Mr. Scot

Funny to think of the Lions GM trading Stafford to his prior team's division rival. Could happen, though. and he'd be very well suited to run Shanahan's offense.

A bit of additional intrigue... It's also worth noting that this is one of those cases where the loser could be the winner because he'll be available sooner.

That's because it didn't happen.

You can easily tell which ones are from credible sources. They're the ones saying he's coming to the Panthers

I don't think it's guaranteed they will be, especially not the team. Watson is probably waiting to see what happens with the head coaching hire. Per Aaron Wilson, it sounds like it's down to Leslie Frazier versus Eric Bieniemy. As to Josh McCown, another of the Texan writers said that per sources he wasn't really up for taking the job even if the Texans offered. He's concentrating on his high school age sons now.

Stafford running Shanahan's offense isn't hard to imagine at all.

I don't necessarily think he looked at the stats...probably just an expression. I'd agree that Stafford would be an ideal fit for Brady's offense, but ultimately I don't think we're getting Stafford or Watson anyway.

Yeah, saw that. Honestly got the impression that Tepper was tired of the whole thing with his talking about it being "two weeks of my life and other such. Also another thing that made me think he was tired of the whole thing. And yeah, yhat was kinda harsh.

Why would he refuse to play for them when he's a big fan of their head coach?

Clicked on the wrong post. Autocorrect made it worse

So were the Browns, till they got it right.

The Jets are rebooting.

There's always the player/coach ego that says "They'll start winning once they have me!"

From the article Bleacher report was quoting... Watson this week told people the Jets are his top preference among the teams he’d like to be traded to because they hired Robert Saleh to be their coach and Watson values Saleh so much he wanted the Texans to interview him for their vacant head coach job. Watson confirmed reports, circulated for several weeks in national media, he’d also welcome playing for the Dolphins but said that is his second choice at this time. The Miami Herald

He actually reported that he prefers the Jets over the Dolphins.

Marty's not running the draft anymore.

Not if they get Watson.

As opposed to staying with the Texans though?

He's reported to be a big fan of Robert Saleh.

Not as a head coach, though. From high school assistant straight to NFL head coach would have to be the greatest career path ever.

Per Jonathan Jones... The Panthers would have to unload Teddy Bridgewater and his contract if they wanted Watson, though it seems unlikely the Texans would want to take that on considering the way he played in 2020. That'd mean the Panthers would have to trade something of substantial value with a quarterback to give and with the least desirable first-round spot among the group. Panthers owner David Tepper would have to part with Christian McCaffrey, the face of the franchise, and likely more. Defensive end Brian Burns, entering his third season in the league, would also likely be requested in order to get such a deal done. NFL Insider Notes So basically picks, McCaffrey and Burns

I feel like it was more common in baseball, but Pete Rose is the only player-manager I can remember in the past several decades.

Should probably add I thought McCown was retired. Apparently he's part of the Texans active roster. A player becoming the head coach of the team he plays for is something I could imagine happening in the early days of football, but not today.

I got curious and decided to look up NFL players who became coaches. The list of guys who were good at both is pretty damn short, and the one big name we were all missing was Tom Flores. On the other hand, the list of great coaches who played short of unremarkable careers includes some amazing and surprising names. Chuck Noll, Tom Landry and Don Shula are names I associate with coaching, but they all played professionally as well.