Seahawks should not try to trade for Deshaun…
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All the draft picks it would take to get Watson are only part of the cost, though. In addition to sending away several years’ worth of top-end picks, whicher team deals for Watson will be on the hook for one of the league’s most expensive contracts.
Field Yates at ESPN shared the details recently:
Deshaun Watson’s contract would be as such for a team acquiring him in a trade:
2022: $35M salary, $35M cap hit
2023: $20M salary, $17M roster bonus, $37M cap hit
2024: $32M salary, $32M cap hit
2025: $32M salary, $32M cap hit— Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 11, 2022
That’s a lot to invest in one position for a roster with as many holes as this one. Landing Watson would unquestionably make them a more comeptitive team – but it would also mean placing the same burden on Watson as Wilson had to bear the last several years – carrying a fundamentally-imbalanced team to contention in the NFL’s toughest division.
4 reasons the Seahawks should not try to trade for Deshaun Watson
