If you are the general manager of the New York Jets, Joe Douglas, and you hear that a 25-year-old Pro Bowl quarterback is on the market, are you under no obligation to at least find out how much a trade would cost?
Fortunately for Douglas, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that question was asked Wednesday in “Get up”. And as you might expect, Deshaun Watson, who looks like a man who played his last game for the Houston Texans, will not come cheap.
The floor would consist of at least three first round choices. The people I talk to in the league are unanimous in this. And not just three choices in the first round, but a high choice, which is why the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins be implicated often, because they have the second and third choices in this draft, which Texans could use to get their franchise defender. They would probably pick up other pieces as well. You are thinking of young players and on the rise with rookie contracts with other teams. Texans could try to acquire an emerging veteran with these three choices.
Watson is unhappy after being excluded from the decision-making process when it comes to Texans hiring general manager Nick Caserio. In addition to the Jets and Dolphins, Fowler identified three dormant teams in potential Watson business negotiations.
Don’t laugh, but the Chicago Bears, I know there are people in that building who really like Deshaun Watson, even though they passed away in 2017. GM Ryan Pace could get a mulligan. They never had a 4,000 yard pass there. They could finally change that.
Carolina Panthers, I heard, I would evaluate the interest, if it was in fact in the market. This is a team that was not fully sold Teddy Bridgewater. They kind of made it clear, outdoors, they have some space to do that, they can make it happen.
Washington Football Team another, as mentioned, will be busy this off-season, trying to get his future defender. They believe that their window is now.
Watson led the NFL with 4,823 passing yards this season, an incredible feat considering that, a year ago, Texans swapped wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins with Arizona Cardinals.
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