Re Watkins:
Even though it's a no brainer that you franchise Joyner, I am not ready to give up on Watkins. He's talented. He's got hands like vise grips (a la Boldin) and he was our most productive receiver in the red zone.
I'm not sure it was just one thing that lead to his lack of receptions, but one thing that I have not read is the role McV had in this.
If Watkins was snagging all of those quick slants in the end zone for TDs, why couldn't we have ran more slants throughout the game? The cowboys used to kill with that play to Irvin and Rice could've made it to the HOF on that route alone.
Other than his TD catches, a lot of Watkins' grabs came around the hash marks behind the LBs. That play could have been called more.
IOW, there were other routes available besides just the deep stuff.
Watkins, like all of the receivers, did a great job blocking last year.
There's talent there and I would like to see another season of him and Goff working things out.