The 4-12 record Houston put up last season attests to that. Watson's numbers were excellent and still the team sucked.
The debate isn't Watson's skill set vs. Goff. I think most of this board likes Watson's skill set over Goff's. Part of the debate is over how the Rams have handled Goff, both in this situation as well as how well they've done at putting a team around him the last two years.
The other part of the debate, at least with me, is the cost of acquiring Watson and the long term implications for the team. As I said to
@OldSchool upthread, this board has become a "hopium" den. People look as Watson's skill set and begin salivating, and that part is understandable.
But the board also looks like a bunch of 18 year old boys who really have their eye set on a really hot new car, with a salesman telling him that he can have it with zero interest financing for the first year. The 18 year old kid is looking at that and not thinking about the insurance payments, the jump in payments when the zero interest financing is over, maintenance costs, and his own limited means to pay for all of those things. He's just thinking of riding around in the car with a hot chick riding shotgun while glossing over the very real, long-term costs of his hot new car.
Meanwhile, he has a car that is more than adequate with the costs already accounted for and he can drive it for another year, see if it's still good enough then and meanwhile save his dollars to make another hot car more affordable. Long term, that's the smart play. But the pull of instant gratification clouds his judgment, and dammit, he wants it now.
This^.
It's so easy to say not to pay them, but it's always 20/20 hindsight. You have to put your stake in the ground somewhere, and if you wait too long, they are going to cost more and you could very well end up in a situation where you either have to pay someone more than you think he's worth or end up without a viable solution at the position. It's doubly skewed at QB because it's by far the hardest position to replace. Their salaries are off the charts due to simple supply and demand, and the problem is exacerbated in a salary capped league.
Shorter version: it's damned if you do and damned if you don't.
I wasn't aware there was a debate over McVay vs. Fisher. Missed that thread.
