The did not pull the trigger on a trade ahead of Tuesday's deadline, but the best player in franchise history's departure is seen as inevitable.
Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports spoke to several executives around the who said Watt will almost certainly be on the move this offseason.
"He'll be traded by March—bank on it," one general manager said. "That's a hard trade to make in the middle of the season, and there are going to be questions about the medicals. Jack [acting GM Jack Easterby] can't make that trade in November. And the owner probably wasn't quite ready to make it, but it's coming.