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Dunta Robinson IS BACK

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SoCalTexanFan

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Cornerback Dunta Robinson will report to the Texans for a physical and conditioning tests and could be on the practice field Sunday morning.

"I've been working hard, and I’m ready to go," Robinson said. "I don’t know what they’ll have me do tomorrow, but I think they will mostly look to see where I’m at physically.

"But I'll be on the field for the next practice."

If he passes the physical, Robinson's first practice is likely to be Tuesday. The Texans, who finished the preseason at Tampa on Friday, are scheduled for a workout Sunday morning and will be off on Monday.

Robinson, a free agent designated a franchise player by the team, and the Texans were unable to come to an agreement on a long-term deal. He will now sign a one-year contract for $9.957 million, which is the average of the top five cornerback salaries in the NFL.

Robinson held out hope that the Texans would agree not to place the franchise tag on him again next season, but the organization would not agree to do so.

"There is no ill will on either side," Robinson said. "They did what they thought was best for them and I did what I thought was best for me. When two sides don't come to an agreement, that's business, and just business. Now it's time to move on and go win football games."
 
SoCalTexanFan said:
Cornerback Dunta Robinson will report to the Texans for a physical and conditioning tests and could be on the practice field Sunday morning.

"I've been working hard, and I’m ready to go," Robinson said. "I don’t know what they’ll have me do tomorrow, but I think they will mostly look to see where I’m at physically.

"But I'll be on the field for the next practice."

If he passes the physical, Robinson's first practice is likely to be Tuesday. The Texans, who finished the preseason at Tampa on Friday, are scheduled for a workout Sunday morning and will be off on Monday.

Robinson, a free agent designated a franchise player by the team, and the Texans were unable to come to an agreement on a long-term deal. He will now sign a one-year contract for $9.957 million, which is the average of the top five cornerback salaries in the NFL.

Robinson held out hope that the Texans would agree not to place the franchise tag on him again next season, but the organization would not agree to do so.

"There is no ill will on either side," Robinson said. "They did what they thought was best for them and I did what I thought was best for me. When two sides don't come to an agreement, that's business, and just business. Now it's time to move on and go win football games."
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I'm sure missing that first paycheck had a lot to do with it.
 
This all boils down to Dunta didn't want to risk injury in camp/preseason since he isn't guranteed anything other than this year's pay, he held out as long as he could to avoid injury but did not want hold out beyond that and be docked pay.
 
No ill will? I tried to hold the franchise hostage and they called my bluff and so I screwed the team all preseason hoping they would cave. Hope no one thinks I am a money grubbing piece of **** like I truly am.

Pfft what ever.
 
Specnatz said:
No ill will? I tried to hold the franchise hostage and they called my bluff and so I screwd the team all preseason hoping they would cave. hope no one hinks I am a money grubing piece of **** like I truly am.

Pfft what ever.
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Come on and tell us what you really think...
 
Specnatz said:
No ill will? I tried to hold the franchise hostage and they called my bluff and so I screwed the team all preseason hoping they would cave. Hope no one thinks I am a money grubbing piece of **** like I truly am.

Pfft what ever.
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what he said
 
Specnatz said:
No ill will? I tried to hold the franchise hostage and they called my bluff and so I screwed the team all preseason hoping they would cave. Hope no one thinks I am a money grubbing piece of **** like I truly am.

Pfft what ever.
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LOL....Perfect translation.
 
And will take 4 or 5 weeks to get up to game speed and into game shape, all the while playing and getting burnt and stinking up the locker room with this bad attitude.......

Not excited at all.
 
Specnatz said:
No ill will? I tried to hold the franchise hostage and they called my bluff and so I screwed the team all preseason hoping they would cave. Hope no one thinks I am a money grubbing piece of **** like I truly am.

Pfft what ever.
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Couldn't have said it any better myself. Screw Dunta.
 
Specnatz said:
No ill will? I tried to hold the franchise hostage and they called my bluff and so I screwed the team all preseason hoping they would cave. Hope no one thinks I am a money grubbing piece of **** like I truly am.

Pfft what ever.
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I am not happy about the situation either, I don't if I am as unhappy as you but I pretty ticked at him too. Just was trying to say what I think the ulterior motive is, which is $
 
You guys are hilarious.

As soon as he makes a play you're gonna love him. I can assure you, you are Texans fans, more than Dunta hatemongers.

I'm sure you'll relish in his failure if he fails. Wouldn't you rather be wrong and have him succeed at the benefit of the Texans? I'm sure you would.
 
I will admit , right now I wish we could trade him.. odds are he isn't going to be with this team next season, might as well get something out of it (I doubt any team will trade for him, esp with that contract )

... BUT if we don't and when he is here for the full season .. I have no problem I will cheer and curse him just like I will with every other player on this team on sunday afternoon
 
barrett said:
You guys are hilarious.

As soon as he makes a play you're gonna love him. I can assure you, you are Texans fans, more than Dunta hatemongers.

I'm sure you'll relish in his failure if he fails. Wouldn't you rather be wrong and have him succeed at the benefit of the Texans? I'm sure you would.
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I am a realist, nothing more nothing less. I love the Texans and will cheer if and when he makes a good play but that does not mean I like him as a person.

