MorKnolle
All Pro
OK, for my 1000th post here is the grand daddy of information for the Texans offseason, much of this info has been posted by us on various threads but we'll pull it all together. To start, here is a list of all our current players and their contract status for next year, David Carr's is assuming we give him the 3 year extension, as Cass/McNair has said they will, and the tender amounts for restricted free agents is based on the 2005 levels and will end up being a little higher. This cap info is off of www.houstonprofootball.com:
Name.................2006 Cap Amt./2006 Cap Hit if Cut/Traded
David Carr...............$7,256,160/$6,018,480
Tony Banks.............$1,256,160/$406,160
Dave Ragone...........Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Keep Carr, I personally would cut Banks since he hasn't done much at all for us and it costs us 3x as much to keep him as cut him, resign Ragone to the one-year tender and look for another veteran QB that will hopefully be more useful than Banks.
Domanick Davis........$3,806,160/$8,424,640
Moran Norris............$866,160/$412,420
Tony Hollings...........$699,410/$239,410
Vernand Morency......$505,160/$390,320
Jonathan Wells.........Unrestricted Free Agent ($662,160 in 2005)
Keep Davis, Morency, and Norris, resign Wells for about as much or a little less than what he got this last year, release Hollings as he is useless and not worth $700k.
Andre Johnson.........$7,383,104/$7,149,312
Jerome Mathis..........$428,160/$236,320
Jabar Gaffney...........Unrestricted Free Agent ($787,464 in 2005)
Corey Bradford..........Unrestricted Free Agent ($821,160 in 2005)
Derick Armstrong.......Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Keep Andre and Mathis obviously, sign Armstrong to the one year tender, resign Gaffney for anything under $900k per year, and cut Corey Bradford, prefereably tomorrow.
Mark Bruener............$1,014,493/$139,493
Bennie Joppru...........$874,910/$414,910
Marcellus Rivers........Unrestricted Free Agent (646,160 in 2005)
Matt Murphy.............Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Bruener is still a premier blocking TE and one of the team leaders, but $1 million to keep a guy that is going to have 3 catches a year is debatable. I wouldn't bother keeping Murphy, resign Rivers for anything under $650k, and keep Joppru for one last year.
Todd Wade..............$5,172,827/$6,691,308
Steve McKinney........$4,706,160/$806,160
Zach Wiegert............$4,206,160/$1,412,320
Chester Pitts............$3,180,000/$9,700,000
Todd Washington......$842,827/$172,827
Fred Weary..............$694,360/$149,360
Drew Hodgdon..........$358,127/$96,254
Milford Brown...........Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Seth Wand..............Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Bryan Pittman..........Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Wade is expensive but shouldn't start, and it costs $1.5 million more against the cap to cut than keep him, so keep him as a backup only. Cut McKinney unless he takes a substantial pay cut. Keep Wiegert and Pitts to start, then Washington, Weary, and resigning Brown and Wand all as backups and keep Hodgdon, preferably as a backup after we hopefully bring in LeCharles Bentley. Pittman is a decent long snapper so resign him to the one year tender.
Gary Walker.............$5,839,493/$7,357,972
Robaire Smith...........$4,797,827/$5,591,308
Seth Payne..............$3,931,160/$3,393,480
Travis Johnson.........$1,500,160/$4,760,640
Jerry DeLoach..........$953,660/$580,980
Junior Ioane............$651,160/$212,320
Walker has to stay with his contract. Smith and Johnson stay, Payne is still pretty effective and it saves $600k to get rid of so there's not much point. DeLoach is costing a lot more than he's worth, and especially if we switch to a 4-3 he should be gone. Ioane's fate depends on our defense, in a 3-4 maybe keep him, if we go to a 4-3 then cut him, although Malone looked better and can probably be signed for less.
