I don't care how much of a diva Brown may or may not have been. Our young star quarterback is so banged up he has to take a 12 hour bus ride to the game. He is the most sacked QB in the league. Brown is a massive upgrade over all our tackles. The Texans overplayed their hand and I bet feel real dumb after seeing the price tag for a lesser player in Nate Solder.
Should feel way more dumb about thinking any of the guys they've put at tackle are actual NFL level talents. ****, they still play and list Rankin as a tackle when he's a ******* guard. Everyone sees it, everyone sees nearly every problem the Texans have, but the ****ing Texans.
How was it creating a divide in the locker room? EVERY single NFL player views hold outs the same way, it's none of their business. Whether Brown was there or not there did not impact the locker room. If McNair had paid Brown like he should have, all of his teammates would have welcomed him back with open arms. This is just another case of you not knowing what you are talking about while also you letting your dislike of Brown's politics influence your opinions.
Man, there is no point. I knew better to even engage the dude. ****, we've even had discussions in the past that we AGREED on. He can't look past the white washed lens he sees through. It's his shtick. Try to converse with someone, get disagreed with, throw **** into a fan, and blame everyone else for **** on his face. It's the cycle around here.
That's simply not true, not every player agrees that you should **** over your teammates by holding out into the season demanding a contract extension. There are a LOT of NFL players that view players who do **** like that negatively. This is merely an instance of you sucking Brown's dick because you like his politics. If it had been Brian Cushing a few years back doing the same thing, you'd have been against him for hurting the team. It's pretty obvious why you are on your knees for Brown, there's no need to lie about it.
You have a stupid opinion on this issue, that's why I disagree with you. If you had a more intelligent opinion, I'd probably agree with you. As it stands, I don't have patience for people who pick politics or a douchebag player like Duane Brown over the team. I'll literally always be against you when you go that route. It could be Le'Veon Bell and I'd say the same. I have no patience for LOF type BS, literally every player is replaceable....and in fact all of them will be replaced in the long run. If they disgrace themselves, they aren't worth a second thought.
Wrong. I wanted McNair to pay Brown before I knew anything about his politics. I'm always in favor of players getting what they deserve. None of this would have even been an issue of McNair had ponied up like he should have. McNair being cheap is what caused this.
The fact that you are blaming "McNair" for a GM decision kind of suggests that you are lying. Also, I'm glad Rick Smith didn't give in to him being that it would be a terrible precedent. You don't get an extension when you have multiple years left on your contract. I'm in favor of teams not making foolish decisions that hurt the franchise simply because players are greedy. If you look at the history of the Texans, the team has never been "cheap", they just don't let players walk all over them as idiot fans would have them do.....only to later complain about it when it leads to cap hell. If we listened to the idiot fans, we'd have massively overpaid Nate Soldier this offseason.....what would we be saying right now if they had done so? Duane Brown needed to not be a piece of **** and play the season out and negotiate in the off-season, instead he chose to be a douchebag. I have no patience for people looking to blow him for being a piece of **** rather than a team player. The team stood by him as he was popped for PED's twice and at the first opportunity he **** on not just the FO, but the entire team including every one of the players. It showed EXACTLY the kind of person he is....and I don't personally want players like that on the team. I'm fine with that garbage wasting away in Seattle not making the playoffs.
You ever smoke a little weed? Man, It just might help you chill a little bit. Can't go through life this high strung on something so meaningless to the overall outcome of your life. That much negative energy kills people. **** isn't healthy.
Duane Brown played it perfectly. Earl Thomas took your advice and cost himself millions. All that matters is that the PLAYERS understand what Brown is doing. That's why there has never been a single leak from the Texans locker room that said Brown was causing a divide. You're making stuff up, as usual.
Not really. He cost himself 4 mill holding out, he would have gotten the same extension (if not more) here in Houston and would pay less in taxes. Oh and he would be on a team closer to competing for a super bowl.
When players make decisions for money,they are greedy. When they dont, they are dumb. He has already said it went ALL about the money. And if it was, why the heck wouldn't the Texans have paid the best offensive lineman they ever had with no replacement in sight? I give Brown props for agreeing to play against the Seahawks. That probably drove his trade price up. Props to Rick Smith for getting that much for a linemen who didn't want to play for the Texans anyway. The real losers are the fans and Deshaun Watson.
It was a difficult situation, I don't blame either side for their stance on the contract. Duane had no guaranteed money left, however the Texans would have opened Pandora's box on themselves had they catered with two years remaining on his deal for other players to try to do the same. Where they messed up was trading him. Not a bad return on the deal, and I'm assuming they had an understanding that if he came back it was to showcase him, but man does it hurt right now to not have a real LT.
Don't be naive. If the Texans had offered Brown a 3/36 extension before the 2017 season he would still be here. He can say it was wasn't about this or that but he already signed 1 extension AFTER the Obama/BBQ/ McNair 2008 "controversy." I'm sure he would have signed another one.
He said it wasn't ALL about the money. I'm sure money played into the decision. But think about this, he went to play for the Seahawks under the exact same circumstances as he would have played in Houston. He didn't sign a deal until after the season was over. So if he was refusing to play without an a new deal, why did he do it in Seattle? This wasn't a Khalil Mack situation where a deal was signed right after the trade. If he didn't care who he played for he might as well have played in Houston last year and then signed a new deal? The Texans needed him more than he needed the Texans. The Texans should have just offered him the money. Or taking his holdout seriously and gotten a more reasonable replacement than Breno Giacomini. You've got the give the guy props. He had the most silent hold-out ever. Didn't say anything negative about the team when he was holding out. Didn't even say why he was holding out. That had to play in how the Texans got so much capital for him.
