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HOUSTON -- It hovers, like a storm cloud, over Reliant Stadium and the Texans' practice facility.
A young team expected to make a big jump has three key players unhappy over their contract situations:
* Cornerback Dunta Robinson was tagged as the team's franchise player - a tag that comes with a one-year salary of $9.957 million -- and is not participating in the Texans' official offseason work to express his displeasure over the failure to reach a long-term accord.
* Linebacker DeMeco Ryans missed some of the offseason at the start, but is now with the team while still hoping for a new deal. He's slated to make $1.39 million this season
* Tight end Owen Daniels just signed his one-year restricted free agent tender offer of $2.79 million, but was not with the team for the start of its mandatory minicamp Monday and will be fined for it.
Further complicating things: Daniels and Ryans, both drafted in 2006, are on track to become unrestricted free agents in 2010 if the collective bargaining agreement is extended and there is a salary cap. If it's an uncapped year, they'd be restricted again.
Could contract issues for the trio serve to distract a team that's a popular pick to be a 2009 breakout after consecutive 8-8 seasons?
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HOUSTON -- It hovers, like a storm cloud, over Reliant Stadium and the Texans' practice facility.
A young team expected to make a big jump has three key players unhappy over their contract situations:
* Cornerback Dunta Robinson was tagged as the team's franchise player - a tag that comes with a one-year salary of $9.957 million -- and is not participating in the Texans' official offseason work to express his displeasure over the failure to reach a long-term accord.
* Linebacker DeMeco Ryans missed some of the offseason at the start, but is now with the team while still hoping for a new deal. He's slated to make $1.39 million this season
* Tight end Owen Daniels just signed his one-year restricted free agent tender offer of $2.79 million, but was not with the team for the start of its mandatory minicamp Monday and will be fined for it.
Further complicating things: Daniels and Ryans, both drafted in 2006, are on track to become unrestricted free agents in 2010 if the collective bargaining agreement is extended and there is a salary cap. If it's an uncapped year, they'd be restricted again.
Could contract issues for the trio serve to distract a team that's a popular pick to be a 2009 breakout after consecutive 8-8 seasons?
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