I know you probably think I'm all doom and gloom .... but we have to understand that this isn't just a game of the best athletes , its also a financial game because of the salary cap & CBA.
Not many fans understand the either of those aspects ....
Here's the bottom line - Next years cap will be somewhere between 175-185m.
The Texans have 38 players under contract at for $194,465,143.
The Houston Texans 2021 salary cap table, including team cap space, dead cap figures, and complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.
www.spotrac.com
55 roster spots , that means they have 17 to fill and Negative dollars to do it with.
They have to make space to fill out the roster - they have no choice.
So you tell me , how do we go about doing that ? We've got a couple options.
We can play out the season and start cutting these guys when the new management takes over and get no draft compensation for them and eat any
dead money on next years cap.
We can trade or cut them now and get draft picks in return as well as
the majority of the dead money on this years cap clearing the way for the future.
Clearing that space now has the added benefit of allowing the team to be highly active in a free agent market loaded with talent but few teams having money to spend , there will be value in this FA period like no other because so many teams are going to be in this same situation.
Its inevitable that they have to reduce salary and fill out the roster ....
when do you want the cap hit ?
I'm not attached to any of these players .... I want to see the franchise bring home Lombardi trophies.