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Go all Starsky and Hutch and just "do it".
Dosen't look like it's going to happen.
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2011/04/21/report-texans-unlikely-to-re-sign-fb-leach/
It dosen't pay to excel on this team.
And what source does ProFootballWeekly have within the Texans?
who knows, but the Texans are stupid if they don't resign Vonta. How much does the highest paid FB make now anyways? 2-3 mil per?
His last contract made him the highest paid FB in the league and that was prior to his proving himself as he has the last couple years but shows the Texans aren't averse to that concept. Don't know what the highest would be right now but somewhere around there.
The writer covers the Jags, not the Texans and graduated Hotel and Restaurant management school just a few years ago. Looks like speculation to me.
Hell, that reporter sounds like me!!! Except I took EE in college. LOLHis last contract made him the highest paid FB in the league and that was prior to his proving himself as he has the last couple years but shows the Texans aren't averse to that concept. Don't know what the highest would be right now but somewhere around there.
The writer covers the Jags, not the Texans and graduated Hotel and Restaurant management school just a few years ago. Looks like speculation to me.
who knows, but the Texans are stupid if they don't resign Vonta. How much does the highest paid FB make now anyways? 2-3 mil per?
Eagles agree to terms with FB Weaver By Jason La Canfora |
Published: March 5th, 2010 | Tags: 2010 Free Agency, Leonard Weaver,
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles have agreed to terms with FB Leonard Weaver on a three-year deal worth $11 million (and could be valued at $12 million with incentives) and includes $6.5 million guaranteed, according to league sources.
Weaver is coming off a Pro Bowl season and becomes the highest-paid fullback in NFL history. He became a key cog in the Eagles offense, catching and running with the ball, as well as blocking. He had 70 carries for 323 yards and two touchdowns on the ground to go along with two receiving scores in 2009.
I'm just now tuning into this. Did we let Vonta go?![]()
And what source does ProFootballWeekly have within the Texans?
Sad note.
ArianFoster
RT @vleach44 thanks man keep grinding undrafted guys like u and myself is what this league about, proving people wrong and showing u belong
13 hours ago »
ArianFoster
@vleach44 you've been my mentor in this league. I wish you all the best bro. You deserve what your looking for. You got a teammate fir life!
15 hours ago
Ridiculous if the rumors are true.
Leach on 610:
I have mixed feelings.
On one hand, I appreciate what he brings to the table. He's a consistent run blocker, linebackers hate seeing him coming their way, and he's decent catching the pass and making a few yards out of nothing.
However, we can't pay everyone what they want. This is how you handcuff your team from making other moves (such as being able to sign a top tier free agent CB). If he wants too much, which is relative to what we want to allocate to the salary pool of the whole roster, then we can't do it and we shouldn't do it.
I hope we can fit him in, but if we can't then I guess we'll see what James Casey can do. And/or we can try and raise up another "Vonta Leach" from scratch somehow.
All in all, I want a freaking competent secondary and that has GOT to mean buying a CB in free agency who isn't the standard Texans "just a guy" CB that we've always had. No offense to Aaron Glenn--You're actually the best CB we've ever had, and we only got you at the end of your career...so, that's not your fault. This team's secondary has been perennially awful for five years now. It has to be upgraded. Get a top tier free agent CB AND throw the whole freaking draft at the CB and Safety position for all I care--Just get 20 guys and let them fight it out for the four positions, please.
/rant
I can't see Casey being able to take the constant punishment that Vonta has through an entire season. Would take him out of plans for which he was originally brought in.
I think I can buy that IF we're talking about the up-the-middle punishment.
On the edges, Casey was a beast blocker. I remember one block around the left side, that sprung Foster for a TD run...Casey obliterated his guy. I jumped off the couch when it happened. I re-ran that play for about 3 minutes, over and over and over.
Technically, "Yes, Leach absorbed a lot of punishment." I just don't know if we can keep him at what he might be asking. Leach to the run game, IMO, is a lot more valuable than a three-times knee injury Owen Daniels is to the passing game. People get all hung up on Owen Daniels and how he MUST be a part of this offense. Which would we rather have: The guy who blocks and springs Foster, or a tight end who is a ticking time bomb with his knees?
I would pick Leach. What if Leach departs and our run game suffers for it? That would be HUGE if it turns out the big guy was more valuable than what any of us could have ever imagined. I just think with how our run game can be so fluid and so dynamic, we need to retain those pieces and ADD to them...not take away from it. I hope it gets done, but I know it's a numbers game if it doesn't.
Just sign the guy... We've blown way more money on lesser talent and outright busts. Get it done please.
Exactly! Vonta is a reason that run game was so good last year
I agree that Vonta is a A reason...
But Vonta has been here for a few years now. I think that getting a good RB and a consistent approach to the running game has helped more than anything...
Even if Vonta is only A reason, can the Texans afford to lose ANY important component to the running (and the passing) game on the bet that a replacement will be undisruptive and nondestructive to its success?
I say, "Don't mess with Texas or the Texans." Let Vonta do the messing........with everyone else.![]()
I think that the lack of having Vonta can be off-set...Spreading the defense out/Opening up the offense...
But besides that, I think that Arian is the main cog in the running game.
As far as Leach's importance in the passing game, I honestly don't think he has any more impact there than a guy like James Casey would. Sure Vonta is the better blocker, but Casey is a legitimate receiving threat...
I love what Vonta brings to the game as much as anyone else, but I would not like to severely overpay for him. I can live with overpaying...but it just depends on how much he wants to be overpaid....
If the Texans are thinking: "do we want to overpay Vonta, or overpay for a legit FA corner?"....I'd much rather they go after that corner...
As people have said...the offense is dominant ()...If that's the case, then you can afford to lose a guy like Vonta and at the least still be very, very good...JMO...
Don't confuse overpaying and paying market value. Vonta was a Pro-Bowler and had a great season as FBs go
Also, I don't think I remember Vonta dropping a ball thrown to him last season as far a recieving threats go.
Lorenzo Neal is a BIG fan, lol.
He makes some very good points in this interview, he calls him "The Onion."![]()
I think that losing Vonta Leach will impact this team's run game the same way Fred Taylor leaving San Diego impacted them. A great blocking fullback can greatly improve even the best runningback's production.