2026-27 Team Developments: Trades / Free Agents / News / Rumors / Ideas

gotta be. no way they're going to roll in just like this. they have the big TE and some picks. i've been expecting them to land murphy, but maybe NO is still doing...whatever they're doing down there...

yeah, the compromise shouldn't be the QO, imo. or the QO should just be much higher. like, if you decide to protect the player via RFA, this must mean you value them, but watson's QO is 6.5m. denver may actually benefit tremendously from watson just signing the QO, as it would allow them time (maybe the full year) with their full roster AND while he'd be a UFA next year, they'd still have his bird rights--at a time when few teams have cap space. guessing eason's agent saw that writing on the wall and just took something over the mle.

so yeah, if the QO, say, exceeded the mle, that might help a bit?

 

Snowtime Lakers all the way

 

i think they do, but i think it opens the door for us to nab jones from them plus potentially another player or even to absorb some salary and picks in trade to replenish what went out, worst case. it's not like any of the outgoing players are going to be sorely missed, so it could be worth it just to take the swing.

also, i don't want to see denver wriggle out of watson's FA like houston did with eason. on a truly open market, eason's getting a deal starting north of 20, imo, and watson's getting one starting around 25 (which is all he's asking, apparently).