re: Credible Texans Reporter on Watson Trade Cost

I don’t want Lattimore traded

I want to keep excellence at all three levels
DL - Jordan
LB - Davis
DB - Lattimore

Offer them a 1st, 2 2nds, and MThomas

Not a chance, especially from the Saints.

Meanwhile, Texans would have had the same record with Sam Darnold. Whoever overpays does Watson will regret it.

Saints can just pull a Ditka move, maybe throw in Malcolm Jenkins and see if the Texans are dumb enough to bite. Toss in a Peat or Rankins if it seals the deal

quote:

---

And Houston doesnt have to trade Watson. He is signed long term

Houston obviously doesnt care about their rep based on these last few years. They can demand just about anything

---

Sure he signed a deal, but that doesn't mean he has to play I'm sure he'll eat those fines over playing.

Houston doesn't have much leverage in this situation

I mean, they can ask but they're not going to trade Watson anywhere he doesn't want to go...

I'd build a trade around Michael Thomas if Watson was okay with him leaving assuming you get someone to replace him. That's really the only guy on Saints roster they can build a trade around because I'm pretty sure Watson will want some picks around himself to get better.

Even if he's a cap hit you dangle someone like Thomas, and 2 1st round picks since our picks don't have much value right now. Maybe dangle 2nd round picks with it and if they want defensive players so bad see if they want someone like Lattimore who's too inconsistent for us to give him a big contract. I also think Kamara will never play out to his contract. RBs simply do not have value in the NFL like they did in the past and the wear down quickly. Even as dynamic as he is I think he's at his ceiling and will decline within the next 3 years steadily. I don't believe in huge contracts for RBs anymore.

I don't know who we could trade on defense outside Lattimore. Davenport? They don't want old in Cam Jordan. If Saints make an offer Houston has to weigh do they want #1 pick in the draft and take a risk or take someone off a winning team like Saints that's a proven superstar like Thomas? Seems risky to rely on high draft picks. They could also take the Saints picks and trade up higher in the draft if they wanted to.

The other option is if Houston seriously entertains an offer from Saints they need to offload the veteran guys like Cam Jordan. Too big of a hit on cap and you trade bait them to not only use as possible ammo for a Watson trade, but to also give him picks to build around him. If they're not interested in certain guys, you could always put them on trade block to go towards highest bidder. Armstead/Jordan are like 20% of the cap. It's time for them to go and they both could probably fetch a good price somewhere to trade.

If you want a franchise QB and to seriously win a SB you're going to have to bite the bullet on roster turnover somewhere. Saints need to push the Patriots mold here get max value and young guys who are on their final years. We simply can't keep every player on this team no matter how hard we try so get what you can now for this opportunity to get a franchise QB.

One 1, three 2's Davenport, Analzone