Ed Reed agrees to terms with Texans

[ASidd_1990]

So when will we find out if this bloke has signed with us or not?

[EllisUnit]

Originally Posted by 76Texan

From what I heard, at least 5 of those positions can be upgrade easily, why worry?

Oh yeah of course people on these message boards have all the solutions haha. Why in the hell am i worried

[Brisco_County]

Originally Posted by Corrosion

Cak .... You play RT , TexanBill , You get Safety , DoubleBarrel can take Walters spot at WR , I'll play ILB and Dread can line up in Barwin's spot. We'll be just fine with a bunch of 40 somethings ....

I go to refill my bourbon and this is what I come back to. Oh well, I nominate Hookem as a Chris Myers replacement.

[Nawzer]

Originally Posted by ASidd_1990

So when will we find out if this bloke has signed with us or not?

Why don't you ask your source. He's been spot on so far.

[Brisco_County]

Originally Posted by Nawzer

Why don't you ask your source. He's been spot on so far.

Bulls on Parade?

[EllisUnit]

Originally Posted by Brisco_County

Bulls on Parade?

yeah where has he been ? I guess after making that bold statment about what he does for aliving he decided better to not show up for a while.

Maybe he makes the coffee for all the big wigs with the texans and he didnt put enough creamer in the coffee for Reed and he said "what kind of circus are you guys running here, you call this coffee" and then he left. Damn you BOP

[Corrosion]

Originally Posted by Brisco_County

Bulls on Parade?

No .... The one that told about a Matt Turk reunion that he provided no source to.

Most of us know to provide a link to source info .... Or dont post it.

Originally Posted by ASidd_1990

Take it with a HUGE grain of salt but someone told me that there will be a reunion between Matt Turk and the Texans.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Originally Posted by EllisUnit

yeah where has he been ? I guess after making that bold statment about what he does for aliving he decided better to not show up for a while.

Maybe he makes the coffee for all the big wigs with the texans and he didnt put enough creamer in the coffee for Reed and he said "what kind of circus are you guys running here, you call this coffee" and then he left. Damn you BOP

Maybe BOP is ASidd_1990

[Brisco_County]

Originally Posted by Corrosion

No .... The one that told about a Matt Turk reunion that he provided no source to.

I stopped reading that post at "Matt Turk has a groupie."

[EllisUnit]

Originally Posted by Brisco_County

I stopped reading that post at "Matt Turk has a groupie."

How could you bare the thought of missing out on the excitment of the rest of the post ???? Mind boggling really

[pec0sb0b]

Originally Posted by ASidd_1990

So when will we find out if this bloke has signed with us or not?

When you hear later this weekend he's signed with San Francisco.

[Lurvinator11]

Originally Posted by Lurvinator11

Well in that case, I guess I'll sleep like a kid on Christmas Eve.

Only problem is, when I wake up, will we have presents, or will we have Coal?

Looks like we got Coal!!!!

Alright, who was naughty?

[thunderkyss]

Originally Posted by steelbtexan

All I know is Schaub is damaged goods and will never lead the Texans to a championship. Remember I was a Schaub guy who still likes Schaub as a person/leader. I've got my doubts that Schaub will make it through next season.

I've got no doubt Schaub will play as well next year as he did last year, which was on par for how he played through most of his career. Unfortunately, we need the Matt Schaub from 2009 & I don't think we'll ever see that guy again. Maybe if we get him a true weapon to go with Andre that not only stretches the field (like Jacoby) but demands coverage & respect (un-like Jacoby).

But I do wonder, if we had a Peyton Manning, or a Tom Brady, would Reed have left? Then again, Greg Jennings chose Christian Ponder over Aaron Rogers.

[htowntexans1985]

Originally Posted by thunderkyss

I've got no doubt Schaub will play as well next year as he did last year, which was on par for how he played through most of his career. Unfortunately, we need the Matt Schaub from 2009 & I don't think we'll ever see that guy again. Maybe if we get him a true weapon to go with Andre that not only stretches the field (like Jacoby) but demands coverage & respect (un-like Jacoby).

But I do wonder, if we had a Peyton Manning, or a Tom Brady, would Reed have left? Then again, Greg Jennings chose Christian Ponder over Aaron Rogers.

Jennings and reed both have a ring. They're looking for the payday now.

[CloakNNNdagger]

It wouldn't surprise me if the Texans are trying to low ball.......with heavy "incentives" to be built into the contract to cover a possible downturn in production or injury in these, his later playing years........just a thought as to why there may be such a lag in trying to sign him.

[Ktexan68]

I agree with you but we won't sign him using that strategy and that might be a good thing.

[GP]

Originally Posted by CloakNNNdagger

It wouldn't surprise me if the Texans are trying to low ball.......with heavy "incentives" to be built into the contract to cover a possible downturn in production or injury in these, his later playing years........just a thought as to why there may be such a lag in trying to sign him.

I've stated the same thing earlier on.

If we're at around 5 and he's at around 6 or even upwards of possibly 7...then I think it's reasonable, given his age and situation, to tell him we'll go 6 and he can earn an extra $500k per year IF we make the playoffs and IF he's played percentage of games and IF he's playing in the playoffs. The moment he finishes game 1 of the playoffs, he gets an extra $500k. Same thing in 2014.

I think that's fair. Welker got around 6, we're offering same deal with a potential for an extra $500k each season if things go the way it should. Ed knows we're capable of making the playoffs.

He wants to work out in Florida? Fine. Big damn deal. He's been doing it forever now. Makes him happy, then so be it.

Skip OTAs and take it easy in camp? Absolutely, Ed. Rest and read the playbook with your teammates during meetings.

This could still happen. I think AJ is trying all he can to get it done, so there's some good possibility that the front office might have had this as an ace up their sleeve if Team Reed rejected our lowest offer. What do you think?

[handswarmer]

Originally Posted by Playoffs

Not news:

There's a bit of drama that circles Ed Reed. Not unusual for him to take his time, stretch things out. He was eternally unhappy with his being disrespected by the Ravens organization all last offseason. Lot's of "Will he or won't he?" media. Yada, yada, yada.

However it works out will be fine.

A that 'disrespect' was self induced by Reed. He had a yar left on his contract, he talked about the Organization not 'honoring' the cntracts because they can cut a player at any tme; yet he was the one whining for a new deal when he had a year left- how about honoring your end of the bargain Ed?

He did and he got paid all this past year. Now he is free to go out and see what is available.

Caveat Emptor

[handswarmer]

Originally Posted by thunderkyss

If that's the case, then the details of his contract has been grossly overstated.
$6.8 + $14.8 + $29 = $50.6M, but that's counting portions of the $29M bonus twice since some of it should already be built into his cap hits for the first two years.

The back end ofthe contract should be ignored- it will be re-structured after year 3 so it doesn't really count. Here are the total numbers forthe three years that count-

Year Salary Bonus Options Cap hit
2013 $1mill $5mill $0 $6.8mill

2014 $6mill $5.8mill $3mill $14.8mill

2015 $4mill $5.8mill $4.75mill $14.55mill

[handswarmer]

Jason La Canfora‏@JasonLaCanfora
Ownership from Texans, Ravens expect to meet with Ed Reed's agent at league mtg in AZ next week, Ravens coaches and officials have been...

[handswarmer]

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(Cont) Other teams still calling as well to inquire. Likely to come together at meetings. Ravens will make their push.