banned1976
sleeper mode
OK, we've set our course. Watson is our QB going forward. We need to think about next year as well as fantasizing about this year.
We need to go ahead and release Weeden. We need to draft the QB who will be our #2 next year.
We basically write this season off as a transition year. We'll go with Savage as far as he can take us this year, but he's gone after this season. Savage's performance will dictate how much action Watson sees this season and whether Watson becomes the starter at some point, as many are expecting.
But by releasing Weeden now, we give the QB who will be our #2 next year more snaps this year and will put him that much more ahead of the curve going forward.
The Texans don't have a first or second round pick next year. Once they moved up to take Watson, handing more draft collateral to the Browns that was a message "we're banking on making a run this year".
I wanted this to be a transaction year, actually. I wanted the Texans to bolster the o-line and safety position, draft a coverage linebacker and a late round project QB and then use whatever draft collateral they had next year to try and get a QB in round 1 in a draft that looks better for QB's that this one.
Watson isn't just for the future he's for the present. Hopefully he'll be ready to play this year. To me, you don't trade your 1st this year, 1st and 2nd next year for someone that won't start sooner rather than later.