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RT @tomecurran: Spoke to someone close to Brady. Beyond enraged at details that netted Broncos Wes Welker. "Disgrace" "disservice" used
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Tom Brady is pissed
 
Welker is a big-name with a big-rep who got a very average deal at best, even our (make that use to be our) John Casey got a better contract. Therefor it's unlikely Welker will be a major player in this years AF championship race.
 
Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter

And here it is. RT @McClain_on_NFL: The Texans' first visit will be with S Ed Reed. He'll be at their facility on Thursday.
 
Vinny said:
Cliff Avril's deal with #Seahawks is for 2 years, per @AdamSchefter.
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Rumored two years and $15 million for Avril. Reportedly turned down three years, $30 million from Detroit last year. (posting off my twitter feed)
 
infantrycak said:
They paid him $6.2 mil per year and rumor has it only offered Welker $5 mil.

Brady will work with it but I bet he is pissed.
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I bet he'll get over it. He'll have Amendola for 5 years, well Bellichick will be happy anyway. Comparable guy for a longer term.
 
I know it's like this every year. But this year, the deals just seem dumber? Mike Lombardi is spending like a drunken sailor. He should be fired before the Browns take the field. Dashon Goldson gets $22 million guaranteed? Really, Tampa Bay? The Dolphins probably earn the Daniel Snyder award for biggest idiots in free agency. QB money for Mike Wallace? A combined $60 million for the two inside linebackers? Just insane.
 
Lucky said:
I know it's like this every year. But this year, the deals just seem dumber? Mike Lombardi is spending like a drunken sailor. He should be fired before the Browns take the field. Dashon Goldson gets $22 million guaranteed? Really, Tampa Bay? The Dolphins probably earn the Daniel Snyder award for biggest idiots in free agency. QB money for Mike Wallace? A combined $60 million for the two inside linebackers? Just insane.
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Yeah the Browns are pretty dumb, spent $40 million on Paul Kruger. The guy has had less than 10 starts...
 
Kinda interesting about Welker: He turned down a 2 year, $10 Million deal from the Patriots, that could have been as high as $16 Million. He also turned down $15 Million from a non-contending AFC team.


The breaking point came Tuesday in the mid-afternoon before the official start of free agency, when the Patriots and Welker's representatives halted contract talks. The team's offer, a two-year, $10 million pact with incentives that could have pushed it as high as $16 million but in the eyes of Welker would be extremely difficult to reach, wasn't accepted.

At that point, Welker and his representatives intensified their pursuit of other offers, and it helped that some groundwork had previously been laid with the Broncos. Likewise, the Patriots turned their attention to Amendola, who was their top choice if things didn't work out with Welker (and in the eyes of some on the other side of the negotiating table their top choice all along).
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He had interest from another AFC team offering two years and closer to $15 million, which was the top contract proposal Welker received in a market that didn't unfold the way he and his representatives envisioned, but he didn't pursue it because the club isn't viewed as a contender.
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I suppose Rick and Wade and Gary are thinking they'll trade the youth/athleticism of Quin for the smarts of the veteran Ed Reed?

Quinn's safety play might not have been as stellar as we thought it was. If we let him walk and sign Ed Reed to a comparable contract as what the Lions signed with Quin, then I do believe the Texans were looking to trade some athleticism for a little smarter Safety play via Ed Reed.

Remember, too: McNair thinks highly of the Ravens. Grabbing their Pro Bowl, Super Bowl winning safety--regardless of his age or health--will sit well with McNair if the deal can get done.

I think we planned to let Casey, Quin, and Barwin go for the purpose of using all that money for a veteran player like Ed Reed. Barwin won't be missed. Casey will be replaced by the next HB/TE hybrid Kubiak can hopefully pinpoint and draft this year.

So, grabbing a competent and experienced Safety was doable for the coaches and front office. Two savvy Safeties and two savvy CBs, hopefully a healthy Cushing, paired with Watt & Co. might do the trick. Then focus on offense in the draft. ???
 
Playoffs said:
Barwin hasn't left, yet, and I think he was our #1 priority all along. Wade has been very clear that he wants Connor back.
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What would be the veteran minimum for Barwin? Because that's ALL he would get from the Texans, IMO.

