kungfoodude

I personally believe he has decided that he won't play there any longer(TBD if this is the case, obviously). In that scenario, winning the staredown isn't the optimal solution, getting the best situation for your franchise is.

I think the bulk of the league will have a pretty big spread of their rankings. Some of them are going to be a lot more polarizing than others.

Maybe. We know Jacksonville is taking one. The Jets, Falcons and Lions could easily take a QB before us without changing anything about their QB situation at all. That is a hedged bet with an easy out. The Jets can move on from Darnold with no issue, the Falcons can move on from Matt Ryan in a year or two. The Lions can move on from Goff in a year or two. All with tradeable assets at QB.

Again, that depends on how long you wait. If Wentz, Darnold and Carr all get traded, those are teams that are now off the board due to trading away assets or having established QB positions. Let's say the rumor of Andrew Luck returning is true, that is another team off the board. If the draft happens, that is four more teams off the board that have established QB positions. So, again, that has lessened the amount of suitors to drive up the price. Not to mention you lose the ability to potentially cash in on one of the QB's in this draft class. That doesn't mean they won't still get a haul for Watson, but it could very well mean that they didn't maximize the value of that haul. I am not advocating they make a trade tomorrow but by God I'd start taking bids for him and figure it out from there.

Understandable. I am just glad to have a front office that seems proactive. TBD if they end up making great deals or not. I will say that I am very encouraged to see how close we apparently were to getting Matt Stafford at a very reasonable price.

I am happy we are in on those deals. What better way to test the market out? I'd rather call and find out they want some ridiculous price than find out on Twatter or TV that you could have improved for a much cheaper price than you ever thought.

To be determined. Like I said, the more suitors you have, the more likely you are to get an LA Rams type offer and not a Carolina Panthers type offer. Bidding wars are never bad for trades.

But that's the thing that they don't seem to be getting. Every single shred of any evidence indicates Watson wants to leave and badly. It's a franchise that let it's previous dipshit coach/GM trade away just about every thing of value in the draft. This is the opportunity to get the franchise back on track for rebuilding. If they fug this up, they will be in the cellar of the NFL for a long, long time.

I think you want to draft at least 3-4 OL in this draft, if possible. We need to start addressing not just the starters but the backups, as well. That entire unit is basically barren. It's time to make moves to fix it long term.

Well a deal hasn't happened yet so it is entirely possible that the sides are far apart on the numbers. Hence the statement about the condensed timeline. We'll see what happens fairly soon.

I think that is the reason I would focus on that draft right now while the other teams scramble around for QB trades.

Yes but there is a flurry of interest over guys like Carr, Wentz and Darnold. Those are all potential suitors for Deshaun Watson. Why be late to the party and miss out on maximizing the value?

McNair is clearly a buffoon. The rumors of Watt wanting out to make this more complicated because now you are looking at a situation where your two leaders on offense and defense want to jump ship. If I am the Texans, I get these deals done ASAP and field every offer. Right now the market is nuclear hot and dragging your feet is just likely to get you less and less on the open market for either of these guys. I expect the Texans will drag this out until after the draft and then end up having to deal with whatever teams didn't address the QB position. That isn't a spot I would want to be in.

I think trading up is the most logical move for us at QB. The Watson situation remains to be settled and the suitors may be better equipped to send the Texans something that will make the trade more enticing. The craziness of the QB market makes we really concerned that none of these top 4 guys will be available at 8.

The advantage of tagging him is that you don't have to negotiate with the entire NFL to get him back if you can't get a deal hammered out before free agency opens. Remember our new GM will have a much more condensed timeline than the previous GM did to have to deal with Moton. Also the added benefit of at least returning 1-2 starters from this offensive line.

I don't think the Texans have much of a choice about trading him. They are just too dumb to realize it at the moment.

Yeah, we have had multiple coaching staffs not put him at LT while the LT rotation was sometimes couch free agents, so I think it is safe to assume we aren't going to see him at LT in a Panthers uniform.

I am not sure. We also have to consider that they might still be evaluating the roster and making those decisions. Clearly they all know that QB is the big priority, which essentially tells us all we need to know about Teddy's status.

I don't believe that Moton had looked kindly upon the negotiation or lack thereof, according to the earlier in the season rumor mill. Not sure how accurate that is.

I think the last rumor there was, which was a while ago was that the possibility of Moton returning had improvement with the front office change.

That helps us out a bit with the Moton situation or it that doesn't pan out, it can help us roll some cap to 2022

I feel like that doesn't even need to be stated. Anyone who denies that at this point is just burying their head in the sand.

No one can cover KC's weapons if you give Mahomes time to anticipate. He had no time last night. poo, he still nearly threw a half a dozen miracle bombs running for his life. This was the first time someone was able to get to him as quickly as that. It didn't help that they couldn't get that kind of pressure on Brady, either. Remmeber that was the same QB who threw 3 INT's the week before.

Was he apologizing?

He was so awful. He still is.