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steelbtexan said:
You don't think a team that needs a pass rusher or a wr wouldn't be willing to trade for Hughes or Cooks?
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Cooks? Where did he enter the conversation? It was Hill, Kirksey, and Hughes. Would teams be willing to give up assets for them? No, no, and no.

As far as Cooks is concerned, he still has over $18 million in guaranteed money due in 2023. No one is trading for that deal.

If you're going to throw a hanging snark down the middle of the plate, expect it get hammered on the train tracks. There's no crying at Texans Talk,
 
Lucky said:
Cooks? Where did he enter the conversation? It was Hill, Kirksey, and Hughes. Would teams be willing to give up assets for them? No, no, and no.

As far as Cooks is concerned, he still has over $18 million in guaranteed money due in 2023. No one is trading for that deal.

If you're going to throw a hanging snark down the middle of the plate, expect it get hammered on the train tracks. There's no crying at Texans Talk,
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I was being snarky?

Hughes is a team that needs a pass rusher will be looking at. IMHO

Who off of the current roster would you think might be a trade asset? A 5th or so gives you the ability to trade up into the 3rd by packaging a high 4th and 5th for another top 100 pick. That would give Caserio 5 top 100 picks to work with.
 
steelbtexan said:
Who off of the current roster would you think might be a trade asset?
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Tunsil, if trading him didn't create a $34 million cap hit. Greenard. But why trade him? Any of the rookies.

The Texans have nothing to trade. Or nothing they can afford to trade. ESPN's Jeremy Fowler did a poor job of researching this rumor.
 
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Lucky said:
Tunsil, if trading him didn't create a $34 million cap hit. Greenard. But why trade him? Any of the rookies.

The Texans have nothing to trade. Or nothing they can afford to trade. ESPN's Jeremy Fowler did a poor job of researching this rumor.
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I'm not trading a LT that's top 5 at his position. Although your post didn't surprise me at all. Obviously Caserio disagrees with you. How about Howard or Cooks at 14-15 mil per year?
 
steelbtexan said:
I'm not trading a LT that's top 5 at his position. Although your post didn't surprise me at all. Obviously Caserio disagrees with you. How about Howard or Cooks at 14-15 mil per year?
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idonno:

I can see you're having a difficult time comprehending the written word today. Maybe we'll pick this up at a later time.
 
Lucky said:
Trade for what? I don't see any trade value, other than maybe a 7th rounder in 3 years. I thought these guys were kept to tutor the youngsters? Or was that a crock?
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I am not sure about the tutoring but agree with you they are worth more than we could get in a trade.
 
KoolAid Sipper said:
What do you think he would fetch if he is available? Perhaps a 3rd at the most? Not advocating it one way or the other, I'm pretty neutral on the Texans roster
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It really depends on the team asking. Cooks is under contract until 2025. I think Texans could start by asking for a RD2 pick and if push came to shove, a Conditional RD3 that could be elevated to a RD2 based on performance.
 
OptimisticTexan said:
It really depends on the team asking. Cooks is under contract until 2025. I think Texans could start by asking for a RD2 pick and if push came to shove, a Conditional RD3 that could be elevated to a RD2 based on performance.
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A team like the NYG or the Packers should be willing to do a deal like this. Particularly since Cooks has another yr left on his deal.
 
So, who do we have left on our schedule? In order: Titans, Eagles, Giants, Washington, Dolphins, Browns, Cowboys, Chiefs, Titans, Jags, Colts.

Does anyone see more than two or three wins left?
 
One of my favorites............an unsung hero for Pierce's success.

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A look inside an NFL rookie's life with Texans FB Troy Hairston
Brooks Kubena, Staff writer


Troy Hairston is deceptively simple. He’s afraid of emptiness but willing to live in it.

He begins the tour of his three-bedroom townhouse with a twisting staircase. A small basket holds the keys to a 2022 Mustang GT. It’s the only hint that a soft-spoken fullback with a multimillion-dollar contract lives here. Hairston bought the Mustang in August as a gift to himself for making the Texans’ 53-man roster as an undrafted rookie. The rest of the townhouse looks like Hairston is still making sure this impossible dream is true.

The second-floor living room is empty but for a sectional couch and a large TV on a wooden stand. The purchase sticker is still taped to the TV’s flat screen and boasts the set will cost Hairston only $22 annually in energy costs. The utility bill isn’t really a concern, Hairston says. He’s lived here almost a full month and hasn’t even turned on his gas stove.

The kitchen is mostly barren. Empty cabinets, empty drawers. The refrigerator is stocked with food containers and smoothies brought home from the team cafeteria. Plastic forks and knives are scattered next to the sink. There’s a gray lawn chair on the balcony, where you can almost spot NRG Stadium over the neighboring rooftops. The lawn chair used to be the only furniture in the entire home.

For three weeks, Hairston slept on a mattress on the floor. On Sept. 12, the day after Houston’s season-opening tie with the Colts, Hairston called up linebacker and fellow undrafted rookie Jake Hansen to help him “move in.” Hansen drove to a nearby Wal-Mart. Hairston brought out the mattress. They tossed it in Hansen’s truck bed, towed it a few miles, lugged it up the townhouse stairs, then plopped it in the middle of Hairston’s vacant bedroom.

“I wouldn’t say I’m a minimalist. But I’m simple,” Hairston says. “Like I feel like I only get things I really need in the moment. I feel like having a place where you have everything you need — furniture, all those beautiful things — I feel like that’s a want instead of a need. That’s more of a luxury. I’m seeing more of ‘What do I need in this moment? What can get me through this day and get me to the next week?’ And just build it off of there. But I’m building it slowly, piece by piece, to try and get it to the way I want it.”

There’s security in a simplistic approach. Lifestyles built on loans can be lost. Hairston owns everything. He learned frugality from his mother, Elena, who at 20 evacuated Panama City just before the U.S. invaded in December 1989. She arrived in America without a plan, without any command of the English language. She became a teacher in Detroit, married Hairston’s father, Troy Sr., and levied lessons to three sons.

“Don’t count your money until it’s in your hand. … Don’t count it as an opportunity until you are doing it. … Keep on dreaming but keep on searching for more and more.”

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amazing80 said:
Because Mills cannot finish games.
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The D evidently has no part in the 4th Q "finishes."

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