Rumors of NFL trade: Peter King believes the 49ers should be an all-in for Deshaun Watson

Peter King of NBC Sports gives his idea of ​​what it might take for a team to trade for Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson. King mentions what everyone has: the Texans have received offers from teams, but Houston is not involved. King said at least two teams gave offers to Houston and received no feedback.

How long will Houston dig their heels in? There is no real reason for the Texans to move. Watson is under contract, and that does not change, no matter how he feels about the state of the franchise. The NFL draft is a little over two months away. A lot can happen between now and then.

Texas face Nick Caserio’s poker face may change as the concept approaches and he realizes that his 25-year-old franchise QB is not bluffing about re-emerging as a member of the Texans, which brings us to King’s trade proposals.

King mentioned the Carolina Panthers, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins and the San Francisco 49ers … twice.

One of his wild proposals includes a three-team trade where the Minnesota Vikings send Kirk Cousins ​​to the Niners. In the scenario, San Francisco also sends number 12 to Houston and quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. This is the only part that pertains to the 49ers. I doubt anyone would trust San Francisco to have come forward in the trade proposal.

Here’s King’s first trade proposal, where the 49ers land Watson:

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS. San Francisco will be in order by 2021 Jimmy Garoppolo as an appetizer. No matter what Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch say, they can not be completely comfortable with it. Garoppolo has missed 23 of the last 48 games in the regular season with injuries. (Tom Brady missed 15 games due to injury in 20 seasons.) And I’ll always wonder if the 49ers have the slightest remorse over the buyer for not making a deal with Brady last March. We’ll know when Brady (or Lynch or Shanahan) writes a book in 15 years how close it got. But if the Niners could convince Garoppolo to give up its non-trading clause, I could see that San Francisco was all here, although the Niners would clearly have to share some important assets, perhaps including the young nerve center of their defense. Linebacker Fred Warner is such an emerging star, however, that his re-signing in San Francisco in the next 12 months could affect the franchise’s ability to keep other great young players (Nick Bosa?) in the house.

Peter King proposal: Seven-for-1. Garoppolo, linebacker Fred Warner (it really hurts), pack Mike McGlincheyfirst picks in 2021 (12th overall) and 2022, plus a second round in 2021 and a third round in 2022 for Watson. The Niners pay a lot; of all the players in all the presentations I suggest, Warner would be the most popular one in my book. But he is here because he is entering the final year of his rookie contract and wants a new deal. (McGlinchey is also in exactly the same position.) Houston can see these as cornerstones for rebuilding.

The way King Warner frames in this trade looks like the team’s thought process that moved DeForest Buckner last season. He is also in the spotlight as far as Warner’s value is concerned. Seeing the Niners part ways with the best linebacker in the NFL is hard for many fans to swallow. If Watson is seen in return, those fans will forget Warner within the first month of the season.

I love Warner and think he’s still underrated. However, we are talking about a lineout ball versus a quarterback. In Watson’s case, it’s objectively a top-5, at worst, quarterback in the NFL. There is no comparison here.

So, Houston gets Warner and McGlinchey on a rookie deal, two picks in the first round, a second time and a third pick in ’22. The downside is that you create two large holes on either side of the ball, and that you are without three premium pulls to fill the holes for the next two years.

Another problem is to assume that this trade does not take place until the first wave of free agency is over. That means San Francisco is missing out on the opportunity to sign any unlimited free throws at linebacker or tackle, and this year’s NFL draft is trying to find a starter on Day 3 at both positions.

Daniel Brunskill back to right tackle? Colton McKivitz? The fluctuation will continue ahead of the Niners, but you bet Watson can overcome the loss to McGlinchey. We saw the 49ers work without tackling both in ’19 offensive attacks for multiple games.

If you’re in the camp what Watson wants, you can ‘t get him cheap. These are the kind of deals it will take to land the superstar quarterback. Would you accept this trade in King’s scenario?