Mr. Scot

John McClain, acknowledging that the Texans are still not agreeable to trading Watson, is arguing they should be. It's time for the Texans to entertain trade offers for Deshaun Watson Panther fans probably aren't gonna like what he has to say about our chances though.

I wouldn't even give up just this year's. We are way more than just a quarterback away from even being a good team, much less a contender or a Super Bowl team. This sounds like one of those deals that people look back on five, ten or even twenty plus years from now and laugh about how unforgivably stupid a team was.

Dear Lord, I hope not.

Rapoport explained that he met with Culley out of respect for him as someone who's worked really hard to get to where he is. It's not a huge stretch to see it as a baby step, but you can't definitively say anything has changed either.

Manziel was a knucklehead on field too.

You're not gonna see it now either.

Already 17 million over and an additional 21 million in dead money to trade him, plus the salaries of anyone they trade for? That's not difficult. That's impossible.

I can imagine McNair being that egotistical.

I saw Walker when he wasn't playing against the Lions defense. He was awful.

A guy calling himself "Clemson Insider" is a lot different from Ian Rapoport.

Either of those says "#1 pick next year".

Any details?

I've seen that idea. The problem with it is you're also screwing your teammates over. Are all of them gonna be okay about losing money and hurting their chances for playoffs and incentive bonuses just so you can get what you want? What happens if you piss off, let's say, your left tackle?

It's just my philosophy. Remember, Patrick Mahomes sat his rookie season.

I just prefer he get a more gradual introduction to playing in the NFL, though I generally feel that way about most rookies. For example, we could have him come off the bench and finish out the fourth quarter in games where we're winning in a blowout. Part of the fun of the internet is that you have no idea whether I'm wearing a straight face right now

I could see it going either way. I really do think the team wants to go ahead and move on from Bridgewater if they can. I'm just not sure Jones would generate enough confidence for them to do that. Mind you, if they took him at #8, that might be more likely than if he were taken after a trade down.

Has anybody brought up the Washington game in this thread yet?

Meanwhile, PFF is now trying to tie us to Dak Prescott.

This probably won't go over well either, but it is something I thought of... If we were to draft Jones, whether it be at number 8 or after trading down, you could very well be looking at at least a two year commitment to him. First year, he may not start at all or may only start a limited number of games. You wouldn't get a full read on him as a starter until next season. And yeah, that could mean another year of Teddy Bridgewater sitting at the top of the depth chart. I hope everyone feels very encouraged

I've never heard of this Igo guy. Does he know anything?

Tom Pelissero said some of the other teams he talked to really believe it. The Rapoport clip above doesn't exactly paint an encouraging picture either.

To be fair, Weinke was about 40 years old. But yeah, there have been a fair number of national championship quarterbacks that haven't exactly been draft darlings.

I was actually gonna ask that too

People keep attributing rational thought processes to the Texans. Always makes me feel like asking "Have you heard about this team?"

Yeah. That's a classic double take. "They're willing to trade a young first round player for that little compensation? Great!" "Wait a minute... Why?"