complaints against him, a grand jury in Houston will finally.
Take up the case and I was on radio in Houston before
the show started and they're obviously
very interested in how this is going to go.
The reality is we don't know until we know what
the motivation of the prosecutor is. We hear the phrase all
the time, Sherine that a prosecutor can get an
indictment of a ham sandwich. If he or she wants
the flip side is
a prosecutor. Cannot get an indictment of a ham sandwich if
he or she wants. Wants it. All comes down to how aggressively
thoroughly and zealously that person presents the evidence
and tries to get the grand jury.
To either indict
or not indict, Willy evidence, be all of the worst stuff
that these women allege
that DeShaun Watson did. Will it be balanced out? Maybe with
information that Watson is made available to gets the grand
jury to pause and say it's going to be difficult to prove
guilt Beyond A Reasonable Doubt.
So how this is presented tomorrow goes a long way toward
determining whether or not he gets in.
It and specifically
on felony charges. Because if he gets indicted on felony,
charges,
nothing's happening with DeShaun Watson next week. No
one's trading for him. Next week. He gets put on paid leave
until the cases are resolved. And that's that. There's quiet
confidence though. Among DeShaun Watson Scamp
that he's not going to be indicted
on felony. Charges
may not be indicted at all.
And if that's the case,
I think he's traded by next Wednesday,
you clear this criminal
legal cloud from over to Sean Watson,
and he finally gets what he wants. The
Texans, get what they want and some team out there that needs
a quarterback, gets what they want. And when you consider
the Gap
from Russell Wilson Tuesday,
the Carson, Wentz, Wednesday.
Yeah, somebody's going to make a move for Deshaun Watson,
if he gets past the criminal cases tomorrow
when it goes to the grand jury.
Well and Washington couldn't make that tie mean they could
make the trade for Deshaun Watson. Don't get me wrong. But
I mean, based on what they're going through now to me, they
couldn't make that trade. They had to go somewhere else to
find a quarterback and
they did. But when you look at the options out there, he's
the best option as far as physical ability. As far as the three
Pro bowls in his last three seasons that he played all of
those things. You think you can win a Super Bowl with the Sean
Watson. So, if
you're in that quarterback Market,
Yes, he's the guy you probably want to try to trade for
and Mike all the teams. You laid out in your post today.
They were all NFC teams, which is we know is what the Texans
would prefer over an AFC team.
Well, the one AFC team I felt compelled to mention was
the Steelers because our good friend Shaun King continues to
say that he hears that Watson's interested in the Steelers.
The problem is when Jerry do, lack of the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette says all caps Steelers are not interested.
And that's coming from Art, Rooney. I'm sorry to blow up
your spot Jerry and give up your source.
And I don't know for sure but I don't think you go all caps or
not, unless it's coming from somebody who is in a position
to not be overruled
by anyone else in the organization because there
would be some Merit to the idea of DeShaun Watson on
the Pittsburgh Steelers. Okay. So, the teams that I've identified
the Panthers, obviously, they wanted him last year
when both the criminal and the civil cases were completely
unresolved in up in the air. He just wouldn't wave the no-trade
clause for them.
This is my question Shereen. If you're DeShaun Watson,
do you view the Panthers differently now
when you know, Matt rules on the hot seat,
big suit been McAdoo
is your offensive coordinator.
What's attractive about the Panthers? Now
that wasn't attractive about them last year when they would
have traded for you, but you said no.
I don't think there's anything attractive about the Panthers
if I'm DeShaun Watson, except if that's my loan option, to go
play in the NFL next season, then I'm all over that. And
it's a return to
where he played college football at general area
because he played at Clemson, but other than that. No,
I mean, you look at their weapons on offense. There's a chance
they could trade, Christian McCaffrey, whether it's in
the deal for you or a deal with someone else. I don't
necessarily like their offensive line. You know,
that To me. There's not a whole lot to like and you could be
moving on from the head coach after this season, so that if
I'm DeShaun Watson, that's probably not. My number, one
choice. My
Seattle Seahawks are a team that saw to Sean Watson in
2017, have the finest game of his rookie year. He also
believes he tore his ACL in that game. It went fully and
completely four days later non-contact in practice.
The Seahawks have the resources
if they want to make the trade. But again, if I'm DeShaun
Watson, do I want? To step into a rebuilding project. Do I want
to be
on the 2022 Seahawks, which may feel a lot like
the 20/20 Texans. Do I really want to do that?
I'm not so sure that I do.
Yeah, I agree with you there. Mike. I mean it's a rebuilding
team. The coach is going to turn 71 shortly. So yeah,
that's not a team. I want to step into I think the only way
you look at the Seahawks and you go, it's a pretty good
situation as a receiving Corps. I do like that receiving Corps.
