All of the Rams fans I’ve spoken to seem to think they will let Watkins walk. Not a good fit with Goff, his 3rd option.
The rams fans you've spoken with are idiots. Its not solely a WRs job only to put up statistics via catching and receiving. Blocking, decoy routes, and other scheme specific functions to open up secondary, tertiary, and other reads for the quarterback, and he was absolutely necessary for that. He altered the run game, he constantly gave Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp 1 on 1 opportunities and they took advantage of it.
That, and rams fans you've spoken with apparently don't understand that it would be grossly incompetent management to spend a 2nd round draft pick on a 1 year rental. We'd all be slaughtering Ryan Pace right now if he dropped a high draft pick on a one year rental just to let him walk.
Long story short, don't look at the stat sheet and draw your conclusion from that alone that "he's not a good fit" for Goff. He was targeted 70 times last season and Goff took an enormous step in quarterback development in not forcing what's not there on a constantly covered WR. When Kupp and Woods won their 1 on 1s with CB2 and Nickel CBs, they got the ball. That's what you want your offense to do, move the ball. Watkins didn't have stats, but he clearly played his part.
And there's that thing where fans don't make roster decisions; I mean--it should have to be stated but evidently we have to because you talked to a guy who's opinion is that he/she doesn't think they'll keep a playmaker. In trading for Peters, Trumaine Johnson is a goner, meaning Joyner and Watkins can both be safely retained with the 52 million the rams are walking into the offseason with before cuts.
He's slated to be a free agent for now, but I wouldn't bet he's going to hit the market, especially after Landry was tagged and the move LA's GM just made.