or how about "You're not going anywhere, we can't trade you, we won't cut you, stop being a whiner and either help the team get as good as possible as quickly as possible or retire" His stupid little temper tantrum didn't help anything, there was no reason for this to be public.
I actually agree with Remii that the Redskins are a good test. They aren't a world beater. Two years ago they were a surprise good team and then last year they were a disaster due to injuries, coaching, quitting, etc. The reason they are a good test is because they roll in hoping for a bounce back year. Take care of business against that team and that tells me the Texans talent level is good enough to win games (like I think it is.) If they can't beat teams like the Redskins, teams where it can go either way whether they make the playoffs, then that tells me I'm overrating the Texans.
I agree, and to add on, I think that the Raiders and Giants are progressively more difficult games. The first 3 games next year will tell us quite a bit about the team.
I hope you guys DON'T believe it's NOT about the money. Andre said nothing until his contract was denied.
well he did hang out (offseason workouts) with jimmy graham this winter. maybe graham got in his ear.
Exactly. Winter was 3 months ago. Dre waits 15 weeks, then says something days after a denied contract. That's one hell of a gigantic coindence timing-wise.
Let's say you could get a 3rd or 4th round pick for Andre. Tell me, which one of the following players would you trade Andre for? Spoiler 1 CAR Terrell McClain, DL, South Florida 2 CIN Dontay Moch, DL, Nevada 3 DEN Nate Irving, LB, North Carolina St 4 BUF Kelvin Sheppard, LB, LSU 5 ARI Robert Housler, TE, Florida Atlantic 6 KC Justin Houston, LB, Georgia 7 DAL DeMarco Murray, RB, Oklahoma 8 NO Martez Wilson, OLB, Illinois 9 NE Stevan Ridley, RB, LSU 10 NE Ryan Mallett, QB, Arkansas 11 SEA John Moffitt, G, Wisconsin 12 JAX William Rackley, OL, Lehigh 13 TEN Jurrell Casey, DL, USC 14 STL Austin Pettis, WR, Boise St. 15 WAS Leonard Hankerson, WR, Miami 16 SF Chris Culliver, DB, South Carolina 17 OAK DeMarcus Van Dyke, DB, Miami 18 SD Vincent Brown, WR, San Diego St. 19 NYG Jerrel Jernigan, WR, Troy 20 TB Mason Foster, LB, Washington 21 BAL Jah Reid, OT, Central Florida 22 KC Allen Bailey, DL, Miami 23 IND Drake Nevis, DL, LSU 24 NO Johnny Patrick, DB, Louisville 25 SD Shareece Wright, DB, USC 26 PHI Curtis Marsh, DB, Utah St. 27 ATL Akeem Dent, LB, Georgia 28 OAK Joseph Barksdale, OL, LSU 29 CHI Chris Conte, DB, California 30 NYJ Kenrick Ellis, DL, Hampton 31 PIT Curtis Brown, DB, Texas 32 GB Alex Green, RB, Hawaii 33 CAR Sione Fua, DL, Stanford 1 CAR Brandon Hogan, DB, West Virginia 2 SEA K.J. Wright, LB, Mississippi Sy. 3 BUF Da'Norris Searcy, DB, North Carolina 4 CIN Clint Boling, OL, Georgia 5 CLE Jordan Cameron, TE, USC 6 ARI Sam Acho, OLB, Texas 7 TB Luke Stocker, TE, Tennessee 8 WAS Roy Helu, RB, Nebraska 9 MIN Christian Ballard, DL, Iowa 10 SEA Kris Durham, WR, Georgia 11 DEN Quinton Carter, DB, Oklahoma 12 TEN Colin McCarthy, LB, Miami 13 DAL David Arkin, OL, Missouri St. 14 MIA Edmund Gates, WR, Abilene Christian 15 STL Greg Salas, WR, Hawaii 16 OAK Chimdi Chekwa, DB, Ohio State 17 JAX Cecil Shorts, WR, Mount Union 18 SF Kendall Hunter, RB, Oklahoma St. 19 PHI Casey Matthews, LB, Oregon 20 NYG James Brewer, OL, Indiana 21 KC Jalil Brown, DB, Colorado 22 IND Delone Carter, RB, Syracuse 23 PHI Alex Henery, K, Nebraska 24 JAX Chris Prosinski, DB, Wyoming 25 BUF Chris Hairston, OL, Clemson 26 BAL Tandon Doss, WR, Indiana 27 CLE Owen Marecic, RB, Stanford 28 OAK Taiwan Jones, RB, Eastern Washington 29 NYJ Bilal Powell, RB, Lousiville 30 HOU Rashad Carmichael, DB, Virginia Tech 31 PIT Cortez Allen, DB, Citadel 32 DEN Julius Thomas, TE, Portland St. 33 TEN Jamie Harper, RB, Clemson 34 GB Davon House, DB, New Mexico St. That is the entire 3rd and 4th round of the 2011 NFL draft. I picked that year randomly become I figure that is a year that by now we should all know who turned out to be good, decent, etc. There are definitely some decent players in there, but are there any that are good enough that you'd trade Andre for the chance to guess right on players of that quality?
Personally, I don't really care what it's about. He's doing what good football players often do and it doesn't bother me.
What I think it comes down to is the fact that his contract is currently structured in such a way that the Texans would have to cut him next year. $16 million cap hit. He knows that so this is his opportunity to either force a trade or sign a new deal that guarantees him money for a few more years. I would not be shocked if the Texans work out an extension that locks him up for another 3 or 4 years with guaranteed money but lowers the cap number going forward.
NFL GMs get a hard on when anyone mentions draft picks. I don't think analysis ever comes into their thoughts.
Dude already signed a big contract so how the hell is about money. Dude wants that opportunity to win a Super Bowl.
True (and ridiculous) but I'm not talking to the NFL GMs, I'm talking to the fans in this thread who have a hard on about getting a draft pick for Andre.
Yea. Washington didn't have a 1st round pick but they made a bunch of moves in free agency on both sides of the ball and revamped their offensive line... D-Jax isn't the only free agent player they picked up. And pulling Trent Murphy and Moses out the draft wasn't bad at all. It's going to be a good test for the Texans defense and a good test for the Texans offensive line. I don't think the 1st half of the schedule is as easy as people make it out to be.
Washington didn't have a number one pick but they do have a quarterback who may well be of the franchise variety. Of course we have Ryan Fitzpatrick so yeah.
tanking for Winston in full effect already...i like it Texans need a REAL QB, defensive lineman dont win you anything if they did the Texans would be a NFL dynasty. AJ is dat dude but let him play for a real team already...Texans are rebuilding
You should listen to the entire interview. He said he didn't approach the Texans about a contract or a trade. Someone asked him a question on how he felt and he answered it. He also said he already talked to the Texans about how he felt. So we're just finding out what the Texans already knew.
I think quite a few of us agree. It's a good first matchup that hopefully shouldn't overwhelm the team and give them a chance to win. I would rather be facing RG3 at the end of the year when he is hurt. Facing a fresh Griffin? Yikes.
As it stands now, he's going to be a 16 million dollar cap hit next season...in other words, very high chance he gets waived or has to restructure. Yes, it's always about the money.
So, What are the chances that Dre is a 'Cap Casualty' next year? if he stays and plays good soldier? Rocket River
