Is now the time for the Seahawks to trade for Deshaun Watson?
By Lee Vowell
On Friday, Deshaun Watson was not charged on any of the criminal complaints against him. This means his trade market is about to heat up rapidly and the Seattle Seahawks likely will – and should – be a part of that.
It may seem like Seattle is wanting to rebuild. But are they? There have been recent reports that maybe Wilson’s teammates just possibly tired of him. Plus, Pete Carroll will be 71 years old on September 15th so expecting him to want to be part of a long rebuild seems incorrect.
Maybe the Seahawks just wanted to get rid of any drama around Russell Wilson. Possibly Seattle, who still has the bones of a decent roster in 2022 even without a marquee quarterback, wants to find another franchise quarterback soon and that could easily be Deshaun Watson.
Could the Seahawks work a trade to bring Deshaun Watson to Seattle?
Seattle picked up two first-round picks from Denver in the trade of Wilson, plus two second-round choices, so there could be enough collateral to entice the Houston Texans, Deshaun Watson’s current team, to give up Watson for the Seahawks draft capital. Plus, it would be different if teams thought that Deshaun Watson wanted to play in Houston when it is clear he does not.
Watson, due to legal issues or not, chose not to play a down for the Texans in 2021 and this possibly hurts what a team might give up for Watson. Some smart general manager, like John Schneider, might say, “We will give you this but we aren’t giving you much more than that because we already know the player doesn’t want to play for you.”
Deshaun Watson will turn 27 years old a day before Carroll turns 71. If Seattle were to give the Texans what Seattle got for Wilson from Denver that is basically a straight-up trade of Wilson for Watson. Yet, Watson is six years younger than Wilson. That gives Seattle a lot bigger championship window in which to win another Super Bowl.
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The question could become if the NFL, because they have no rhyme or reason for how they discipline players, chooses to suspend Deshaun Watson for any possible off-the-field issues he has had. But that won’t be known for some time and an NFL team needs to take a chance on Watson and that could be the Seahawks.