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Wade, etc. waived

Great, I was right! What do I get for such a great prognistiction.

And now for my next prediction. The sun will rise in the East and set in the West tomorrow. :tease:
 
Porky said:
And now for my next prediction. The sun will rise in the East and set in the West tomorrow. :tease:
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What if a great body hits us and redirects us to spin in the opposite direction? It appears this happened to Venus at some point. However, my money is on your prediction.
 
TheOgre said:
What if a great body hits us and redirects us to spin in the opposite direction? It appears this happened to Venus at some point. However, my money is on your prediction.
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If that happens, the sun rising and setting will be low on the priority list. If it isn't already.
 
TheOgre said:
What if a great body hits us and redirects us to spin in the opposite direction? It appears this happened to Venus at some point. However, my money is on your prediction.
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You mean Elle Mcpherson is going to hit us?:whip:
 
Not very surprised by this move. Wade had almost zero mobility, add to that an injury, and he isn't the poster child for the zone blocking scheme.
 
Thank goodness!

Kubiak is cleaning house, bringing in players who want to play, and making us a contender.

PLAYOFFS BABY!
 
the wonger need food said:
Pierce was just a charity case anyway and is probably done for good. Kubiak was nice enough to get him a few more paychecks.
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I thought these guys didn't get paid in the offseason, basically paid weekly through the regular season or something like that. Basically, you had to make the official roster to get paid your contract amount, which is paid of over the course of the regular season.

Since Pierce was never on the roster during the regular season (played with Denver in 2004 and was waived in training camp from Denver in 2005), how could he have gotten a paycheck from the Texans?

If anyone knows how this stuff works, I would like to hear it.
 
So the Dallas Morning News has already reported this (using the Associated Press wire), but no Chronicle yet? Okey dokey.
 
hollywood_texan said:
I thought these guys didn't get paid in the offseason, basically paid weekly through the regular season or something like that. Basically, you had to make the official roster to get paid your contract amount, which is paid of over the course of the regular season.

Since Pierce was never on the roster during the regular season (played with Denver in 2004 and was waived in training camp from Denver in 2005), how could he have gotten a paycheck from the Texans?

If anyone knows how this stuff works, I would like to hear it.
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They get some sort of money. The undrafted free agent type receive a weekly paycheck that would equate to $60K or so over a year????? It might be a little more. Roster players get paid for camp and stuff to, at some very reduced rate. I don't know the exact numbers.
 
TEXANS84 said:
Another brilliant move by Casserly bites the dust. I wonder how much dead money we will have to absorb.
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Well he was scheduled to make 5.1 mil this season and 6.1 mil next season, with 3.2 total listed as bonus pay. Not sure exactly how it all works out though.
 
I don't have any animosity towards the guy and I'm sure that if his knee heals up that he'll find a home somewhere. He didn't suck for the first four years of his career in Miami. Just the year and half he played for Joe Pendry. I look at his departure as a matter of him simply not being the type of lineman we need for our new offense.

Good luck to Todd Wade in the future (except for when the Texans are lining up against him).
 
DominickDavisFan76 said:
Is there a possibility of us keeping wade if he would like to reconstructure his contract, so as not to hurt the cap room...as much.
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No, too late for that.
 
TEXANS84 said:
Another brilliant move by Casserly bites the dust. I wonder how much dead money we will have to absorb.
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http://www.houstonprofootball.com/

It says over the next two years we will absorb $6.67 million in dead cap from cutting him, they have the option of pushing up to $5 million against the cap next year, although they will likely take most or all of that this year since they have some cap room, which sounds like a good plan so they can go ahead and get it over with and have more cap room next year for any potential free agent acquisitions, and so we don't keep delaying cap hits like the Titans.
 
eheh I just looked at that too.

6,666,667 dead money

crap. Good thing he got that extra buck or I would have to head down to the Sacred Bleeding Heart and Travelling Tabernacle to donate one myself.
 
TwinSisters said:
eheh I just looked at that too.

6,666,667 dead money

crap. Good thing he got that extra buck or I would have to head down to the Sacred Bleeding Heart and Travelling Tabernacle to donate one myself.
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I guess that means Todd Wade WAS the Devil...... or does that make Charley Casserly The Devil, Hmmmm................
 
Everybody's high on consolation
Everybody's trying to tell me what's right for me
My GM tried to bore me with a sermon
but it's plain to see that they can't comfort me
Sorry Charlie for the imposition
I think I've got it, got the strength to carry on
I need a drink and a quick decision
Now it's up to me, ooh what will be

Chorus:
Wade's Gone Oh I, Oh I'd
better learn how to face it
Wade's Gone Oh I, Oh I'd
pay the dead cap to replace him
Wade's Gone - what went wrong

Up in the morning look in the mirror
I'm worn as his jock hanging in the stand
my face ain't looking any younger
now I can see sacks have taken there toll on me

Wade's Gone
better learn how to face it
Wade's Gone Oh I, Oh I'd
pay the dead cap to replace him
Wade's Gone - what went wrong

Think I'll spend eternity in the city
let Spencer and Winston choke my thoughts away
and zone blocking helps dissolve the memories
but they can never be what he was to me

Wade's Gone
better learn how to face it
Wade's Gone Oh I, Oh I'd
pay the dead cap to replace him
Wade's Gone - what went wrong
 
Kaiser I am not gonna lie your song is a little homoerotic. Other than that holarious. Yeah it was about time Wade got the boot. Slowly but surely we are on the come up.
 
