No one is going to trade for JJ - unless you want draft picks. With this group we have making draft choices . . . . . . . . . . that would be such a waste.
The best quarterback we can likely land for J.J. Watt, in terms of overall talent potential and youth, is Colin Kaepernick.
And yes, I do believe the 49ers would trade him for J.J. Watt. Only because the direction their franchise is going in (same rebuilding boat that we're in) and the struggles and frustrations that Kaepernick is experiencing with their new head coach. Kaepernick excelled with Jim Harbaugh and likely needs a change of scenery, to be with another quarterbacks guru head coach, which Bill O'Brien is supposed to be.
I get the sense that their head coach, Jim Tomsula, wants to eventually bring in his own guy at quarterback. And the interesting thing is, both Watt and Kaepernick make such high salaries ($100 million and $126 million overall on their current deals respectively). That I don't think it would be too hard to do an even swap for the most part, without both team's cap numbers being affected all that much, on a year-to-year base salary.
It makes too much sense that it would never happen.
But it's interesting when you try to find a good match.
But I think Watt is better, face value, than Kaepernick right now.
It would have to be Kaep + first-round picks for Watt, IMO.
Or whatever combination of picks (1st, 2nd, 3rd) etc... etc...
That's the tricky part. The 49ers value their draft picks right now.