Eric Winston released?????

[aussie_texan]

wow. read the title thought it was some joke but.....wow


if this means keeping mario I'm all for it.

sad for EW though, he was an elite run blocker, not the best pass-blocker but overall easily a top 5 RT his going to be hard to replace but Butler played well in Browns absence so I'm not to scared atm

[Nawzer]

Sports Radio 610 covering this as if Iraq was being bombed during the Shock and Awe campaign. Lol. They're all exasperated and out of breath.

[Stemp]

I liked Winston and can't believe they released him. Our OL was one of big strengths and I just don't know if whoever replaces him will be as knowledgeable about our scheme early in the season.

[badboy]

Folks have spoken about Manning bringing WR Reggie Wayne could he bring a RT?

[TEXANRED]

Originally Posted by GP

Winston blew pass blocks every game, like some are saying in this thread, and his only great strength was run blocking. Leinart got drilled into the Jax turf because Winston's man flew by Winston almost untouched...Caveman got a paw on him, but it was like slapping at the guy as he went by him. I remember it vividly as CBS replayed the play Leinart was injured on.

And you know what? He WAS too concerned about his broadcasting career. Who broke the news of him being cut? He did. He couldn't even wait until it was officially released, and it looks like he's playing a victim card even if he didn't intend to. Other players might be getting cut, too, but their agent might be instructing them to not say anything until it's official or the time comes to do so. In short: Staying classy in the midst of tough times.

Winston will land somewhere. He'll have a new radio gig. He'll be fine.

Wow, this is funny cus this is my exact same opinion of him.

Still though to cut your starting RT, a RT that was part of the best OLine in the league..............It's just crazy.

OMG, what if Studdard takes his spot? (yes I know he is a guard, that's the point)

[Pantherstang84]

Originally Posted by badboy

Folks have spoken about Manning bringing WR Reggie Wayne could he bring a RT?

The tackles where part of his problems in Indy. They were working on fixing their oline issues for a while now.

[HoustonFrog]

LZ on twitter says bad move if looking to resign Mario. Need to sign other olinemen. Mario is thought to be headed to Bears.

Maybe Winston wouldn't take cut.....or he wanted to do more than 300 interviews a year and wouldn't give up being Peter Kings inside source ....

[Brisco_County]

Geez... Winston? I'm writing NASA. The Mayans were right.

[Maddict5]

Originally Posted by GP

Winston blew pass blocks every game, like some are saying in this thread, and his only great strength was run blocking. Leinart got drilled into the Jax turf because Winston's man flew by Winston almost untouched...Caveman got a paw on him, but it was like slapping at the guy as he went by him. I remember it vividly as CBS replayed the play Leinart was injured on.

it was duane who whiffed mr 'vivid memory'?

[Wolf]

friend of mine says the Bears have cash and are pursuing hard for Mario
all I could tell him is that the Texans don't have the cash with all the pending FA coming in the next year

[DonnyMost]

OL depth is a concern now, but other posters are right, this is the price of success.

I am just genuinely disappointed for Winston because he was really a team guy and very much wanted to be a part of the Texans' playoff success (at least he got one win).

Sign Myers and Briesel, cut Jacoby and Leinart (replace them with Delhomme and somebody who can return kicks like Eddie Royal or Dante Stallworth)... and if you can't resign Mario, make sure you get Dressen, Ward, and Allen back on the roster. They all earned their spots and give us quality depth.

[False Start]

Originally Posted by Nawzer

Sports Radio 610 covering this as if Iraq was being bombed during the Shock and Awe campaign. Lol. They're all exasperated and out of breath.

I would like to hear that, but that would mean Josh Innes' voice infecting my ears.

[SW H-TOWN]

Originally Posted by ThaShark316

Family, Rick Smith ain't playing!

That picture that says RESPECT MY GANGSTA is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.

Maybe he refused to restructure, I don't have any clue to why they would do this unless A. Rick Smith is going to whip a hell of a back up plan out of his ass that none of us have figured out as of yet B. We are really, really between the salary cap and a hard spot or C. It was Winston or Mario, no other alternative.

Now I will continue to look at that jewel of a picture w/ caption. Life is too short to pass up a good laugh, thanks Shark316.

[Pantherstang84]

Originally Posted by False Start

I would like to hear that, but that would mean Josh Innes' voice infecting my ears.

Innes is off today. It is Sean Bijani filling in for him today.

[drunkcookie]

Originally Posted by False Start

I would like to hear that, but that would mean Josh Innes' voice infecting my ears.

He called in today...

[False Start]

Originally Posted by Pantherstang84

Innes is off today. It is Sean Bijani filling in for him today.

Originally Posted by drunkcookie

He called in today...

Sweet! Thanks.

[The Cush]

Originally Posted by False Start

I would like to hear that, but that would mean Josh Innes' voice infecting my ears.

Barry Warner is the one leading the coverage, who is almost just as bad. He failed to realize Rashad Butler was still on the team and that Derek Newton was the replacement up until about 5 minutes ago.

[IDEXAN]

Apparently the Texans feel that Rashad can play about as well as Winston while being a much better value. But still very surprising to say the least ?

[Hagar]

Originally Posted by cbs1507

Winston gave up 7.5 sacks this year (33 total sacks).
He gave up 9 sacks last year (32 total).

And this is worth $5.5m each of the next 2 seasons...why?

Yep

Whether or not its Butler or someone else, you have to thinkk Smithiak has a plan.

Also, a lot of people want the Texans to be more like Pittsburgh (myself included). Well the Steelers cut veteran players whose salaries are bigger than thier production all the time. So far this year the Steelers have released Hines Ward, Aaron Smith, James Farrier and Chris Kemoeatu.

I'm just happy we've finally gotten to a place were we can cut good players like Winston and have Butler step into his spot.

Good luck Caveman!

[Lucky]

Originally Posted by steelbtexan

Winston was very overrated. He seemed to care about his future in broadcasting more than improving his game. In addition to almost getting Schaub killed a couple of games.

I agree that Winston was overrated and probably overpaid. But Butler is very overrated around here. He almost got Schaub killed when subbing for Brown at LT. But, it should be an easier go for Butler at RT. All things equal, I'd rather have Winston. But they aren't equal, because Butler is paid less than half of Winston's salary.

Originally Posted by srrono

John McClain ‏ @McClain_on_NFL
Texans saved $4.5 million in salary cap space by releasing Eric Winston. They've restructured Andre Johnson to free up more dollars.

About a week late on that one, General.