Mr. Scot

Reasonable, and what Breer said here makes me wonder if he believes we'll do that. I know we're "in on every deal" but I don't really want us to be "in on" Darnold, and definitely not on Wentz.

That's a very plausible scenario.

Which, to be fair, he chose to do.

Because if you don't want to trade him in the first place, letting all the potential suitors get someone else doesn't exactly hurt your purpose.

When they came out and looked like they were running pretty well in the first drive of the second half, I thought maybe things had changed. Tampa scoring pretty easily on the responding drive probably killed that.

That makes my head hurt

Breer talked about that in this same column. Said the answer Houston is giving to all requests is still a "hard no". Also pointed out previously that if Caserio gives in, he'll forever be known as the guy that traded away Deshaun Watson. I just don't see that situation getting resolved before the draft.

Breer commented on that (link) Houston’s still got a problem. Where are we? Just where we told you we were last week. Deshaun Watson’s not returning calls from new GM Nick Caserio or new coach David Culley. The Texans are giving other teams that call them a hard no. And round and round we go. Caserio in particular is really between a rock and a hard place on this one. Neither outcome is particularly great. Either … 1) He trades Watson, establishes that a superstar can shoot his way out of town right off the bat and makes Houston the NFL’s version of Elba even more so than it is now. Yes, he could get a nice return. Yes, maybe that’s the second or third pick and his QB of the future. But acquiescing in a situation like this is a tough Ground Zero for any new brass to start on. 2) He hangs onto Watson, and Watson holds firm—which creates an incredibly difficult environment for Culley to try and establish his program under. Maybe Watson winds up reporting in the summer. Maybe not. But there are six months between now and then to navigate for a coaching staff trying to get to know the roster and get that roster to buy into what they’re doing. Of course, the best-case scenario for Caserio and Culley is that Watson eventually agrees to meet with them, separate from owner Cal McNair and EVP Jack Easterby, and those guys can establish relationships with their quarterback. The problem with that? I don’t know that even that sort of meeting would solve much, since Watson’s issue is with McNair and Easterby. Which means that might have to be fixed first. And I don’t know that it can be fixed. My biggest question in all this: What the hell does Jack Easterby bring to the table that you're willing to hold on to him amidst all this? It seems to me like an obvious first step toward reaching out to Watson would be firing Easterby, yet the Texans show no inclination toward doing that.

Albert Breer thinks we might be (link) Of the teams coming out of the Stafford derby without the prize, Carolina and Washington really do stand out. Those teams were the two that were willing to go past just a single first-round pick to get him—Washington offered a one and a three, the Panthers a one and a five—so if you’re looking at who might make a move up the draft board for a quarterback, I’d start with those two. And I’d throw Indy into that mix, too, if the Colts don’t come away with Wentz. It should be a fun run-up to the draft, with three quarterbacks past Trevor Lawrence (in Wilson, Fields and Lance) who carry very true star potential. Those three, of course, have varying distances to go to get there. But the tools are in place. (props to our buddy Ellis who highlighted this on his Twitter) I've said before the idea of trading up while we're in rebuilding mode makes me nervous. Still does. It's probably valid to say though that if the team was willing to trade extra beyond their first round pick for Stafford, it's not hard to imagine them trading up in the draft.

If it comes down to a first fight, my money's on Schwartz.

I've had him on a wish list a couple of times when we were looking for assistants.

Valid. I do think the main person who has to answer for what happened last night has gotta be Reid.

I'm a fan. Still remember the game where he had to be carried to the huddle between plays.

Crossed my mind too. I mean, we all saw what was happening out there. How do you not try something?

Lotta folks on Twitter pointing out that in last night's game, Eric Bieniemy didn't exactly show anybody they made a huge mistake not hiring him as a head coach. Todd Bowles, on the other hand... (and Byron Leftwich)

Let's leave them on an island. I'd have expected some Max Protect in there. Fewer receiving options, but when you have a quarterback like Mahomes, it can still work. Would have made sense to adjust to that (or something) once they saw what was happening last night, but apparently not. Andy Reid is universally considered an offensive genius, but he's been known to make some positively inexplicable decisions in the playoffs from time to time. I'd have to say this is one of them.

I'd be happy with Watson, but I think what we'd have to give up to acquire him would basically turn us into the same team he's trying to get away from. Don't believe the Texans are going to trade him anyway, though.

In Carolina, we haven't needed injuries. We've just started with a bad offensive line from the get-go.

...in just a word or two, what?

See, like this guy that Alaina Getzenberg is quoting here...He gets it..

No idea. It'd certainly make a lot of sense this offseason because then we'd only be looking for a right tackle.

You do also have to take into consideration that as the season went on, opponents got more tape on our schemes.

Just hanging on to Moton isn't enough. Realistically, we need a couple of upgrades, but at the very least we really need a left tackle who can both play well and play every game.

I meant Marty had multiple ways to screw us. Either way, if anyone who watched that game tonight still thinks we can get by with half-assing an offensive line, they need to seriously rethink themselves.

I wish I could say there was only one of those.