Morlon Greenwood.....$3,966,160/$5,624,640
Kailee Wong.............$3,171,160/$4,684,460
Jason Babin..............$1,325,670/$2,966,668
Charlie Anderson.......$407,827/$22,827
Antwan Peek............Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Shantee Orr.............Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
DaShon Polk.............Unrestricted Free Agent ($696,160 in 2005)
Troy Evans...............Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Greenwood and Wong stay because of their contracts. Babin stays. Charlie Anderson is cheap and decent so keep him. Sign Peek and Orr to one year tenders, resign Polk for under $600k. I wouldn't tender Evans but resign him for about the minimum otherwise don't worry about him.
Marcus Coleman........$3,041,160/$2,512,320
Dunta Robinson.........$2,121,548/$5,134,644
DeMarcus Faggins.....$1,281,160/$1,143,480
Philip Buchanon........$806,160/-0-
Jason Simmons.........$776,160/$212,320
Lewis Sanders..........$751,160/$206,160
Glenn Earl................$487,660/$102,660
C.C. Brown...............$341,260/$62,520
Ramon Walker..........Unrestricted Free Agent ($498,825 in 2005)
Jason Bell................Unrestricted Free Agent ($486,160 in 2005)
Obviously keep Dunta, Earl, and Brown. Cut Coleman, hopefully before Monday. I'd keep Faggins and Buchanon and hope our new coach and DC can get Buchanon to play to his physical gifts. Keep Sanders, he played pretty well this year. I'd probably cut Simmons and find a similar guy for less money. Resign Jason Bell for a similar contract and let Ramon Walker go.
Kris Brown.................$1,586,160/$1,544,640
Chad Stanley.............$826,160/$156,160
Chad Stanley is pretty accurate punter but not a strong leg, so I'd maybe look to bring on a free agent around training camp and cut Stanley and save some money if he can beat him out. Kris Brown is more expensive than he's worth but it costs just as much to cut him and Jose Cortez was the best available free agent this year, so Brown may stay unless a decent rookie free agent is available.
Jason Anderson, Donovan Morgan, Aaron Halterman, Garrick Jones, Alfred Malone, Kenneth Pettway, Andre Torrey, Quinn Dorsey, Chris McKenzie, and Jammal Lord were all on practice squad and many moved up at the end of the year, but all are unrestricted free agents and I don't think should be kept on unless they earn a spot in training camp.
After my roster suggestions, our cap amount would be approximately $76,250,000, which will end up being a little higher with the increase in RFA tenders and having to sign some other people. The salary cap is projected to be between $92-$95 million next year, so we have some room to work with, but we have to use that to sign any draft picks and free agents (Bentley should be their #1 choice and will probably cost 6 years, $25 million so about $5 against next year's cap). Here's a look at some players that are scheduled to be free agents that could be of interest to us, and their team's projected cap for next year so you can get an idea of which ones might be resigned by their team and which teams won't have money to afford their guys:
Baltimore - $77M
Anthony Weaver DE
Tommy Polley LB
Jamal Lewis RB
Chester Taylor RB
Will Demps S
Buffalo - $82M
Nate Clements CB
Trey Teague OC
Mario Haggan LB
Eric Moulds? WR
Cincinnati - $71M
Jeremi Johnson FB
Nate Webster LB
Jon Kitna QB
Matt Schobel TE
Cleveland - $66M
L.J. Shelton OT
Aaron Shea TE
Billy Miller TE
Antonio Bryant WR
Denver - $119M
Ron Dayne RB
Indianapolis - $92M
Raheem Brock DE