He has hurt the team all the while saying he was a team guy. He is full of **** and can kiss my hairy white ass, because I know who and what he is.
 
kiwitexansfan said:
And will take 4 or 5 weeks to get up to game speed and into game shape, all the while playing and getting burnt and stinking up the locker room with this bad attitude.......

Not excited at all.
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I'd rate the fans are a nine on a scale of ten pissed at Dunta and poisoned by his attitude. Sorry, nobody's perfect.

On the same scale I'd say the players are at about a one at being affected by his "stinking up the locker room with a bad attitude". I would say zero, but these things are usually on a 1-10 basis.

The players were far more on Dunta's side than the front office. I don't think they take it as personally as the fans. I doubt the front office and coaches do either, for that matter.
 
barrett said:
You guys are hilarious.

As soon as he makes a play you're gonna love him. I can assure you, you are Texans fans, more than Dunta hatemongers.

I'm sure you'll relish in his failure if he fails. Wouldn't you rather be wrong and have him succeed at the benefit of the Texans? I'm sure you would.
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That is so true.



You never know with people Drob might show up in the best shape of his life. He is basically in a contract year so he might surprise everybody.
 
Specnatz said:
I am a realist, nothing more nothing less. I love the Texans and will cheer if and when he makes a good play but that does not mean I like him as a person.

He has hurt the team all the while saying he was a team guy. He is full of **** and can kiss my hairy white ass, because I know who and what he is.
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Wow, that's tough.

People have their internuts on tonight.
 
Runner said:
Wow, that's tough.

People have their internuts on tonight.
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What did I say that was wrong? I never said he was a bad player or that he could not play. He is dishing out a line of **** and i am not scooping up one bit of it.
 
Runner said:
The players were far more on Dunta's side than the front office. I don't think they take it as personally as the fans. I doubt the front office and coaches do either, for that matter.
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Yeah, it's weird. It's almost as if the players and front office have a better grasp of the day to day operations of the business of professional football. It's like they're not knee jerk fans who think that Dunta Robinson hates the fans and hates the team that they root for. It's like they're thinking of it as if it's all part of the game.

Very strange.

Silly football players. When will they ever get it?
 
barrett said:
You guys are hilarious.

As soon as he makes a play you're gonna love him. I can assure you, you are Texans fans, more than Dunta hatemongers.

I'm sure you'll relish in his failure if he fails. Wouldn't you rather be wrong and have him succeed at the benefit of the Texans? I'm sure you would.
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I promise you I won't love him. You missed the point entirely. It isn't about succeeding or failing. It is about the way he has handled the holdout.
 
Spec Get real, It is Business and his paycheck does not come till the jets game so why work for free. He is back like I knew he would be, Look out Jets It ain't the teetons Faggins anymore. And Sanchez I want to introduce you to MARIO yall make frinds now ya hear.


Specnatz said:
No ill will? I tried to hold the franchise hostage and they called my bluff and so I screwed the team all preseason hoping they would cave. Hope no one thinks I am a money grubbing piece of **** like I truly am.

Pfft what ever.
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I think I got the point. And I'm disagreeing with you. Perhaps you're missing my point when I say "you're going to love him."
 
Joe Texan said:
Spec Get real, It is Business and his paycheck does not come till the jets game so why work for free. He is back like I knew he would be, Look out Jets It ain't the teetons Faggins anymore. And Sanchez I want to introduce you to MARIO yall make frinds now ya hear.
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Because it is a team game.
 
I guess Demeco spoiled me with his attitude on his contract issue (along with OD)


I know it is a business and hopefully the Texans will take care of business with Ryans , in which Ryans showed that he wanted to be a Texan ..

my problem with Robinson is how he talked so much about liking Houston and wanted to be a Texan and yet wanted to explore his options (nothing wrong with exploring) but both sides handled it poorly
 
bckey said:
You guys are hilarious.

As soon as he makes a play you're gonna love him. I can assure you, you are Texans fans, more than Dunta hatemongers.

I'm sure you'll relish in his failure if he fails. Wouldn't you rather be wrong and have him succeed at the benefit of the Texans? I'm sure you would.
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I promise you I won't love him. You missed the point entirely. It isn't about succeeding or failing. It is about the way he has handled the holdout.
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Dunta didn't want to be franchised a second year so he used the only tool (leverage if you will) that he had within the rules.

Rick Smith couldn't negotiate a contract with Dunta and his agent for whatever reason, so he used the leverage he had within the rules to franchise him and refuse to give up the option to franchise him next year.

This is want happens when people can't negotiate and it becomes a leverage issue. Rick Smith has the reponsibility to get players into camp just as much as the players do. This was a failure of Dunta Robinson/his agent AND Rick Smith/the Texans.

The question I have is: has anyone learned anything? I'd still like to see successful negotiation before a battle of leverage.
 
That's correct. But if they had held out they would have been fined. Because they are under contract.
 
