Author Topic: Texans Offseason (Read 5430 times)

Uncle Charlie · « **on:** January 18, 2016, 08:51:37 am »

Sounds like the salary cap will be $150 MM...but the Texans will have $153 MM with carry over. If you include the "expert" probable moves of releasing Foster and Graham, the Texans will have cap spending of ~$116 MM and thus have ~$37 MM to be able to spend. That's a lot of dough. Priorities in my mind are:

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2. TE
3. RB
4. KR

Limey · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2016, 11:26:13 am »

1. GM
2. QB
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3. TE
4. RB
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Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2016, 03:58:01 pm »

Denver gets stomped by NE in the playoffs. Denver decides to part ways with Manning to free up cap space and go with Osweiler. Manning decides he wants one more shot and signs with the Texans.

jbm · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2016, 05:38:48 pm »

Please no. They will likely get stomped cause he's over the hill, and has been for years.

Uncle Charlie · « **Reply #4 on:** January 18, 2016, 06:29:31 pm »

Quote from: Limey on January 18, 2016, 11:26:13 am

1. GM

While I agree...not gonna happen.

Limey · « **Reply #5 on:** January 20, 2016, 11:56:05 am »

Quote from: Navin R Johnson on January 18, 2016, 03:58:01 pm

Denver gets stomped by NE in the playoffs. Denver decides to part ways with Manning to free up cap space and go with Osweiler. Manning decides he wants one more shot and signs with the Texans.

I am hoping for the opposite. Manning leads Denver past the Patriots and Panthers, and comes back for another season. Osweiller says "fuck that for a bunch of bananas" and comes to Houston.

Uncle Charlie · « **Reply #6 on:** March 06, 2016, 01:16:02 pm »

Quote from: Navin R Johnson on January 18, 2016, 03:58:01 pm

Denver gets stomped by NE in the playoffs. Denver decides to part ways with Manning to free up cap space and go with Osweiler. Manning decides he wants one more shot and signs with the Texans.

Well, that seems to be unlikely now.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14913587/peyton-manning-announce-retirement-monday

Clark in Denver · « **Reply #7 on:** March 09, 2016, 02:19:02 pm »

Texans just got a good quarterback, and an even better guy.

chuck · « **Reply #8 on:** March 09, 2016, 02:28:58 pm »

And Lamar Miller. This is shaping up to be an intriguing offseason.

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #9 on:** March 09, 2016, 02:33:54 pm »

Looks like they finally told Rick Smith to sit down and keep quiet, these moves are pretty opposite of anything he has done.

jbm · « **Reply #10 on:** March 09, 2016, 02:34:32 pm »

Damn, that's pretty exciting about Osweiler. How the hell did Denver let him go?

Don't know anything about Miller. I recall watching a quarter or so of the Dolphins this year, but turned the TV off in disgust.

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #11 on:** March 09, 2016, 02:37:13 pm »

I'm intrigued with BO, watching Lamar Miller the last 3 years he is pretty meh.

chuck · « **Reply #12 on:** March 09, 2016, 02:41:53 pm »

Quote from: jbm on March 09, 2016, 02:34:32 pm

Don't know anything about Miller. I recall watching a quarter or so of the Dolphins this year, but turned the TV off in disgust.

Then you missed seeing him rack up another two hundred yards or so.

The consensus seems to be that Miller was very poorly used in Miami.

MusicMan · « **Reply #13 on:** March 09, 2016, 02:56:37 pm »

I'm not a fan of the Osweiler signing, but I'll give them credit: they clearly had a plan and are executing it.

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Duke · « **Reply #14 on:** March 09, 2016, 03:07:21 pm »

Quote from: chuck on March 09, 2016, 02:41:53 pm

Then you missed seeing him rack up another two hundred yards or so.

The consensus seems to be that Miller was very poorly used in Miami.

6 games last year where Miami gave him the ball less than 10 times.

Uncle Charlie · « **Reply #15 on:** March 09, 2016, 05:50:05 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on March 09, 2016, 02:56:37 pm

I'm not a fan of the Osweiler signing, but I'll give them credit: they clearly had a plan and are executing it.

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FWIW, I think the last few years has taught them what many good teams already know, if there's a very good QB avail and you think you already have the answer...take him. To that end, if there's a good young QB in the 1st or 2nd I think they'll draft him. It does take a bit of pressure off though.

Uncle Charlie · « **Reply #16 on:** April 28, 2016, 11:15:21 pm »

Happy to see Will Fuller picked. His speed is game changing and the secondary has to plan for it. Combo of Nuke, Fuller and Strong will be formidable. He also adds an element in returns. They need to pick up a DE, C and OT now.

Too bad about Tunsil. As if the bong tweet wasn't enough the guy stepped on his dick in the post-pick press conference.

MusicMan · « **Reply #17 on:** April 29, 2016, 11:28:52 am »

Quote from: Uncle Charlie on April 28, 2016, 11:15:21 pm

Too bad about Tunsil. As if the bong tweet wasn't enough the guy stepped on his dick in the post-pick press conference.

By answering a question truthfully?

It's pretty clear now that someone with an agent hacked his accounts. Tunsil is not the bad guy here.

jbm · « **Reply #18 on:** April 29, 2016, 12:39:46 pm »

"Someone with an agent"?

I haven't read much today, but I had heard his stepfather, or some frat guy.

MusicMan · « **Reply #19 on:** April 29, 2016, 02:00:58 pm »

Quote from: jbm on April 29, 2016, 12:39:46 pm

"Someone with an agent"?

I haven't read much today, but I had heard his stepfather, or some frat guy.

Damn you autocorrect. That was supposed to be "someone with an agenda".