Robert Mathis DE
Larry Tripplett DT
Mike Vanderjagt K
Cato June LB
David Thornton LB
Edgerrin James RB
Reggie Wayne WR
Jacksonville - $75M
Marcellus Wiley DE
Vince Manuwai OG
Akin Ayodele LB
Mike Pearson OT
Kansas City - $114M
Carlos Hall DE
Miami - $97M
Seth McKinney OC
Lance Schulters S
David Boston WR
NY Jets - $120M
John Abraham DE
Chris Baker TE
New England - $92M
Chad Scott CB
Tom Ashworth OT
David Givens WR
Andre Davis WR
Oakland - $120M
Charles Woodson CB
Tim Johnson LB
Pittsburgh - $96M
Ike Taylor CB
Chris Hope S
Antwaan Randle WR
San Diego - $71M
Jamar Fletcher CB
Ben Leber LB
Courtney Van Buren OT
Drew Brees QB
Reche Caldwell WR
Tennessee - $102M
Justin Hartwig OC
Kyle Vanden Bosch DE
Tank Williams S
Arizona - $62M
Kurt Warner QB
Teyo Johnson TE
Atlanta - $101M
Kevin Shaffer OT
Carolina - $93M
Jeff Mitchell OC
Dante Wesley CB
Ricky Manning CB
Will Witherspoon LB
Marlon McCree S
Chicago - $75M
Roberto Garza OC
Jerry Azumah CB
Dallas - $90M
Scott Fujita LB
Dan Campbell TE
Peerless Price WR
Detroit - $83M
Cory Redding DE
Jeff Backus OT
Jeff Garcia QB
Green Bay - $70M
Mike Flanagan OC
Aaron Kampman DE
Ahman Green RB
Minnesota - $68M
Toniu Fonoti OG
Michael Bennett RB
Nate Burleson WR
NY Giants - $89M
Will Allen CB
Bob Whitfield OT
New Orleans - $82M
LeCharles Bentley OC/OG
Darren Howard DE
Sedrick Hodge LB
Philadelphia - $85M
Jon Runyan OT
Terrell Owens WR
San Francisco - $74M
Julian Peterson LB
Brandon Moore LB
Derek Smith LB
Brandon Lloyd WR
Seattle - $71M
Rocky Bernard DT
Steve Hutchinson OG
Shaun Alexander RB
Joe Jurevicius WR
St. Louis - $76M
Ryan Pickett DT
Adam Archuleta SS
Tampa Bay - $100M
Chris Hovan DT
Todd Steussie OT
Chris Simms QB
Washington - $112M
Warrick Holdman LB
Name.................2006 Cap Amt./2006 Cap Hit if Cut/Traded
David Carr...............$7,256,160/$6,018,480
Tony Banks.............$1,256,160/$406,160
Dave Ragone...........Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Keep Carr, I personally would cut Banks since he hasn't done much at all for us and it costs us 3x as much to keep him as cut him, resign Ragone to the one-year tender and look for another veteran QB that will hopefully be more useful than Banks.
Domanick Davis........$3,806,160/$8,424,640
Moran Norris............$866,160/$412,420
Tony Hollings...........$699,410/$239,410
Vernand Morency......$505,160/$390,320
Jonathan Wells.........Unrestricted Free Agent ($662,160 in 2005)
Keep Davis, Morency, and Norris, resign Wells for about as much or a little less than what he got this last year, release Hollings as he is useless and not worth $700k.
Andre Johnson.........$7,383,104/$7,149,312
Jerome Mathis..........$428,160/$236,320
Jabar Gaffney...........Unrestricted Free Agent ($787,464 in 2005)
Corey Bradford..........Unrestricted Free Agent ($821,160 in 2005)
Derick Armstrong.......Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Keep Andre and Mathis obviously, sign Armstrong to the one year tender, resign Gaffney for anything under $900k per year, and cut Corey Bradford, prefereably tomorrow.
Mark Bruener............$1,014,493/$139,493
Bennie Joppru...........$874,910/$414,910
Marcellus Rivers........Unrestricted Free Agent (646,160 in 2005)
Matt Murphy.............Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Bruener is still a premier blocking TE and one of the team leaders, but $1 million to keep a guy that is going to have 3 catches a year is debatable. I wouldn't bother keeping Murphy, resign Rivers for anything under $650k, and keep Joppru for one last year.
