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As the Friday beginning of the new league year creeps closer, teams are creating more and more salary-cap room.
Just days after cutting RB Ahman Green and LB Morlon Greenwood, the Texans will release DE Anthony Weaver on Tuesday. His $6.2 million base salary will come off the Texans’ salary cap, but they still must deal with $5.4 million in acceleration on his contract - a total savings of $800,000.
Once Weaver is released, it will not be long before he finds another job. Jets coach Rex Ryan coached Weaver in Baltimore and could sign him for New York, or the Ravens always could try to bring him back.
While it will help our cap, we are not very deep at this position at all.
Not sure if this is a smart move.
While it will help our cap, we are not very deep at this position at all.
Not sure if this is a smart move.
While it will help our cap, we are not very deep at this position at all.
Not sure if this is a smart move.
I think our depth is good there. I like Cochran and Bulman to do anything that Weaver did. I think we will be adding 2 more DEs in FA/draft and those guys will often be sliding inside to spell TJ, Okoye, and Robinson.
I think our depth is good there. I like Cochran and Bulman to do anything that Weaver did. I think we will be adding 2 more DEs in FA/draft and those guys will often be sliding inside to spell TJ, Okoye, and Robinson.
The Texans plan to release DE Anthony Weaver, according to NFL.com's Adam Schefter.
I would definitely be pro- trading back. there is alot of depth and LB and DL. Value. Thats the key.
Is it just me or does anyone else feel like the Texans are really going to pursue some big names in FA? With Sage's impending trade to the Vikings and cutting Green, Greenwood, and Weaver we have some holes to fill. Not every need will be addressed through the draft obviously so I'm guessing there are some guys the Texans front office are looking to sign.
I don't think this move is an indication of anything other than getting rid of a player who isn't worth his contract. I don't think it means we're working on a draft trade package, or we're about to sign a big FA.
It's just normal prep for free agency. They need to sign Eugene Wilson (hopefully before free agency starts), and they might even be planning ahead for if/when things cool down with Dunta and they revisit the long-term deal.
No big deal. Just business as usual for this time of year.
Cutting Weaver is sending a message that even if you have a high cap #, you're not gonna stay on the roster if you dont contribute noticeably more than the guys behind you making the league minimum.
Shows the team is willing to admit they were wrong, unlike the last regime we had in here...
This almost guarantees we will be either going hard at a DE in FA, or drafting DE with the 15 pick.
Probably both
Hope not, unless Orakpo is there
Maybin is a situational player at best and Michael Johnson screams "BUST" with a megaphone
I recall another DE that this was said about.
I recall another DE that this was said about.
While it will help our cap, we are not very deep at this position at all.
Not sure if this is a smart move.
Weaver hasn't done anything as a Texan, there's players with his ability that won't even be drafted in the draft. He's nothing special and easily upgradeable.
Houston just improved their Dline by getting rid of this bum. Addition by subtraction. I'm tired of fielding 1 DE and 3 DTs
3 DTs... Holy Sh*t... where?
Sorry but I couldn't resist. I expect TJ and Okoye to look a lot better under Frankie. And, I've always been a fan of Cochrans.
Now that he's gone, we have no other end that is a viable option to be a starter opposite of Mario. That uncertainty lead me to believe that they are definitely going to draft a DE in the first round. They may even have to "reach" again, like they did last year with Brown, if the top 4-3 ends are already gone(Orakpo, Brown).
I wouldn't mind trading back into the twenties again and taking Robert Ayers, who is a rising prospect like Duane was like year. Maybe even Larry English, who weighed in the 270s just recently.
Or it means they allready have a deal in place to bring in another DE via trade or FA. Peppers maybe??????
Or it means they allready have a deal in place to bring in another DE via trade or FA. Peppers maybe??????
He got franchised almost a week ago.
They can't acquire him as a FA, but they can still trade for him.
While it will help our cap, we are not very deep at this position at all.
Not sure if this is a smart move.
Per the above link....
Sure, sign him in New York. We play the Jets at home this year. Run Slaton to his side, guaranteed first down every time. Not like he's going to make a tackle or anything.
What a waste. I remember he was touted as one of the best defensive players to hit FA in 2006, only to become a bust here in Houston. Just another product of the system in Baltimore.
Well, if he goes somewhere else we might find his performance here was at least somewhat a product of the "lack of system" in Houston under Richard Smith.
I'm hoping he does well somewhere else and that the defenders we keep show great improvement under our new defensive staff. It would help toward validating the idea that Smith was the primary problem.
If I'm not mistaken, we acquired him on potential and the ability to stop the run. In Baltimore he was never a sack artist either. The problem was, he wasn't being excellent in either sacks or tackles. He was subpar in tackles. Mario on the other hand has been great in sacks and darn near excellent in stopping the run.
I would definitely be pro- trading back. there is alot of depth and LB and DL. Value. Thats the key.
Value Schmalue. Getting good football players is the key!!!!!!
Look, getting good football players that you can afford to keep on your team for 8+ years is the key. value is about quality players for a reasonable price so that you don't have one guy who's making 4 times as much as someone with similar productivity. (see Anthony Weaver or Morlon Greenwood)
Being able to continue to pay Schaub, Winston, Pitts, Brown, Slaton, Johnson, Daniels, Walter, Leach, Williams, Ryans, Cochran, Okoye (maybe), and Robinson for years to come is what value is.
These are the core guys of this team. They are the playmakers that we need to keep together to continue to be successful. If we can get several playmakers at a reasonable price it is a better deal that getting one superstar for an astronomical price.
That's how teams like Indy and Pittsburgh were able to have continued success for over a decade.
Look, getting good football players that you can afford to keep on your team for 8+ years is the key. value is about quality players for a reasonable price so that you don't have one guy who's making 4 times as much as someone with similar productivity. (see Anthony Weaver or Morlon Greenwood)
Being able to continue to pay Schaub, Winston, Pitts, Brown, Slaton, Johnson, Daniels, Walter, Leach, Williams, Ryans, Cochran, Okoye (maybe), and Robinson for years to come is what value is.
These are the core guys of this team. They are the playmakers that we need to keep together to continue to be successful. If we can get several playmakers at a reasonable price it is a better deal that getting one superstar for an astronomical price.
That's how teams like Indy and Pittsburgh were able to have continued success for over a decade.
More likely they will bring in someone like Bertrand Berry.