I agree Houston would want/need it to be an NFC team but add to that.....any NFC team that got him would put themselves in a fantastic position moving forward. The strong young NFL QBs are almost exclusively in the AFC at this point with Jax and the Jets next in line even if Darnold is discarded.
Allen, Tua, Darnold?, Burrow, Jackson, Mayfield, Lawrence, Tannehill is pretty young, Herbert, Mahomes. Remove Watson from that mix and who are his younger counterparts in the NFC? Jones?, Dak, Goff? Murray. If I am WFT I move heaven and earth to make that happen. I doubt Houston does it though. What can WFT offer? IMO Houston is at a crossroads and whatever path they take has a lot of potholes. O’Brien was sooooooooooo bad.