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Texans: No cap space & 20 M in dead money

I like what they are doing. This team is never going to be able to improve, unless they cut the fat, get rid of bad contracts, and get cap healthy. It also sends a message to the youngsters and vets that the FO isn't playing around anymore, either play up to your contract, or find another job..........well unless your name is David Carr. :shades:
 
What makes me wonder about these cuts is the timing. I suppose one could argue that they cut them to give them an opportunity to find another job. Yet, one has to wonder what if we can't find anyone better? Wouldn't we have been more prudent to keep them at least until TC? You guys have better knowledge of this aspect of the game. I'm just trying to see if any sense can be made of what is going on. We have certainly had a lack of depth for many seasons. I can't believe Wiegert couldn't have made an excellent backup if someone gets injured for example?
 
Ibar_Harry said:
What makes me wonder about these cuts is the timing. I suppose one could argue that they cut them to give them an opportunity to find another job. Yet, one has to wonder what if we can't find anyone better? Wouldn't we have been more prudent to keep them at least until TC? You guys have better knowledge of this aspect of the game. I'm just trying to see if any sense can be made of what is going on. We have certainly had a lack of depth for many seasons. I can't believe Wiegert couldn't have made an excellent backup if someone gets injured for example?
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Rick Smith did a great job at finding decent DTs, when injuries hit last year, so the Payne release doesn't bother me one bit, he was always injured.

As far as Wiegart goes, I think we opened up cap space with his release....not sure, so don't hold me to that. I dont know, I guess Kubiak was pleased with Eric Winston, I guess the caveman era begins. I'm pretty sure we're going to sign atleast one FA olineman, and draft about 2 more in the draft.
 
hollywood_texan said:
The Texans only won 6 games last year, and couple of those wins were just down right ugly. Considering where this team is, I don't see how they match a 4 game improvement in the win column like last year.
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And a couple of losses were on the last play of the game. Free agency just started and the draft is two months away and you can already see that a 4 game improvement is unrealistic--Always Mr. Optimistic aren't you? Heck better QB play could be 2-4 games by itself.
 
SESupergenius said:
But geez, what wide receiver DOESN'T say that? Michael Irvin had utlra golden boy Troy Aikman throwing him balls and still was never enough. T.O. complains constantly about not getting the ball when he's wide open. Truth is, Moulds was a #2 reciever and wasn't going to get #1 type balls thrown his way.
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I thought Moulds was poorly utilized. Bad route selection and Carr locking onto AJ. There were a number of plays in which I remember him finding open field and the play ended up breaking down when Carr didn't see him. While clearly past his prime I thought he had a lot of good lead left in the pencil and we're not exactly swimming in talented WRs here. I refuse to believe he was shown the door out of interest of protecting Carr's feelings--if it had anything to do with his attitude, I'd suspect he probably questioned the coaches/FO inappropriately or through wrong channels. I just don't see Kubiak, Smith, or our other coaches coddling to any of our players.
 
Double Barrel said:
This is humorous for so many reasons. They only admit some of their 'mistakes'.

And remember, a WR cannot throw himself the ball. There is half of the equation that you seem to be overlooking.
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Outstanding! Wish I had said that! :shades:
 
Meloy said:
Look at it this way. Does there have to be a 4 game improvement to have a successful season? Would not most fans accept 8-8 or 9-7? You betcha. Some including me would accept 7-9 if the defense plays better (see end of last season), the offense remains somewhat healthy and we see improvement in Spencer, Winston and Daniels. Until he is drafted ahead of us it is possible that AP could play for us and score 10 TDs and combine yardage of 2000. AJ could haul in 8 TDs on a 1500 yds season. Mario gets 8 sacks and 10 pressures while Nate Clemments and Dunte( the new Mouth of the South) each get 4 interceptions. Demeco is the defensive player of the year. It is POSSIBLE that any or all of this could happen.. I'd settle for a percentage of it. It is not the same old song and dance until the band quits playing. (Did you notice I went PC and didn't mention a fat lady? Doh! too late).:yes:
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Sorry Meloy, Nate just signed a "mega deal" with the Niners, so that part of your dream won't be possible. Nice dream though! :zzz:
 
I think the Browns were in cap hell 2-3 years ago. If remember right they bit the bullet on a bunch of overpaid guys and ate a lot of dead money. The next year though they had money to spend.

The good news is the Texans may end up with a lot of free cap space in a year or two.

The bad news is that it is always next year with this team.
 
So, from Vinny's sticky post on the cap from houstonprofootball, it appears we're 12.4 mil under the cap with about 50 names signed. Fortunately, from what I can tell, only the top 51 salaries count toward the cap and only the bonuses outside this top 51 count against this cap. So, between signing the day 1 rooks (say 3 mil) and a couple of our FAs, like Kalu, Salaam and possibly Stanley (1.4 mil or so), it looks like at best, the MOST we would have had for this year's FAs was 8 mil total. I hear AJ's restructuring helps but this was done a little late to impact the day 1 FA signings...So, Clements was never really a viable option. We could barely and I stress BARELY have signed Steinbech if we were so inclined. I didn't know we were flirting so close to Colts territory re: the cap. So, unless I'm missing something (which is highly likely), we'd just barely be able to sign Henry or Green and Stallworth and we'd be totally maxed out!
 
Nighthawk said:
This from the Chronicle:

The Texans "have $18 million to $20 million in dead money — players no longer on the roster who still count against the cap."

Am I crazy or is this just a poorly managed franchise top to bottom? How can you be a perennial loser AND have 20M in dead money and no cap space?

Plus we've got that 60 million all star David Carr!

Sheeesh.
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Because Boob McLoser and his staff don't know shi7 from shinola about football. The Texans will be losers forever...
 
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