If Houston chooses not to change quarterback, he could choose not to report to mandatory team activities or training camp.
The quarterback Deshaun Watson met with the new head of the Houston jeans, David Culley, Last Friday, according to sources, and reported to Culley who has no intention of uniforming for the team again.
Annoyed by the way the organization has operated over the past few years, Watson has asked the Jeans exchange and has had very little contact with the team since the end of the campaign. It is believed that the conversation with Culley it has been the first between the two. Culley said at his introductory press conference that he was waiting for Watson on the team for 2021.
But according to sources, the message of Watson a Culley at the Friday meeting it was that he has not changed and still prefers to be transferred. So far, the Jeans have told interested teams that they do not plan to move to Watson, Who last summer signed a four-year, $ 156 million extension that runs through the 2025 campaign.
to change a Watson it would cost the Jeans $ 21,600,000 in dead money against this year’s salary cap, a considerable impact as their number against this year’s cap is just 15,940,000.
Any team that acquires the young star would receive a tremendous bargain for 2021, given that Watson is scheduled to earn just $ 10,540,000 in salary for this year, before that number jumps to 35 million in 2022, 37 million in 2023, and 32 million for each of the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
if the Jeans they choose not to change to Watson, You could choose not to report to mandatory team activities or training camp, but at a cost. Houston I can fine Watson with $ 95,877 to lose the mini-camp and can be fined $ 50,000 a day, plus a week’s salary – $ 620,000– for every preseason game he loses. In the unlikely scenario that Watson chooses to retire, the Jeans they can claim $ 21.6 million.
The exchange demand of Watson it comes after he reported his displeasure with the process used by the team to hire the new general manager Nick Caserio in early January.
Watson impose personal marks in the 2020 campaign on yards per pass, touchdowns and percentage of complete passes. He also achieved the best mark of his career with only seven interceptions. His 33 touchdowns and 4,823 yards per pass were record for the franchise for one season.
He is the leader of the NFL of for life in percentage of complete passes with 67.8 percent, in front of the pin of the Saints of New Orleans, Drew Brees. By 2020, Watson he became just the eleventh player in NFL history to complete at least 70 percent of his passes in one campaign.
Information from Sarah Barshop was used in writing this note.