Todd Wade..............$5,172,827/$6,691,308
Steve McKinney........$4,706,160/$806,160
Zach Wiegert............$4,206,160/$1,412,320
Chester Pitts............$3,180,000/$9,700,000
Todd Washington......$842,827/$172,827
Fred Weary..............$694,360/$149,360
Drew Hodgdon..........$358,127/$96,254
Milford Brown...........Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Seth Wand..............Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Bryan Pittman..........Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Wade is expensive but shouldn't start, and it costs $1.5 million more against the cap to cut than keep him, so keep him as a backup only. Cut McKinney unless he takes a substantial pay cut. Keep Wiegert and Pitts to start, then Washington, Weary, and resigning Brown and Wand all as backups and keep Hodgdon, preferably as a backup after we hopefully bring in LeCharles Bentley. Pittman is a decent long snapper so resign him to the one year tender.
Gary Walker.............$5,839,493/$7,357,972
Robaire Smith...........$4,797,827/$5,591,308
Seth Payne..............$3,931,160/$3,393,480
Travis Johnson.........$1,500,160/$4,760,640
Jerry DeLoach..........$953,660/$580,980
Junior Ioane............$651,160/$212,320
Walker has to stay with his contract. Smith and Johnson stay, Payne is still pretty effective and it saves $600k to get rid of so there's not much point. DeLoach is costing a lot more than he's worth, and especially if we switch to a 4-3 he should be gone. Ioane's fate depends on our defense, in a 3-4 maybe keep him, if we go to a 4-3 then cut him, although Malone looked better and can probably be signed for less.
Morlon Greenwood.....$3,966,160/$5,624,640
Kailee Wong.............$3,171,160/$4,684,460
Jason Babin..............$1,325,670/$2,966,668
Charlie Anderson.......$407,827/$22,827
Antwan Peek............Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Shantee Orr.............Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
DaShon Polk.............Unrestricted Free Agent ($696,160 in 2005)
Troy Evans...............Restricted Free Agent ($656,000 tender)
Greenwood and Wong stay because of their contracts. Babin stays. Charlie Anderson is cheap and decent so keep him. Sign Peek and Orr to one year tenders, resign Polk for under $600k. I wouldn't tender Evans but resign him for about the minimum otherwise don't worry about him.
Marcus Coleman........$3,041,160/$2,512,320
Dunta Robinson.........$2,121,548/$5,134,644
DeMarcus Faggins.....$1,281,160/$1,143,480
Philip Buchanon........$806,160/-0-
Jason Simmons.........$776,160/$212,320
Lewis Sanders..........$751,160/$206,160
Glenn Earl................$487,660/$102,660
C.C. Brown...............$341,260/$62,520
Ramon Walker..........Unrestricted Free Agent ($498,825 in 2005)
Jason Bell................Unrestricted Free Agent ($486,160 in 2005)
Obviously keep Dunta, Earl, and Brown. Cut Coleman, hopefully before Monday. I'd keep Faggins and Buchanon and hope our new coach and DC can get Buchanon to play to his physical gifts. Keep Sanders, he played pretty well this year. I'd probably cut Simmons and find a similar guy for less money. Resign Jason Bell for a similar contract and let Ramon Walker go.
Kris Brown.................$1,586,160/$1,544,640
Chad Stanley.............$826,160/$156,160
Chad Stanley is pretty accurate punter but not a strong leg, so I'd maybe look to bring on a free agent around training camp and cut Stanley and save some money if he can beat him out. Kris Brown is more expensive than he's worth but it costs just as much to cut him and Jose Cortez was the best available free agent this year, so Brown may stay unless a decent rookie free agent is available.
Jason Anderson, Donovan Morgan, Aaron Halterman, Garrick Jones, Alfred Malone, Kenneth Pettway, Andre Torrey, Quinn Dorsey, Chris McKenzie, and Jammal Lord were all on practice squad and many moved up at the end of the year, but all are unrestricted free agents and I don't think should be kept on unless they earn a spot in training camp.
