Texans lose both S Alan Ball and RB Justin Forsett to Jaguars

[ASidd_1990]

Per ESPN

[rolyat93]

Lol at "losing" Alan Ball.

[Vance87]

Sheet. Here comes 6-10.

[TexansCountry]

doesnt hurt my feelings loosing ball. But Forsett? hes different i liked what he brought while tate was hurt. is there something going on that we dont know about?

[Nawzer]

Losing Forsett is going to hurt more than you think if Tate doesn't return to form.

[CloakNNNdagger]

Originally Posted by Nawzer

Losing Forsett is going to hurt more than you think if Tate doesn't return to form.

Turf toe can be just like herpes........I don't like this move.

[thunderkyss]

Originally Posted by Nawzer

Losing Forsett is going to hurt more than you think if Tate doesn't return to form.

What's going to suck, is that I don't think we utilized Forsette as well as we should have. But I've felt that way since he flashed in Seattle. He's not an every down back, but he's got all the talent to be a Danny Woodhead kind of guy, a poor man's Reggie Bush.

When you think of a backfield with Arian, Casey, & Forsette you'd think you can create whatever kind of match up nightmare you want. At least I do. But Casey didn't get one carry, Forsett didn't get 5 balls thrown his way, & Arian was rarely used for anything other than a check down.

I'm all about being conservative & protecting the ball while throwing for 4000 yards and all, but I think we had enough weapons to do what we wanted, when we wanted, & move the chains.

[SW H-TOWN]

I think I saw Keo on the field more that Alan Ball so I'm not to upset over loosing him. Forsett will hurt more but we will probably sign a FA rookie who fits our scheme so we should be OK.

[Dutchrudder]

Yay! Possibly more compensatory picks!

[SCOTTexans]

Originally Posted by Dutchrudder

Yay! Possibly more compensatory picks!

Haha starting to sound like you would lose the whole team if it gets you compenatory picks.

All seriousness any compensatory picks would be better then resigning them, even though i like forsett...

[Dutchrudder]

Originally Posted by SCOTTexans

Haha starting to sound like you would lose the whole team if it gets you compenatory picks.

All seriousness any compensatory picks would be better then resigning them, even though i like forsett...

Last year the comp pick AAV ranges were:

3 - $6.5/$7 million and greater
4 - $5 to $6.5/$7 million
5 - $4 to $5 million
6 - $2.5/2.75 to $4 million
7 - $1 to $2.5/2.75 million


Glover got 4.7 a AAV
Barwin got 6 AAV
Casey got 4.833 AAV
Ball got ?
Forsett got ?

If we don't sign anyone of note, we should get a pair of 5ths and a 4th in compensation. Probably a 7th for Ball or Forsett. I imagine they didn't sign for much. It's better than nothing

And before anyone asks, Kevin Walter doesn't qualify for comp picks because he was cut, so it doesn't matter what he signs for elsewhere.

[wolf123]

Originally Posted by Dutchrudder

Yay! Possibly more compensatory picks!

[Lucky]

Originally Posted by Dutchrudder

If we don't sign anyone of note...

That would be disturbing. I realize they have 11 draft picks coming, but there needs to be some vets brought in to fill spots like WR, NT, ILB, and SS. Not big names guys necessarily. But not all vet minimum guys, either.

[SCOTTexans]

Ill take Cedric Benson for vet minimum Alex

[76Texan]

Originally Posted by SCOTTexans

Ill take Cedric Benson for vet minimum Alex

I don't know if we can count on an old RB coming back from a lisfranc injury.

[Brisco_County]

Marcus Lattimore would be the best value in middle rounds. By the time he's 100%, Tate's contract would be up.

[Insideop]

Originally Posted by Brisco_County

Marcus Lattimore would be the best value in middle rounds. By the time he's 100%, Tate's contract would be up.

Yeah, but what if Foster or Tate get hurt early in the season? They need somebody that's healthy now, not a year from now. Although, that could be a great value pick if you knew he would return to his pre-injury self and got him on the 3rd day of the Draft. When is he projected to start playing again?