pbmax
11-13-2013, 02:18 PM
Detailed breakdown with everything from Mario Williams leaving (and bonus skewering of Brooks Reed) to the 'seemed like a good idea at the time' signings of Cushing and Adrian Foster.
They are 2-7 and cap hamstrung. It bad enough that Schaub is not among their most pressing problems. From a cap standpoint, anyway.
Barwin and Reed had combined for 15.5 sacks as the starters after Williams's injury in 2011, but they weren't able to keep up those totals. Barwin and Reed racked up only a combined 5.5 sacks in 28 starts last year, with Mercilus chipping in with six sacks off the bench. The team then let Barwin go this offseason, replacing him with Mercilus as the full-time starter; he and Reed have a mere 5.5 sacks combined through nine weeks.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/82344/how-the-texans-fell-from-grace
They are 2-7 and cap hamstrung. It bad enough that Schaub is not among their most pressing problems. From a cap standpoint, anyway.
Barwin and Reed had combined for 15.5 sacks as the starters after Williams's injury in 2011, but they weren't able to keep up those totals. Barwin and Reed racked up only a combined 5.5 sacks in 28 starts last year, with Mercilus chipping in with six sacks off the bench. The team then let Barwin go this offseason, replacing him with Mercilus as the full-time starter; he and Reed have a mere 5.5 sacks combined through nine weeks.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/82344/how-the-texans-fell-from-grace