After my roster suggestions, our cap amount would be approximately $76,250,000, which will end up being a little higher with the increase in RFA tenders and having to sign some other people. The salary cap is projected to be between $92-$95 million next year, so we have some room to work with, but we have to use that to sign any draft picks and free agents (Bentley should be their #1 choice and will probably cost 6 years, $25 million so about $5 against next year's cap). Here's a look at some players that are scheduled to be free agents that could be of interest to us, and their team's projected cap for next year so you can get an idea of which ones might be resigned by their team and which teams won't have money to afford their guys:
Baltimore - $77M
Anthony Weaver DE
Tommy Polley LB
Jamal Lewis RB
Chester Taylor RB
Will Demps S
Buffalo - $82M
Nate Clements CB
Trey Teague OC
Mario Haggan LB
Eric Moulds? WR
Cincinnati - $71M
Jeremi Johnson FB
Nate Webster LB
Jon Kitna QB
Matt Schobel TE
Cleveland - $66M
L.J. Shelton OT
Aaron Shea TE
Billy Miller TE
Antonio Bryant WR
Denver - $119M
Ron Dayne RB
Indianapolis - $92M
Raheem Brock DE
Robert Mathis DE
Larry Tripplett DT
Mike Vanderjagt K
Cato June LB
David Thornton LB
Edgerrin James RB
Reggie Wayne WR
Jacksonville - $75M
Marcellus Wiley DE
Vince Manuwai OG
Akin Ayodele LB
Mike Pearson OT
Kansas City - $114M
Carlos Hall DE
Miami - $97M
Seth McKinney OC
Lance Schulters S
David Boston WR
NY Jets - $120M
John Abraham DE
Chris Baker TE
New England - $92M
Chad Scott CB
Tom Ashworth OT
David Givens WR
Andre Davis WR
Oakland - $120M
Charles Woodson CB
Tim Johnson LB
Pittsburgh - $96M
Ike Taylor CB
Chris Hope S
Antwaan Randle WR
San Diego - $71M
Jamar Fletcher CB
Ben Leber LB
Courtney Van Buren OT
Drew Brees QB
Reche Caldwell WR
Tennessee - $102M
Justin Hartwig OC
Kyle Vanden Bosch DE
Tank Williams S
Arizona - $62M
Kurt Warner QB
Teyo Johnson TE
Atlanta - $101M
Kevin Shaffer OT
Carolina - $93M
Jeff Mitchell OC
Dante Wesley CB
Ricky Manning CB
Will Witherspoon LB
Marlon McCree S
Chicago - $75M
Roberto Garza OC
Jerry Azumah CB
Dallas - $90M
Scott Fujita LB
Dan Campbell TE
Peerless Price WR
Detroit - $83M
Cory Redding DE
Jeff Backus OT
Jeff Garcia QB
Green Bay - $70M
Mike Flanagan OC
Aaron Kampman DE
Ahman Green RB
Minnesota - $68M
Toniu Fonoti OG
Michael Bennett RB
Nate Burleson WR
NY Giants - $89M
Will Allen CB
Bob Whitfield OT
New Orleans - $82M
LeCharles Bentley OC/OG
Darren Howard DE
Sedrick Hodge LB
Philadelphia - $85M
Jon Runyan OT
Terrell Owens WR
San Francisco - $74M
Julian Peterson LB
Brandon Moore LB
Derek Smith LB
Brandon Lloyd WR
Seattle - $71M
Rocky Bernard DT
Steve Hutchinson OG
Shaun Alexander RB
Joe Jurevicius WR
St. Louis - $76M
Ryan Pickett DT
Adam Archuleta SS
Tampa Bay - $100M
Chris Hovan DT
Todd Steussie OT
Chris Simms QB
Washington - $112M
Warrick Holdman LB
