I think people are really overestimating the impact of Houston's perceived "need" to trade him. Houston could come out and say "Deshaun Watson will never play another down for our franchise and we will trade him this offseason" and he would still likely fetch the largest trade haul in the history of the league. The current circumstances almost certainly lower Houston's reservation price for Watson, but it doesn't affect the demand side of the equation in the slightest. When it comes to even potential franchise QBs, it is very much a seller's market. If Houston decides to trade Watson, teams will line up to make offers and in a competitive bidding situation a GM doesn't need to meet the minimum price Houston is willing to accept, but beat the highest price another team is willing to pay. We've seen the value teams have placed on the chance to draft guys who might become what Watson is right now - a young superstar QB on a below market deal for 5 years - so I just can't imagine a scenario where a Watson trade doesn't fetch a much higher price.This. In any normal or semi normal circumstance there would be practically no price at which Houston trades Watson. Here, they can demand 4 drafts’ worth of picks and 5 of your best players all the live long day, but nobody is giving that and everyone knows that Houston’s implied threat to keep Watson are huge bluffs that are unlikely to actually result in Watson staying on the team.