Jack Burton
Veteran
Actually Caserio's lack of respect has been earned every day every month, the File Clerk did this all on own:
The Texans had the first HC opening and were the last to fill. Caserio's very first decision was to hire David Culley.
One of the first things Caserio did as Texans GM was to create $25MM in DEAD MONEY.
The result of taking a hatchet to the roster without thinking it through created not having enough money to fill out the 2021 roster.
In order to create enough money (restructuring every contract that could be restructured) Caserio had to borrow over $30MM from 2022 and 2023 to sign enough players to complete the 2021 roster.
He compounded the money mismanagement by signing players like David Johnson to $6MM contract.
In order to sign enough players, Caserio had to sign players at the end of their careers (looking for another NFL paycheck) to 1 and 2 year contracts to have enough money for a 53 man roster.
In essence he shuffled the chairs on the Titanic and it cost him $55MM to do it. $25MM in dead money and $30MM in restructuring.
In the process of all of this Caserio used draft picks to trade for four players that were cut. Players who would've been cut by the previous teams.
He started the draft with 8 picks, used an additional 2 picks from 2022 to draft 5 players.
As a result of Caserio's 2021 decisions he has also created $15MM in Dead Money in 2022. The 2022 salary cap is also $12MM less from 2021 restructuring. When you factor in additional dead money needed to trade Watson, cut Cunningham that's another $26MM subtracted from 2022 cap.
The 2022 salary cap begins with $56MM less than the full amount because of Caserio decisions.
The 2022 roster begins with 25 signed players. The projected Texans salary cap space to begin 2022 is $56MM. That's $56MM to sign 28 players to fill a 53 man roster.
Now I ask you, what makes you think that Caserio will be any different in 2022 than he was in 2021 when Nick has already said they plan to stay the course and keep doing what they have been doing?
IMO I think you can expect more of the same. The File Clerk being The File Clerk. Filling the 2022 roster will be more difficult and more expensive than the 2021 roster.
You should type up this sternly worded diatribe into a letter and mail it to The Houston Texans care of Nick Caserio.
And make sure to add,
“Now good day to you, Sir,
Sincerely, The Texian”
at the end.
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