Mr. Scot

That's pretty much me, and I'm not even as big a fan of Lawrence as most are. All three of the "runner up," quarterbacks have too many questions for me to be comfortable with a deal like this.

Excluding developmental guys that teams are trying to train for the future, most organizations look at the backup quarterback one of two ways: A) We want him to be as good as possible just in case our starter suffers a big injury and he needs to play several games B) If our starter gets hurt, we're screwed anyway so let's just get somebody cheap Which of these options do you prefer?

That game showed both sides of the coin. He played very well but got hurt and they thought he was gonna have to leave the game.

I've got a feeling that story's bullsh-t but I suppose it's possible. Pretty sure Easterby and Caserio share an agent, i.e. the guy who convinced McNair that we were ready to throw crazy money at Caserio if he didn't hire him immediately. That story was absolute bullsh-t.

I actually think it's possible we'll be worse this year than last year. I'm okay with that as long as we see progress in year three.

One of my uncles served under Patton. I didn't know about it until I was in college. Hated him. Said he was a glory hound. Same uncle loved Omar Bradley though. Said Bradley used to smear mud over his stars so he wouldn't be distinguishable from the enlisted men.

If Reich weren't their coach, I'm not sure the Colts would be offering anything at all.

Back with Frank Reich is probably the best place for him.

"In the hunt" isn't enough anymore. The few good seasons we've had have been "in the hunt" or at best "almost". If we're still willing to settle for that, why bother getting rid of Rivera and Hurney?

I hope we're not. The Colts are offering more than I would.

It becomes a lot easier to imagine what the Texans might do when you factor in that they're kind of stupid.

Never doubted that we'd want him. So does half the league. But unless the Texans agree to trade him, the entire front office staff can kneel and drop rose petals in McNair's path and it won't matter.

Well, ya know...

I don't think there's going to be a trade, but if there is one the easiest kind to sell to the fans would be swapping Watson for another established quarterback. Naturally, that takes us out of the equation.

That's not actually what happened, but it gets remembered that way a lot. Watson didn't ask to be included on the GM and head coach decisions. McNair offered to include him. Then when the time came, he didn't do it. I think making the offer in the first place was dumb, but if you're going to make the offer and then not follow through on it, that's a whole other level of stupid.

My significant other is a huge Cowboy fan and a big Dak Prescott fan, though. I fear the Panthers acquiring Prescott would have a bad effect on my love life

I suspect that's affected by whether or not Houston has any willingness to trade him (and most have accepted that they don't). Even if that's true though, doesn't mean he wants to come here. And definitely doesn't mean that it's "Carolina or bust".

Regardless of what team I'm with, I'd want to see what Prescott looks like after that major injury before I'd offer anything for him.

I don't think he will be either. Also, I know some fans have this idea that the Panthers and Watson are like Romeo and Juliet trying desperately to be together despite interference from outside forces, but that doesn't really seem to be the case.

See, if he had a job throwing shoulder, that would make him a pro wrestler

Fowler clarified on his Twitter that he didn't mean the Jets are an absolute no, just that there are other teams Watson finds "more intriguing". The ones with a real preference for the Jets would likely be the Texans because of what the Jets can offer in return.

Otherwise known as his non-throwing shoulder

I think we're further away than that but even accepting the premise, it's not like we can just decide we're gonna get those things. We're not really in good position draft wise or free agency wise on the quarterback front.

My understanding is he wanted to do this early because he's having some kind of minor surgery on his shoulder.

Doesn't sound likely...