Actually Sammy's option was declined before Beane was in the building. Doesn't mean McDermott didn't play a hand in that. However, to say there was plenty of time for them to get a new QB and make Watkins the focal point of the offense isn't quite right. We weren't drafting a QB this past draft because we didn't even have our new GM yet. You don't want him to take on a rookie QB that he didn't select. So, then there's this upcoming year. You'd be giving the rookie and Sammy 1 season to find the chemistry and become highly productive enough for where he'd want to stay. As Sammy noted himself on a few occasions, he was a very statistical egotistical player here. To say he would've wanted to stay here after 1 year with a rookie QB is a stretch at the very least.