I still think this front office is willing and able to let Barwin walk. He has NO contract with us. He's a free agent, so therefore I could see us playing hard ball and making Barwin sign for pennies. Or else he can be unemployed for as long as it took us or some other team to sign him.

My two cents. Sure, Wade wants him...but the cap space will dictate this.
 
GP said:
I think we planned to let Casey, Quin, and Barwin go for the purpose of using all that money for a veteran player like Ed Reed. Barwin won't be missed. Casey will be replaced by the next HB/TE hybrid Kubiak can hopefully pinpoint and draft this year.
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I think it's a little more fluid than that. More, "If this happens, then we'll do that." kind of thing.

I remember an interview with Vance Joseph before the combine & he said we'd like to keep all our players, but his role in the FA/Draft period is to find replacements for them.
 
Bulls on Parade said:
If the Chiefs sign Sean Smith then the Dunta Robinson addition is merely icing on the cake for them. They've been improving this off-season. They should not have released Eric Winston though. That right side of their offensive line is going to be their downfall, both in the run game and pass game.
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ChampionTexan said:
Reportedly not happening.
The Chiefs, after signing cornerback Dunta Robinson, no longer have interest in Dolphins cornerback Sean Smith, per a league source.
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Or then again, that report could be incorrect:
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Smith has agreed to terms on a three-year deal with the Chiefs, who now have Smith, Brandon Flowers and Dunta Robinson to use at corner against the Welker/Demaryius Thomas/Eric Decker trio that they’ll face twice in the regular season.
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TIFWIW Speculation that an AFC rival has put together a package that trumps the Bucs for Darrelle Revis.

That AFC team is Patriots.
 
thunderkyss said:
I think it's a little more fluid than that. More, "If this happens, then we'll do that." kind of thing.

I remember an interview with Vance Joseph before the combine & he said we'd like to keep all our players, but his role in the FA/Draft period is to find replacements for them.
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Yeah, Wade Phillips said today that Barwin is a great person, player, leader, solver of world poverty and inventor of the cure for AIDS...but really, that's just coach speak for "There's no way we'd pay THAT guy what other teams want to, not for what he produced for us in 2012."

Know what I mean? Sometimes you have to understand that so much of what these coaches say is just coach-speak...it's being courteous. What else is Vance Joseph going to say, "You know what, these guys better produce or we cut their ass ASAP. Gone. Buh-bye. No scrubs. Know what I mean, Jack?" Of course not.

We kicked Winston to the curb like he was infected with Bieber fever, no warning...no goodbye....just released in a snap. We've heard zero about Quin, zero about Casey, and a couple of nuggets of syrup from Wade about Barwin today. What does that tell you? That when you leave us, you're NOT us. Not anymore. Business code of ethics for the Texans has become to say nothing of the ones you let walk and say nothing but high praise of who you want to sign. Focus is upon the NOW. And I sort of like it that way. Move on, go on, and leave the past players in the past and let them go be with their new team so we can talk about our new guys coming in. I think that's good strategy.
 
GP said:
Sometimes you have to understand that so much of what these coaches say is just coach-speak...it's being courteous. What else is Vance Joseph going to say, "You know what, these guys better produce or we cut their ass ASAP. Gone. Buh-bye. No scrubs. Know what I mean, Jack?" Of course not.
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uh... yeah. The important part of my Vance Joseph paraphrase was that he said his role in Free Agency is to find replacements for the guys we might lose. They have no say in making offers to our FAs or in the negotiating. The coaches are instead working with the scouts to find players that will fit with what we're trying to do.
 
Damn feel sorry for Rams fans. Jake Long was in St. Lous for 3 days getting wined and dined but left today without signing a contract.

Haha. No wonder Texans fans were getting a little antsy.

Don't worry, unlike Long, Ed Reed is here to stay.
 
WHOA!

whut RT @MikeKlis Hold on, contract not filed in time. Elvis Dumervil has been officially released


There's a chance we could get Elvis! Maybe! Kinda sorta!
 
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