Other than that, you've lost Bobby Wagner on defense. You
spent so much on Jamal Adams. You did get some pics back,
obviously for Russell Wilson. So, but you're going to give
those up to get DeShaun Watson
if you make that trade, so, yeah, that's probably not my
first choice. Are
there were some talked last year about the Eagles being
interested in DeShaun Watson.
Watson didn't seem to be interested in them. But they
made it to the playoffs. Nick. Suriani did a great job in his
first year as a head coach. They have a very good offensive
line. Their defense is Stout. They've got weapons
their intriguing, to me.
Do you think that they would be intriguing to Watson
assuming the Eagles really would
upgrade from hurts to DeShawn?
Well, yes, I think that is a place that he absolutely should
be interested in based on the talent that they have based on
what they did last season.
Based on the fact that it's a great place to play with
a great fan Market. I mean and you're in the NFC and you're in
the NFC East so you have a chance to win that Division
and when it very quickly and when it over multiple years all
those things Mike, I absolutely think he should be interested
in the Eagles.
Yes, I do to no matter how he felt last year and Last year
this year, very different. You got to change your thinking on
some things. If you're DeShaun Watson
and maybe you have to soften on some teams that you previously
weren't interested in and the Eagles. By the way. We're
the ones who signed Mike Vick after he
did two years for dog fighting so they know how to deal
with some potentially awkward PR by bringing in a guy who has
a cloud hovering over him in that fashion, the Buccaneers no
Tom Brady.
DeShaun Watson would allow the Buccaneers to continue to be
a high-end Contender immediately. I'm not saying he's Tom Brady.
He's got a different skill set than Tom. Brady. The offense
would be different with DeShaun Watson,
but
the extent the Buccaneers
view themselves as a team that continues to be relevant and
competitive. And be among the top contenders in the NFC.
DeShaun. Watson is the only guy that gets them there of all
the guys that are out there who's going to get them there at this
point. It's DeShaun Watson.
No, it's not Blaine Gabbert. We know that and if I'm DeShaun
Watson, this is probably my number one choice for multiple
reasons. The problem with Tampa Bay is, do they have
the compensation to give the Texas. I mean,
when you look at a team like the eagles that has three
first-round picks this year. They can also get picks next
year or Beyond. But when you look at the bucks with where
they're drafting this year, and
that fact that they could win again next year. I'm not sure
that's a place. If I'm the Texans that I want to Him just
because I don't know that the Khmer it, maybe it's just more
pics, but
I don't like where those first-rounders were. The first
rounder is this year and where it could potentially be over
the next few years. Mike depending on how many pics you
get
the next team on the list, currently has a quarterback who
is due to make 35 million fully guaranteed this year. So, it
would be an easy financial swap for Watson who's due to make 35
million fully guaranteed
Kirk Cousins. I'm not saying trade cousins to the Texans,
but we were kicking around earlier. They the question
whether or not the Colts should want Kirk Cousins.
The only problem is
if you don't get him extended, and he's got
all the contractual cards right now,
if you don't extend his contract, then
You're doing a one-year rental.
So what do you really get for him? If you're the Vikings and
your trade, and what do you give up form? If you're
the Cults and I could see a trade that maybe would bump up
the compensation in 2023
if the Colts were to
sign him to a new contract at some point next year. But,
you know, I look at that because
I look at the options of the Colts have available now
they've traded Carson Wentz. Yeah, Jimmy Garoppolo.
I mean, it's basically Carson Wentz,
but his teammates like him.
Everything else is Carson Wentz.
Like what is what? That's no up.
Raid. So why not get a Kirk Cousins, you have the offensive
line.
They can protect him
and allow him to run the play that's called and not have
the walls close in and he can't function when that happens.
Like other great. Quarterbacks. Can their defense is good.
You've got Jonathan Taylor. The only step back is that
the quality of the receivers because you're giving up Justin
Jefferson, Adam thielen for the Colts receiving Corps. But
if I'm the call PSI, at least,
at least kick this around and from the Vikings, the only way
I'm doing it is if I can thread the needle with DeShaun Watson
because that's the Problem for the Vikings Kellen mons, not
ready,
Kevin O'Connell wants to get started on the right foot,
but it also solves the Vikings dilemma because the Vikings are
currently in the mess of, they've got cousins for one
year. So they're going to be in the, what the hell are we doing
at quarterback mode a year from now?
Either way, if they could get DeShaun Watson now, move
cousins to the Cults.
There's a lot of Merit to that.
Yeah, a lot of Merit to that from the Viking standpoint, my
can back the coals. I think it tells you exactly what they
think of Carson Wentz, they were willing to get rid of him
and not have an upgrade in mind that they were going to
get, it was just like, we don't care. Let's just get rid of
him, and we'll get another quarterback in here. Because
I've always said, if you're going to change head coaches,
if you're going to change, quarterbacks, it better be to
somebody better and better be an
upgrade. Otherwise, you don't. Don't do it in the Vikings case.
It better be DeShaun Watson if you're trading Kirk Cousins.