...about time (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2016/3/3/10985788/arian-foster-release-texans-contract)
QuoteFoster will be 30 years old when the 2016 season gets underway. The Texans didn't want to pay him the $6.5 million he was set to make in base salary this season, and it's hard to imagine a team on the open market putting up that kind of cash for Foster.
Good luck in Minnesota or Cleveland :2funny:
What the hell would *we* want him for? AP's still putting up good numbers, we have halfway-decent backup RB's, and if we wanted a new starting RB, we'd want one a little younger than him...
;)
Well, someone is bound to snap him up for cheap, unless there's some kind of thing on that 6.5 million that requires a signing team to pay him that. If that's the case I imagine he's going to go quietly into retirement. Real shame, too, because that guy had some amazing moments for the Texans.
What they REALLY need to do is get rid of the POS quarterbacks.
Manzel will be an awesome upgrade for the Texans.
If he wasn't such a douchebag asshat dipshit in real life and actually worked, he might have a sliver of talent that would get him on the Texans' practice squad.
If that's the case, I'm not sur why you're bitching about the quality of your QBs. :P
They all suck, but as far as I know, they're not head cases like Manziel. Lesser of the evils, sir.
And this is why the Texans will never advance past the first round of the playoffs.
...from your lips to O'Brian's ears.
But what do WE know? I'm sure our first pick in the draft will be a godd^*#$med undersized defensive lineman or a cornerback. I don't even know if there's any 'hot prospects' coming out of college at QB this year.
There are two 'hot QB prospects' coming out this year. And three or four more serviceable choices.
There might be a pick but the Texans pick later in the draft.
Yeah, ergo the humor I see in this situation. 9-7 record with a rudderless team. JJ Watt can't carry the defense and he's already showed cracks from injuries last year. I guess the Texans' management doesn't care whether or not they have a franchise QB or not if butts are in the seats and PSLs are still sold for prices that make billionaires salivate.
J. J. was the Defensive Player of the Year, no? What more do you want?!
I know he was, and he's a badass...but that's what I'm saying. He can't do it all himself to win a friggin' championship. Or, hell, go more than tip-deep into the playoffs.
His work ethic is second to none. I wish more NFL players treated their careers that way.
Then again for all we know, he could have been running a web server with Jared Fogel. I don't know.
A clean and sober Johnny Money.
If that's a thing, we definitely couldn't afford to turn our noses up at him.
GREAT NEWS, B_C!! RGIII wants to be your QB of the future!
Too bad Mike Shanahan broke him.
I think his glass bones broke him. The pilot from the Normandy in Mass Effect had more bone strength than RGIII.
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on March 03, 2016, 09:53:51 PM
I think his glass bones broke him. The pilot from the Normandy in Mass Effect had more bone strength than RGIII.
As does Samuel L. Jackson's character in
Unbreakable.
Quote from: Bison on March 03, 2016, 08:39:13 PM
A clean and sober Johnny Money.
What is this fictional creature of which you speak?
http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/transactions/_/name/hou/houston-texans
QuoteMarch 10, 2016 - Agreed to terms with QB Brock Osweiler on a four-year contract.
March 8, 2016 - Signed G-T Jeff Adams and CB Charles James to contract extensions.
March 3, 2016 - Released RB Arian Foster, TE Garrett Graham and S Rahim Moore.
January 23, 2016 - Named Larry Izzo special teams coordinator, Sean Ryan wide receivers coach and Anthony Weaver defensive line coach.
January 12, 2016 - Signed G Karim Barton, C Dalton Freeman, RB Kenny Hilliard, WR Josh Lenz, DB Robert Nelson, DL Dan Pettinato, DE Gerald Rivers, TE Eric Tomlinson and LB Tony Washington to reserve/future contracts.
January 6, 2016 - Signed DE Devon Still to a reserve/future contract.
January 5, 2016 - Signed OT Andrew McDonald from the San Diego practice squad. Placed OT Duane Brown on injured reserve.
The Larry Izzo singing is interesting since he was a Dolphin and played under Jimmy years ago.
I don't know what to make of the Brock singing, though. 70-plus million for four years for a backup quarterback, even one that's been fairly successful, doesn't seem like a good move. I could be wrong. I guess that means there's no way the Texans are planning on signing a QB in the first half of the draft. And it was very likely that he was going to get picked up by somebody or Denver would throw a ton of money at him, too...
The Osweiler deal is baffling, but it is the Texans ::)
So, the Texans may have just out Brown the Browns.
Quote from: OJsDad on March 10, 2016, 12:19:43 PM
So, the Texans may have just out Brown the Browns.
I think they managed to do that before they even began their first season. :-[
I liked Ryan Clark's characterization on the radio the other day.
"In today's NFL, the going rate for 'let's see what he can do' is $15 million per year."
Quote from: OJsDad on March 10, 2016, 12:19:43 PM
So, the Texans may have just out Brown the Browns.
probably not.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2623482-what-in-the-world-are-the-cleveland-browns-doing-in-free-agency
They signed Lamar Miller from the Dolphins to take Foster's place. They already have a top 3 receiver in DeAndre Hopkins and a stout D. Houston should have a good run next year despite/because of Brock Osweiler.
I actually like the Brock signing. Seriously, you haven't had anything resembling a legit #1 quarterback since Schaub fell apart. Brock might not be one, but then again he might. And where the Hell else were you finding one? You don't do badly enough to draft a guy, and teams don't trade them away. So it was either Brock, RG3, Kaepernick or Ryan Fitzpatrick Round 2. Off of that list, I'd take Osweiler by a mile (though I actually like Fitzpatrick on some teams...like staying with the Jets, or heading to Denver).