We've already seen a retirement before stepping on the field with Darby. If Chubb is taking the same possible route, I'm beginning to wonder if the Texans have a reputation of being better to their retirees than other teams. My understanding is the last team a player signs with determines who handles their post career paperwork. I just have little hope he can get back on the field at all, much less as an impact player. In this case, it's through no fault of his own, just injuries piling up. Is he actually coming in for Tank who appears to be headed toward a similar career?
I see no downside. It's on a 1 year deal for cheap. Mixon does miss games and we're not sure what Pierce will be. Get them all in camp and see how the health looks and how they fit with the new line. I would not be surprised if anyone other than Mixon is cut before the real games start.
I'd prefer a little protection from simply giving a player who never played for us a Million Dollar plus retirement gift for never touching the field. It's like paying for an opportunity and then never getting it.
I mean there is a downside, Caserio has done this with running backs before. He brought in the corpse of Marlon Mack one year, Cam Robinson another, both got heavy preseason snaps, neither contributed anything to this team. Here's to hoping third times the Chubb lol
I think it's a flyer on an incentivized contract, bring in the competition and let's see if DP can beat him out. From the reports and articles I have read he is a Ryan type, hard worker and loyal. Listening to 610 coming in to work he had offers for more $$ elsewhere but he liked the fit
I still don't understand the Darby situation. I think that they are. They seem to treat their retired players well. It did take a little while with Andre but that situation was different. With the post career paperwork I think that changed. I know it did in baseball but you might be right. Injuries are certainly piling up but he's worth a look imo. It can't hurt. On terms of Tank, I don't have a lot of optimism.
Everything is always subject to passing a physical. But sometimes it's treated as a foregone conclusion and other times, like Chubb, it's a big deal. The way I interpret it, is the deal has been finalized upon passing the physical. But though it's baseball, a couple of Correa's deals were not as much of a foregone conclusion as initially perceived.
I'm hoping he puts in the work to avoid repeating that. Far too often he was completely unaware of where pressure would be coming from and it would lead to sacks that shouldn't have happened. He's too good for that kind of stuff to stagnate his development.
Chubb for the Texans is like Jeff Green for the Rockets -- both are capable of near-peak career performances in 20-30% of games. They are too old/injured to be peak all season, but they can have spurts every now and then. Mixon playing 12-14 healthy games should be enough to keep Chubb fresh. He can get 25 carries in a game. He'll just need the following week off.
