Colin Cowherd: “The NFL decided about ten years ago that you can’t play defense like the [2000] Ravens did. You can’t grab, hit...Like they literally looked at certain teams and were like ‘NO MORE DOING THAT!’ It’s an offensive league. The value of quarterbacks – Sunday we had seven blowouts, mostly good quarterback vs. bad quarterback, it’s like college games. I have such high regard for Caleb Williams mostly because a) I’ve watched him and b) every exec I’ve talked to in the league is like ‘THIS KID IS DIFFERENT.’ He’s better now than Mahomes was at that age, like SIGNIFICANTLY better than what Mahomes was. I suggested last week that if I were Pittsburgh I would give up Watt, three firsts, and George Pickens for Caleb Williams and that got pushback. Folks, TJ Watt is amazing, but he’s maybe worth a point [on the spread] a game. Caleb, if he’s 75% of Mahomes, is worth six.”
TJ Houshmandzadeh: “I wouldn’t do that. When you say ‘TJ Watt’, people are like ‘WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, TJ WATT??’ Because he’s such a star that’s a non-starter. I would give up TJ Watt, George Pickens, and two first-round picks, NOT three. The reason I say that is – the Steelers have ALWAYS done a great job at drafting that outside linebacker rusher and receivers, just go back years and years. Mike Wallace, AB, Emmanuel Sanders, Pickens, Diontae Johnson—they just draft receivers well. Joey Porter, James Harrison who was a free agent, Bud Dupree, TJ Watt, Highsmith—they just do a good job at that, so if you can draft a quarterback who can play 15 years why wouldn’t you? How many sacks did TJ Watt have yesterday? None. That’s not on TJ Watt, but if you’re the Steelers it looks as if Kenny Pickett is not going to be the answer. You have to find a guy that IS the answer.” (Full Segment Above)
Watch Colin Cowherd and former Pro Bowl receiver and Fox Sports NFL analyst TJ Houshmandzadeh break down the blockbuster trade offer that Colin went viral for when he floated a way in which the Pittsburgh Steelers could acquire Caleb Williams.
Cowherd opined that the Steelers should offer a team like the Bears, Cardinals, or Panthers—the likely recipient of the no. 1 overall pick, a massive haul of assets including TJ Watt, George Pickens, and three first-round picks for the rights to draft the USC phenom at quarterback.
Pittsburgh currently stands at 2-2 on the season with narrow victories over the Raiders and Browns, but ranks just 29th in yards per game and 25th in scoring, and second-year starter Kenny Pickett is 30th in QBR.
Check out the segment above as Houshmandzadeh agrees with Cowherd, saying the Steelers shouldn’t have an issue including Watt and Pickens in the deal since they’re already elite at drafting receivers and edge rushers.
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