Duke · « **Reply #20 on:** April 29, 2016, 02:17:31 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on April 29, 2016, 02:00:58 pm

Damn you autocorrect. That was supposed to be "someone with an agenda".

Agreed. Somebody has it in for Laramie for sure. So he dropped a few spot to the Fins. My wife is a huge fan and she is super excited to get him. Miami needs O li e help.

Bench · « **Reply #21 on:** April 29, 2016, 02:31:31 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on April 29, 2016, 11:28:52 am

Tunsil is not the bad guy here.

Absolutely. He is the victim here. But you'd never know it to hear the super serious sports hot takers.

Dark Star · « **Reply #22 on:** April 29, 2016, 03:30:06 pm »

I heard Sean Salisbury go off on Tunsil at lunch today (John Granato was defending him), not because he objected to the weed so much, he said, but because he was stupid enough to let himself get video'd doing it.

Granato's point was Tunsil was 18 or 19 years old or whatever, which I thought was a good point. Or maybe he should have known better, I thought for a moment ... then I remembered the Polaroid stuck in the back of one of my old photo albums, from 1978 or so, of a 19-year-old me and a buddy sitting at my desk in my room with an open baggie in view, while we rolled a couple of big, fat doobies ...

Jacksonian · « **Reply #23 on:** April 29, 2016, 03:34:39 pm »

Quote from: Dark Star on April 29, 2016, 03:30:06 pm

I heard Sean Salisbury go off on Tunsil at lunch today (John Granato was defending him), not because he objected to the weed so much, he said, but because he was stupid enough to let himself get video'd doing it.

Granato's point was Tunsil was 18 or 19 years old or whatever, which I thought was a good point. Or maybe he should have known better, I thought for a moment ... then I remembered the Polaroid stuck in the back of one of my old photo albums, from 1978 or so, of a 19-year-old me and a buddy sitting at my desk in my room with an open baggie in view, while we rolled a couple of big, fat doobies ...

You weren't surrounded by a bunch of people reminding you not to do anything stupid or out of the athletic department's control because it could affect your eligibility and hurt the football program. Not to mention making sure he knew to let the tutors handle his homework and visit a coach when he needed money.

MusicMan · « **Reply #24 on:** April 29, 2016, 05:11:18 pm »

Quote from: Dark Star on April 29, 2016, 03:30:06 pm

I heard Sean Salisbury go off on Tunsil at lunch today (John Granato was defending him), not because he objected to the weed so much, he said, but because he was stupid enough to let himself get video'd doing it.

Granato's point was Tunsil was 18 or 19 years old or whatever, which I thought was a good point. Or maybe he should have known better, I thought for a moment ... then I remembered the Polaroid stuck in the back of one of my old photo albums, from 1978 or so, of a 19-year-old me and a buddy sitting at my desk in my room with an open baggie in view, while we rolled a couple of big, fat doobies ...

Listening to Sean Salisbury killed more brain cells than that doobie did.

Duke · « **Reply #25 on:** May 02, 2016, 09:00:17 am »

Heard on the radio yesterday that the Dolphins were investigating the twitter leak and it turns out that the guy that did it was Tunsil's former financial advisor. The drop from the 3rd to 13th pick would cost him $7M over the course of his first contract.

MusicMan · « **Reply #26 on:** May 02, 2016, 09:56:00 am »

Looking at the Texans draft, I'm pretty sure Rick Smith was kept locked in a closet from Thursday through Saturday.

Limey · « **Reply #27 on:** May 02, 2016, 03:58:46 pm »

Quote from: Dark Star on April 29, 2016, 03:30:06 pm

I heard Sean Salisbury go off on Tunsil at lunch today (John Granato was defending him), not because he objected to the weed so much, he said, but because he was stupid enough to let himself get video'd doing it.

Granato's point was Tunsil was 18 or 19 years old or whatever, which I thought was a good point. Or maybe he should have known better, I thought for a moment ... then I remembered the Polaroid stuck in the back of one of my old photo albums, from 1978 or so, of a 19-year-old me and a buddy sitting at my desk in my room with an open baggie in view, while we rolled a couple of big, fat doobies ...

It'll be a while before Texas legalizes that kind of open carry.

Lefty · « **Reply #28 on:** July 30, 2016, 10:11:43 am »

Rick Smith gets extension one day, DeAndre Hopkins walks out of camp the next. Per Schefter and Ganguli, Texans "are not negotiating".

Heck of a job, Rickey.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #29 on:** July 30, 2016, 11:43:39 am »

It's getting close to the point that choosing a pro football team in Texas is as fucked up as choosing a president is in 2016. Ultimately, you go with the choice that seems least shameful.

MusicMan · « **Reply #30 on:** July 30, 2016, 01:19:20 pm »

Quote from: Lefty on July 30, 2016, 10:11:43 am

Rick Smith gets extension one day, DeAndre Hopkins walks out of camp the next. Per Schefter and Ganguli, Texans "are not negotiating".

Heck of a job, Rickey.

The Texans are sub-.500 under Smith and have never even made the conference championship game.

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Lefty · « **Reply #31 on:** July 30, 2016, 02:07:56 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 30, 2016, 01:19:20 pm

The Texans are sub-.500 under Smith and have never even made the conference championship game.

"Surely the #Texans will win a Super Bowl by 2020, now that Rick Smith finally has a little job security. " -- Brian T. Smith via twitter

austro · « **Reply #32 on:** July 30, 2016, 02:13:16 pm »

Quote from: Lefty on July 30, 2016, 02:07:56 pm

"Surely the #Texans will win a Super Bowl by 2020, now that Rick Smith finally has a little job security. " -- Brian T. Smith via twitter

There will be no changes until people stop showing up for games.