Joe Texan said:
Spec Get real, It is Business and his paycheck does not come till the jets game so why work for free. He is back like I knew he would be, Look out Jets It ain't the teetons Faggins anymore. And Sanchez I want to introduce you to MARIO yall make frinds now ya hear.
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Business side of things my ass. D-Rob tried to play us as fans and the media by making comments to the press in order for the Texans to look bad. The Texans are not perfect but I have noticed how certain players have been acting in this labor free year.

If it is business then say it is business and not try and blow smoke up my ass.

Do I think both sides handle this badly .. yeah but only one side tried to make themselves out to be saints.
 
Whether or not everyone gets together later with Kumbaya will depend solely on whether Dunta plays well or poorly. He has put himself at disadvantage to accomplish the former.
 
Runner said:
Dunta didn't want to be franchised a second year so he used the only tool (leverage if you will) that he had within the rules.
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Dunta thought he could walk this year and Rick Smith shot that down. He wants to walk next year and that is why he doesn't want to be franchised a second time. I would have pulled the franchise tag offer off the table as soon as he walked in the office today. See ya. Go play else where. Its just business Dunta. We have 53 players already.
 
In a way his selfish attitude helped the team(in a way). We found out that we drafted two decent(but raw) CB's in McCain and Quin. No way we keep both of these guy's(or probably draft both) if DRob is in camp. I will probably show a lil' rude behavior the first time he is introduced but if he helps the TEAM then more power to him. We can trade him on draft day next year if we have to.:shades:
 
bckey said:
Dunta thought he could walk this year and Rick Smith shot that down. He wants to walk next year and that is why he doesn't want to be franchised a second time. I would have pulled the franchise tag offer off the table as soon as he walked in the office today. See ya. Go play else where. Its just business Dunta. We have 53 players already.
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As a professional GM would you consider that being in the best interest of the team? A GM gets paid a lot of money to do his best to make the team succeed.
 
Runner said:
As a professional GM would you consider that being in the best interest of the team? A GM gets paid a lot of money to do his best to make the team succeed.
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Yeah, you make a good point but man, where's your loyalty?! It's like you're getting paid to put a winning football team on the field!

I know tons of successful GM's who don't think about the bottom line that just make decisions based on if they think a player doesn't like them or not.
 
Specnatz said:
No ill will? I tried to hold the franchise hostage and they called my bluff and so I screwed the team all preseason hoping they would cave. Hope no one thinks I am a money grubbing piece of **** like I truly am.

Pfft what ever.
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Got your back on that one, Spec. :goodpost:
 
I don't blame or hold ill will against Dunta at all. I understand all (at least as much as a fan can) of the reasons why he didn't report to camp or sign the contract or this and that, and I still can't wait for him to be back. He is going to be an upgrade on our defense and make us better. If you don't like Dunta, that is one thing, but if you don't like or appreciate how he makes our defense more complete, that is something completely different..
 
bckey said:
Dunta thought he could walk this year and Rick Smith shot that down. He wants to walk next year and that is why he doesn't want to be franchised a second time. I would have pulled the franchise tag offer off the table as soon as he walked in the office today. See ya. Go play else where. Its just business Dunta. We have 53 players already.
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He still has to pass the physical.
 
Solomon did a phone interview with Dunta:

Do you expect to be booed?
"I don't expect it, but anything is possible, so if it happens, I won't be surprised. If I thought too much about or was too concerned with what people thought about me, I wouldn't have made it this far. You don't worry about that. You have to let those things motivate you. If things don't go your way and you tuck your tail and go hide, you're not a competitor. People have said what I couldn't do my whole career - since high school - and I have always used that as motivation. Those who say negative things are not going to be right about me. Even during this, I would look at things said about me on the Internet, and drop down and start doing pushups. You won't be right about me when it's a negative. The negatives in my career have made me work three times harder."

If that is true, he should read the "Dunta" threads on this site and become the best CB in the NFL!

;)
 
I'm on record as saying DROB can kiss my ass, and I stand by that. I don't like players who put themselves above the team and think all of their wages are far beyond the ridiculous stage. Having said that, this is the 1st major contract controversy for our young team involving a (former?) fan favorite and it's been as ugly as we have seen since the Oilers. I, for one, will root wholeheartedly for DROB as long as he wears a Texans uniform. If he does well, the Texans will probably do well. This organization has made a habit of letting talent go with little or no compensation, so I'm not overly surprised with where we are right now. Next season, we'll do a deal, tag him again or let him walk. If he walks, I will wholeheartedly boo him. All I want is for the Texans to win. In this particular case, the ends justify the means.
 
jimc said:
solomon did a phone interview with dunta:

Do you expect to be booed?
"i don't expect it, but anything is possible, so if it happens, i won't be surprised. If i thought too much about or was too concerned with what people thought about me, i wouldn't have made it this far. You don't worry about that. You have to let those things motivate you. If things don't go your way and you tuck your tail and go hide, you're not a competitor. People have said what i couldn't do my whole career - since high school - and i have always used that as motivation. Those who say negative things are not going to be right about me. Even during this, i would look at things said about me on the internet, and drop down and start doing pushups. You won't be right about me when it's a negative. The negatives in my career have made me work three times harder."

if that is true, he should read the "dunta" threads on this site and become the best cb in the nfl!

;)
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