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Keenan McCardell (Finally) Signs With Texans

The much rumored, prematurely confirmed Keenan-McCardell-To-Houston story has finally come true, just in time for McCardell to attend the first practice of training camp.  Although I believe K-Mac's "I had offers from lots of teams and left money on the table to sign with the hometown team" spiel about as much as I believe that the Falcons are comfortable with Joey Harrington under center, I love this signing.  

McCardell should immediately come in and compete for the No. 2 WR job, which we have documented ad nauseam as a bit of a concern.  And by "bit of a concern," I mean "shooting up the chart of Tim's mortal fears at a dizzying pace."  Seriously, the fate of the Texans' No. 2 WR position scares me more than Super AIDS.  

Worst case scenario, McCardell has lost his fastball and doesn't make the squad out of camp.  If that happens, the Texans rolled the dice and lost very little, likely only $40,000.00 in signing bonus money; this is assuming, of course, that no other portion of McCardell's contract is guaranteed, which could be totally wrong.  And even if we assume the Texans are on the hook for McCardell's entire 2007 salary (which is rather unlikely in the world of non-guaranteed salaries that is the NFL), that $820,000.00 sure is a helluva lot less than what the organization is paying Eric Moulds to play for the Titans this year.

Bravo, Smithiak.  I can assure you that we'll be toasting your genius even more than originally planned tomorrow night.

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Another idea shot down
Well, I was going to suggest that we try to get some friendly analysis from the SBN bloggers for the Chargers.  But then I noticed that they are one of only 2 teams not represented yet in SBN.  Maybe there's a non-SBN blog that we could make nice with?

I'd like the scoop on why Keenan Ivory Wayans went from 70 receptions & 9 TDs in '05......to 36 rec. & 0 TDs in '06.  Was he playing with Randy Moss enthusiasm?  Was there a better option on the other side of the field (not named LT)?  Was Keenan targeted by defenses, freeing up other receivers?  What is the air speed velocity of an unladen Swallow?

Also noticed that his yards/reception numbers are pretty darn consistent over the 10 year career.

We can be critical of the draft picks, but in the end we always support the new Texan.

by Shake on Jul 27, 2007 8:02 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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I believe there was a non-SB Nation blog that we used for the the mock draft; I'll try to track down that information.  

I'm interested to know the answers to several of the same questions you have, though I wonder if the marked decrease in K-Mac's stats was simply due to a more conservative approach in the passing game as the Chargers moved from Brees to Rivers last year.

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Jul 27, 2007 8:48 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wait a minute
Marty Schottenheimer's a lot of things, but one thing he'll do is fling that football down the field.  You just wait until Keenan gets involved in the wild and wacky Texans' offense, which often gets confused with the ol' Mike Martz Greatest Show on Turf.

by Scott on Jul 27, 2007 9:22 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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