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With Tannehill it was 6 years before we gave up. But if a QB like Watson had been available, we would've pulled the trigger. Tannehill is succeeding because of elite talent around him in Henry and Brown. He also has a stronger arm and better mobility than Tua.
You're kidding I hope. No offense to the Texans but that is a miserable place to live IMHO in Houston. Go there for a week or two and then come back to South Beach, and I don't put Miami as the best city in the country, it has a bunch of drawbacks however when you stack that place vs some of other major cities, and I've visited cities I enjoyed in Texas quite a bit but Houston is not one of them, sorry.
travdogg said:
Show me what’s virtually a rookie quarterback who doesn’t throw bad picks.
I'll admit that maybe it just looks odd to see a quarterback throwing lefty but he just looks so awkward out there. His arm seems so weak and his body looks so frail. I get that it's still early in his career but I he reminds me a lot of Marcus Mariotta - a guy that can look good in spells but not a guy that can win consistently in the NFL.
Houston = my favorite place for work travel, one of my least favorite of where I have lived.
That feels like a leap. Tua isn't being cancelled. The coaches, GMs & scouts that see him every day, watch film on him and who know much more about him than we MMQBs, think Deshaun >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tua. That isn't a leap & it isn't an insult, it's a simple and obvious reality. Deshaun is a generational talent, Tua is not.
Not at all a joke and professional athletes make that decision all the time. As do corporations when deciding where to headquarter. Anyone who has an opportunity to move somewhere new should consider tax burdens.
That's a major piece for me, and that's from a Native Floridian, i know muggy and gross.
Yes, it's a bummer to take a shower, go outside, and within a minute you need another shower.
None of us would be offended, many of us are close to giving up on the team after the series of bonehead moves by both BOB and the new regime. The original owners son who inherited the team has zero clue and has driven the team into the ground. They are so devoid of talent it’s like being an expansion team all over again.
Question is, can Watson keep his Texas home and stay a resident of Texas while playing elsewhere? I'm sure he'd have to somehow live in Texas half the year though, so I don't know if that is possible.Chaka said:
Great post. The inactivity by the NFL and the Texans’ speaks loudly to their incompetence. Meanwhile Watson hauls in the $$$$ with zero injury/performance risk.
True. Somethjng else: Florida housing near Miami is expensive, not much bang for the buck for big properties in nice locations. Compared to Carolina for example. Many football players live in west Broward suburbs. And expensive insurance if you live near the coast. Income taxes may outweigh other financial factors.Chaka said:
Was about to make a joke about how that won't be a concern for Watson anytime soon, but apparently his longtime girlfriend is sticking with him through all of these allegations.
NC may be a good balance I'm those regards. A very cursory examination of their income tax rates may put him in the 5.25% range but I am not at all certain about that.
Couldn't disagree with this more. Tua is a better QB than Bridgewater has ever been right now. He's not as good as Watson right now, but we will still suck if we trade for Watson.
Sports players are very complex from a tax standpoint, they pay taxes based on where games are played (I.e. travel to a game in NY, pay taxes there for one game.) Half your games are at home? Half your taxes are paid in that state. I assume signing bonuses, etc. are based on home state of the team. Either way, it’s not an insubstantial consideration, and you often see Free Agents taking a states taxes it into account when weighing similar offers from different teams.
He hasn’t made any of that big money from his extension yet. He’s made roughly $45MM so far over 4.5 years with half of that being his signing bonus last year, the big numbers on his extension don’t kick in until 2022.
Chaka said:
While I agree, I don't think Brady is the best example considering he's already made hundred's of millions in his career and is married to someone worth half a billion.
Except he doesn't have enough money or power to keep the video away from prying eyes. In any normal organization, Kraft would have been forced out.
I remember visiting relatives in Maryland as a kid. We’d go to the community swimming pool to refresh & cool off, sticking to the car seats on the way there, and 5 mins after the post-pool shower, we’d be just as hot & sticking to the car seats on the way home.
Bottom like on the tax thing is that every player is within his rights to consider it.skinsrule05 said:
PFT gets good info, but he's also not above clickbait.
