Texans release Arian Foster

I was under the impression they would give him a last chance.

My belief was that the Texans might want to cut his salary so much he would be thankful enough for another chance.

GOOD TO HAVE ARAIN IN OUR TEAM. Hope he does well in his future endeavors.

LOLs. :grin:

 

He was a lot of fun to watch. Loved how smooth he ran and his deceptive moves that left people stuck in the mud. great all around back.

 

The chances a street free agent can come in and do what hoyer did for way less money is pretty high. Hoyer, Yates, Keenum, Weeden, etc all the same. Only difference is one is costing I got you way more money

 

San Diego. But he does love that Cali lifestyle.

 

Your personal jihad against Hoyer notwithstanding, I fail to see how scrub A vs scrub B is really going to cost us anything of significance next year.

If a journeyman takes the field for the Texans next year, then something has gone very wrong. Next year should be devoted almost entirely to rookie auditions.

 

Again, why would you even entertain Foster at that high of a cap hit?

The Texans have a lot of holes and need a lot of depth...that money can be used much more efficiently than holding onto Foster into camp to get a sneak peak at him (which means absolutely nothing with the type of injuries Foster has), and also pushing yourself out of the market for using those dollars on players that can help the team.

 

I agree with Wilfork not with Hoyer. They don't need that much cap space. They need to pay Hopkins and Brooks, to a lesser extent. Bring in a veteran RB. like Forte, as well as drafting one.

Hoyer just needs to go. I understand he is relatively cheap, but he can't be in that locker room. Maybe trade him for a 6th rounder.

 

Well I don't doubt that you fail to see it, but it doesn't make it any less clear.

Last season, the best QB that was on the Texans was TJ Yates, someone that was out of the league entirely and headed for early retirement. The best thing Hoyer did for the team all season long was get hurt twice allowing better QB's to play which put the Texans in the playoffs.....unfortunately they went back with Hoyer in the playoffs giving the team no chance whatsoever of winning.

I don't know why some continue to defend Hoyer, but it's REALLY hard to do worse than him.

 

Getting back on topic, it does suck that Foster's career was ruined by injuries, but that's just the way it goes. I wish him luck, but cutting him was 100% the right thing to do.

 

They also have a lot of cap space and no starting running back. You need an experienced backup to whatever RB they draft. It would be devastating to have your precious rookie QB but no running game. We don't want that. That's enough reason to even consider keeping him. I get why they cut him and I'm not against it but I don't think it was an absolute no-brainer.

 

Who will start at QB? Bring in another average place holder or start someone like Savage or rookie without experience?

 

Savage, rookie, or some FA with some upside (RG3, Peyton, etc). I imagine the FA wouldn't finish the season as the starter.

 

I think having an experienced RB to help a young guy out is overrated. How much did Foster really help our RBs this season? I'd much rather use that money on a guy like Forte, who can be productive on the field AND mentor younger guys. There are plenty of guys you can bring in that have a decent number of years under their belt to help out a rookie that we may draft.

Also, just because you have cap space, doesnt mean you should use it. You can always carry over unused cap space to the following season, so it's not necessarily a good move to keep a guy just because you can.

 

Yup, petty much any of those options would be preferable to wasting a roster spot on Hoyer.

 

you are not grasping the point. that's fine - I'll try one more way.

we have the cap space regardless. we can negotiate with the room and have the ability to cut at "our" discretion. We didn't need to do so now and it seems to be a bit premature.

we have to have a rb now. we have a spoken need to get a qb. we need another WR and a TE (and that's just the offensive side).

Any RB on the FA market will be expensive. EE will be gone by our draft pick and trading up in the draft for a 1st rd running back is stupid by even Rick Smith's standards.

allowing some dominoes to fall and get a free peak at Foster's health in training camp - if it were to get that far, completely dependent on how the two periods of acquisition play out - is sound logic and fundamental team building.

spending big in free agency is usually bad cap management and now it looks like that's what we will do.

and i never advocated keeping him at that cap hit. never once indicated that as a desired alternative.

 

Well, Andre did end up with 41 catches. He was just being told the truth.

 

Did you just say Peyton Manning has upside?

 

Yeah but the truth really hurts prima donna athletes....especially when they are having to face the fact that they are no longer a leading lady.

I commend BOB for handling that situation the way he did.

 

End of an era. He may have gotten to where he was injury prone but he is easily one of the best Texans players we have had the pleasure to play the game in Houston