteration? Could that also mean extension? An extension for Roethlisberger sounds kinda crazy.

Or...you make that coach the GM give him full control. (I remember people's reaction when that happened)

That'd be Watson's people.

Yeah, that dude doesn't work there anymore. Caserio does. McNair himself wasn't really directly responsible for the prior bad deals, though it's fair to point out he was the numbskull who put Bill O'Brien in charge.

Again, wasn't the Texans who released this. As far as their relationship, I don't think it'll ultimately be repaired but that doesn't mean they're not going to try.

I do believe someone will acquire Stafford by trade. I just don't necessarily think it'll be us.

Given that he's third string behind an undrafted free agent and there's talk that teammates think he's "garbage", I'm not sure I'd trade for him at all.

That assumes they're willing to trade him though. I'm not so sure that's settled. And to be clear, the Texans weren't the ones who announced this.

Basically: "Thanks for the enthusiasm, but the social media team doesn't work in the front office and the people who do work there don't read your social media posts." This is in response to a video of Frisman Jackson coaching receivers at the Senior Bowl getting numerous responses about trading for Deshaun Watson.

He can do that as long as he doesn't do it publicly. Letting it be known that you're only willing to play for Team X effectively kills the trade market.

Is anybody? And yeah, I still have to wonder if pushing for Bridgewater helped get Marty canned.

PFF says a lot of things.

So I've heard. And Miami is...not sh-tty. The cities are no comparison.

If they signed up for that deal, I'd be glad Adam Peters didn't get the Panthers GM job.

That's valid, especially when the other choice is no tax at all. Everything that San Francisco would have to offer is bound up in the team. The city? Not so much.

I'd agree that's a factor. Just don't know how much of one. It's fair to point out that if you trade him to somebody within the conference and that somebody winds up beating you in the playoffs for years to come, that hurts...a lot. Granted, that's scenario requires the Texans making the playoffs

Kyle Shanahan and their roster are probably good selling points. Living in San Francisco as opposed to Miami? Eeehhh...

One other detail, re: San Francisco There's been a lot of chatter about them going after Matt Stafford. One or two people suggested they were already talking to the Lions about it and someone even speculated they were the front runner to land him. Granted, this was before the Watson news broke, but it's probably worth noting.

You can discuss possible trades right now. You just can't actually make the deals until (I think) March 17th.

That was why Jones suggested we'd need to throw in both McCaffrey and Brian Burns.

I actually think they'll get more than that. I just don't necessarily believe it'll be from us.

Wasn't me but it's fair to point out that up till today, all the reports said that he hadn't made the request yet. Turns out that was wrong.

I think the teams with the ability to make the strongest offers to the Texans would probably be the Dolphins and the Jets. The 49ers don't have as much capital, but if Watson really wants to play for a contending team, also figuring in that San Francisco like Miami has an old Caserio colleague in charge plus the appeal of getting him out of the AFC and I think the 49ers are a possibility. The wild card here is that while we can all make logical guesses about what Watson wants most, none of us really knows. Ultimately, I'm not really going to try and predict what happens other than I don't think he lands here.

I don't underestimate the ability of the Texans to do something silly. Granted, Caserio might change things, but so far they're still a dumpster fire.

Or Tua. Given that the Texans just hired a head coach based at least partially on his making friends with Watson at the Pro Bowl though (even while telling candidates at the same time that Watson wanted out) I'm not necessarily going to predict that they'll make the wisest decision.