Coach C. said:
Kaiser I am not gonna lie your song is a little homoerotic. Other than that holarious. Yeah it was about time Wade got the boot. Slowly but surely we are on the come up.
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By no means was I attempting to portray our Californian QB in that light. Not that there is anything wrong with that. :)

It is a good day to be a Texan. :texflag:
 
nunusguy said:
Better keep a sharp eye out for the Austin Narcs there KT.
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The only narcotic I am scared of is another Texan season of shame. I am jonesing for something that resembles a NFL team.
 
Wade gone. Jeez...I've been away too long. I figured the Texans would have ridden the contract out. I gotta get back in the loop. I've been so consumed with baseball to pass the time. Come July 18th though, I'll be getting my football feet back under me. NCAA Football, 2007. Little known kid out of Any Town, USA...gonna put college football on it's ***. Oh well, Wade gone. I wonder if this means Winston or the other guy we drafted is gonna fill in?
 
"The departure of Wade all but assures that the Texans will start an offensive line unit in 2006 that will have new players at all five positions. Houston signed former Green Bay Packers starting center Mike Flanagan to anchor the unit, switched the positions of two other starters and chose two tackles in the third round of the draft. The likely replacement for Wade is 11-year veteran Zach Wiegert, who recently signed a contract extension and whose resume includes 128 starts split between guard and tackle."
"It will be the task of former Green Bay head coach Mike Sherman, who was hired as assistant head coach by Gary Kubiak, to cobble together a workable unit from the diverse components."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2520094
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A fresh start with a top FA center and 2 highly rated first day tackle draft picks to include in your new OL at the appropriate time and former Packers HC Mike Sherman at the controls to mold and develope the unit, yea I'm liking this scenario more and more all the time.
Anyway, here's Pasquarelli's take on the news.
 
nunusguy said:
"The departure of Wade all but assures that the Texans will start an offensive line unit in 2006 that will have new players at all five positions. Houston signed former Green Bay Packers starting center Mike Flanagan to anchor the unit, switched the positions of two other starters and chose two tackles in the third round of the draft. The likely replacement for Wade is 11-year veteran Zach Wiegert, who recently signed a contract extension and whose resume includes 128 starts split between guard and tackle."
"It will be the task of former Green Bay head coach Mike Sherman, who was hired as assistant head coach by Gary Kubiak, to cobble together a workable unit from the diverse components."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2520094
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A fresh start with a top FA center and 2 highly rated first day tackle draft picks to include in your new OL at the appropriate time and former Packers HC Mike Sherman at the controls to mold and develope the unit, yea I'm liking this scenario more and more all the time.
Anyway, here's Pasquarelli's take on the news.
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I hope Pitts stays at LG. IMO, he could be a very long term answer there. Let LT be between Wand and Spencer. From what I read during OTA's, Wand seems to be doing pretty good. Wand Pitts Flanagan McKinney Wiegert doesn't look bad on paper...er...puter screen
 
Kaiser Toro said:
The only narcotic I am scared of is another Texan season of shame. I am jonesing for something that resembles a NFL team.
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well if you don't get what you want, I know some folks that have plenty of Kool-Aid brewed up. I am sure that they will share.
 
TwinSisters said:
well if you don't get what you want, I know some folks that have plenty of Kool-Aid brewed up. I am sure that they will share.
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Kool-Aid....what color?:drool:
 
DocBar said:
I hope Pitts stays at LG. IMO, he could be a very long term answer there. Let LT be between Wand and Spencer. From what I read during OTA's, Wand seems to be doing pretty good. Wand Pitts Flanagan McKinney Wiegert doesn't look bad on paper...er...puter screen
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From what I saw and much of what I've heard Wand hasn't looked especially good, I doubt it if he is starting by the start of the regular season, if he even lasts that long.
 
DocBar said:
Kool-Aid....what color?:drool:
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The Kool-Aid is Steel Blue and tastes faintly of bitter almonds... but back to the point of this thread... Rick Smith is the best Texan's General Manager - ever!
 
jmerog said:
I just heard on 610 that wade is being cut.

i wonder who is next.
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Poor guy. Getting cut twice in less that two months by the same team.

Whats that gonna do for your moral?:)
 
MorKnolle said:
http://www.houstonprofootball.com/

It says over the next two years we will absorb $6.67 million in dead cap from cutting him, they have the option of pushing up to $5 million against the cap next year, although they will likely take most or all of that this year since they have some cap room, which sounds like a good plan so they can go ahead and get it over with and have more cap room next year for any potential free agent acquisitions, and so we don't keep delaying cap hits like the Titans.
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Might as well, if this is a rebuilding year, why not just absorb all cap hits so that we can have some spending money once we are contenders?
 
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