Former NFL quarterback and VSiNLive anchor Shaun King despatched Twitter ablaze Wednesday afternoon with this tweet that stated assuming his authorized state of affairs clears up, Houston Texans’ QB Deshaun Watson is on his approach to Pittsburgh.
Listening to if issues go effectively friday Deshaun Watson to the steelers is occurring quickly after… @VSiNLive @1TimMurray @TheAOster @Bill80 @mlombardiNFL
— shaun king (@realshaunking) March 9, 2022
King joined VSiN’s Night time Cap to broaden on that tweet. In full, right here’s what he stated.
“The bat cellphone and the bat e mail, I awoke this morning, and had messages on each that the curiosity is mutual. And that Deshaun Watson has a no-trade clause in his contract however Pittsburgh is his desired vacation spot, if he can discover readability along with his authorized state of affairs.
“As we all know, Pittsburgh is in a state of affairs the place they want a quarterback as effectively. They’re available in the market for one. I believe from a draft asset standpoint, Pittsburgh must get artistic. I believe the participant or gamers they may ship again are way more impactful and important than what Denver despatched to Seattle, which in my view, lessens the necessity for the quantity of draft property that Seattle was capable of purchase for Russell Wilson. Once more, this begins with Friday and hopefully issues go effectively and we discover some readability. And I used to be informed that quickly thereafter there could possibly be an announcement that Deshaun Watson would be the subsequent quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers.”
It’s not a lot of an enlargement on what King’s preliminary tweet-port stated. A grand jury is convening Friday and if his felony costs are dropped, groups could be extra keen to commerce for Watson even when his civil lawsuits stay. In line with ESPN, if 9 of the twelve grand jurors vote to proceed with felony chargers, the Texas District Legal professional may proceed along with his case.
Arguably the latest and most attention-grabbing a part of what King stated was the draft compensation. King believes it can require extra gamers and doubtlessly much less draft capital than what Denver gave as much as Seattle for Russell Wilson. The Broncos traded two first rounds picks (2022 and 2023, the previous being ninth general), two second spherical picks, and a fifth spherical decide in trade for Wilson and a fourth-round decide. The Broncos gave up two gamers, a stable defensive linemen in Shelby Harris and an excellent, younger tight finish in Noah Fant.
In King’s thoughts, the Steelers could be giving up extra within the type of gamers and rather less in draft capital. The Texans have lengthy been rumored to need three draft picks and extra.
It needs to be famous the PPG’s Gerry Dulac shortly dismissed the concept following King’s preliminary tweet Wednesday whereas different beat writers agreed with Dulac’s evaluation. To play satan’s advocate, the Steelers could be clever to dismiss any concept of a possible commerce till his the felony facet of his allegations have been dropped.
Nonetheless, no different reporter has corroborated King’s report that I’m positive had nationwide media members scrambling. The newest information on the Watson entrance is that Carolina plans to make a push for him. Is it doable King has a well-placed supply? Given the craziness of the offseason even earlier than free company, something is feasible. With the comparatively quick timeframe King has caught to, we should always know whether or not or not he’s proper by the top of the weekend, assuming Watson’s authorized state of affairs seems to be significantly better by then.
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#ICYMI on #TheNightCap @1TimMurray and @realshaunking focus on the twitter firestorm Shaun began with Deshaun Watson Information pic.twitter.com/qUaZjs79V0
— VSiN (@VSiNLive) March 10, 2022
