Thread: Chiefs Should the Chiefs have drafted Watson over Mahomes?
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Old 08-24-2020, 04:17 PM   #967
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Watson doesn't have quite as much leverage.

His 5th year option is going to be worth roughly $8 million less than Mahomes was because he was outside of the top 10 picks. That's not an insignificant amount.

So if the Texans do that and tag him twice thereafter, he's going into the market at 29 years old and probably off several years where a lack of weapons (and a style that gets him hit a LOT) could potentially have taken some shine off him.

I'm not sure I'd do it were I him either, but I can see his POV. Get your 4 year deal now that covers your 5th year option and 2 tag years, give up 1 year of FA in the process to convince the Texans to deal, lock in life-changing money and then when you hit the market at 30 instead of 31, you're probably not in that much different a position than you would've been.

You take a great deal of risk off the table and in the process only sacrifice a little ceiling.
Honestly, it sucks for him. He's going to get a chance to maximize his money with the Texans but probably won't ever have a chance at winning a championship.
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