Again, he is a shill for the team, they are just trying to get a lttle leverage to get Reggie's deal signed. Hardball! I wonder if tommorrow morning at around 10 the Texans will call Reggie's agent and say they have a tentative deal done with Mario and if you don't make a deal in the next hour we will draft him. AND if they did draft Mario would they trade him to NY for #4, 29, 71. Then SF would move up to #2.
sportsradio 610 Lance Z was just on and said his sources are confirming Mario will be the #1 pick tommorow
Hardball indeed: http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm POSTED 6:22 p.m. EDT; UPDATED 6:39 p.m. EDT, April 28, 2006 MARIO TO HOUSTON A "DONE DEAL" A league source tells us that the Houston Texans have informed Joel Segal, the agent for Reggie Bush, that the team has a "done deal" with defensive end Mario Williams. The only question at this point, as the source explained, is whether the Texans are simply making a last-ditch effort to squeeze Segal into taking a more friendly deal. If this isn't just a marketing ploy, it represents a stunning turn of events. On Thursday, we heard that Bush was a "done deal." And even though the team denied it, another source told us that the team's interest in Williams was merely a smokescreen, aimed at leveraging Bush into wanting less money. If, in the end, the Texans pass on Bush, the question is whether the team decided to make the move based on merit, money, or mischief. Our guess is that it's a mixture of all three, and that the most recent round of ugly news reports regarding Reggie, his family, and the dudes of New Era was the thing that made the Texans decide to move on. Still, we've re-confirmed that, earlier in the week, the Texans' interest in Williams arose solely from their desire to drive down Bush's price tag, and that the Texans viewed Williams as the guy whom Bush's camp would most likely regard as a legitimate alternative. So if the Texans have indeed locked on to Mario, it represents a complete 180 from their earlier position. We're still chasing this on. For now, this has got to be the craziest run up to the draft that we've ever seen. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTED 7:13 p.m. EDT, April 28, 2006 NOW WHAT FOR BUSH? If the rumors that the Texans plan to pass on Reggie Bush are accurate, what does it mean for the 2005 Heisman winner? For starters, and as one league insider predicts, look for Bush to fire agent Joel Segal. Immediately. Beyond the housekeeping issues, the Saints suddenly are holding all of the cards. And although there have been reports that the Saints would jump on Bush if he's there at number 2, they just paid a ton of money last year to running back Deuce McAllister. Of course, they drafted Deuce at a time that they also had Ricky Williams on the roster. Williams was traded a season later. Even if the Saints are inclined to bring Reggie to town, they'd surely listen to trade offers before scribbling his name on the card. The broader question is whether other teams will be scared off by Bush's sudden baggage. The Jets, we'd heard last week, were one of the teams that called the Texans regarding a possible trade up to No. 1 in order to get Bush. But how would the Jets feel about the entire New York media being unleashed on an ugly story in San Diego, which seems to be chock full of low-hanging fruit? Our guess? The Jets are more concerned about winning games. And Bush gives them an instant upgrade to an anemic offense. So they'll make the trade, we believe, and New York will have its first sports superstar named Reggie since a dude with the last name of Jackson was heaving the horsehide into the heavens 30 years ago.
If we pick Williams, I have a feeling that I'll have a new sig full of IC2000 and KAS 13 quotes about their "sources" and the zero chance of Mario being the #1.
I'd be interested to see if its Reggie's own fault that he's not going to be the #1 pick... maybe his camp played Beltran, and wanted to go to another team all along. Or, maybe the crap with his family and house ended up coming into the negotiations, and the Texans didn't want to deal with something that could possibly end up being a criminal investigation (perhaps Bush's agent demanded that he get a little incentive to cover the impending expense that his parents owe). Or, maybe nobody knows anything... and we're still going to hear a lot more "11th hour" news leading up to the draft tommorow.
With the Astros playing well, and the draft... it was just a matter of time... unless somebody else spots Yao at a starbucks.
David Dalati is reporting that the Texans have almost finalized a contract with Mario Williams. There's still i's to be dotted and t's to be crossed, but the guarateed money is over $20 million. "It's virtually done, just not "done" done.... The majority of the deal has been agreed upon."
lol THAT is a classic quote, right there. Thank God I'm a Titans fans, & not a fan of the Houston Dummies.
