BREAKING NEWS: Texans Sign DT Shaun Cody
by Jake on Mar 23, 2009 1:32 PM CDT
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Per John Clayton and ESPN, the Houston Texans have agreed to terms with DT Shaun Cody, formerly of the Detroit Lions. Cody has 91 career tackles, 36 of which came last year. In 2005, Cody's rookie season, he tallied 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble, but he hasn't been able to record any since.
Cody's most important attribute is that he is 6'4", 310 pounds, which gives Frank Bush and Bill Kollar another option at NT besides the developing Frank Okam and the terrible Travis Johnson. The Texans have now found free agent acquisitions for two of their weakest positions last year--NT and DE. Not bad.
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hmm, I know a few of us at Behind the Steel Curtain were thinking he might be on the Steelers radar…guess not, good signing in my book though.
I'll drink your Milkshake, I'll drink it up!
by drinkyourmilkshake on Mar 23, 2009 1:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I was kinda hoping we'd get him.
I know we’re not paying TJ a huge amount of money, and I also know he’s in his contract year, but I’m almost willing to wager that the end of TJ’s time in Houston is on it’s last legs.
Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.
by beefy on Mar 23, 2009 1:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Please!
Yes please, that would be the best for all
by schillingb on Mar 24, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
at the very least.....
this will make someone play hard at DT right? TJ sucks, but he may surprise us…..on second thought maybe not.
GO TEXANS!!!!
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by Texanmaniac on Mar 23, 2009 2:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think you could do a lot worse than Shaun Cody… but we still better be looking at a big NT in the draft. All I see Cody is, is better depth than TJ would be.
Chris - www.HoustonDiehards.com
by HoustonDiehards on Mar 23, 2009 2:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I like this deal a lot because
I was in favor of signing Shaun 2 months ago. I proposed signing Shaun and Chris Canty to replace Weaver and TJ (see comment).
I was in favor of this move because it seemed that these were going to be reasonably priced players. Well I was dead wrong about Canty because he got a six-year, $42 million deal from the NY Giants including $17.25 million in guaranteed money. Chron.com is reporting Cody’s deal to be worth up to $6 million over 3 years.; a much cap-friendlier deal. This immediately upgrades our DT position and sends a clear signal to TJ.
As we add pieces to the D, the focus for the draft continues to narrow, and our likelihood of trading down goes up. This is another good day for Smithiak and the Texans.
by oiler-texan diehard on Mar 23, 2009 2:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking the opposite
about the draft.
As we narrow, coupled with the extra 4th we have, I was thinking we were positioning ourselves to be in a position to trade UP.
Not sure if thats on the radar, or who we would target, but the flexibility is nice!
I like our draft position a LOT after this acquisition!
Smushiak will take us to the playoffs in 2009.
by texanphil on Mar 23, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe I'm guilty of just seeing it the way I want it to work out
At this point in the development of our franchise, while the immediate future is looking better, we still have multiple need areas (OLB, S, C/G, RB, CB) that would be best served by adding an extra 3rd rounder that could be had by moving down approx. 5 spots with a team coveting a QB. I see us still getting a quality player at #20, and the extra 3rd rounder could be help at any of the areas where depth is needed. I am certainly no expert talent evaluator, but this draft seems to be one that has many players of roughly equivalent talent from midway round 2 through round 4. Smith has proven that he can pick the gems in rounds 3 & 4.
I definitely buy into your argument below that offense can be a consideration with our top pick. If one of the top OT’s (Oher) falls to 15 he would be a value pick, but I would be against using a pick to move up in order to select him, Raji, Orakpo, Brown or anyone else.
by oiler-texan diehard on Mar 23, 2009 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If by moving to 20...
we could convince Kubes to take Sean Smith, I’d make that move in a heartbeat. Also, it would mean that someone else could deal with Brian Douche-ing.
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 23, 2009 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope to God almighty that Smith is smart enough to pass on Cushing
I see him getting a career ending injury in his first season. Smith maybe won’t be there at 46, but isn’t 20 too high to take him? Draft Tek has him at #44 to Miami. Rob Rang et al at CBS don’t have him in the 1st round. We could go Ayers or Matthews at 20 and pick up Louis Delmas, Ron Brace, Max Unger or Eric Wood at 46 if Smith is gone. (Could also go Sintim at 46 if we take Ayers 1st). None of those scenarios OK with you?
by oiler-texan diehard on Mar 23, 2009 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
with the extra fourth
we also could be in a position to move up in the second round to get Smith.
Try to trade down in the first. Failing that, take BPA. Try to trade up before Smith goes in the second if the terms are acceptable.
I like it.
Smushiak will take us to the playoffs in 2009.
by texanphil on Mar 23, 2009 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like most everything I see of Sintim
except I keep reading that he’s completely lost in space when asked to cover. Not a huge deal for our SLB, but worrisome.
I’m moving further and further away from Matthews, for reasons I plan on explaining today or tomorrow in a post. Ayers is growing on me, though.
My pushing for Smith, even at 15, comes from the fact that I believe he’s the best fit of the players who will be available. If we go DE, we’re getting a backup. If we go DT, we’re taking a guy who is most likely too small to play NT (unless Raji fell, obviously). Between FS and SLB, FS is more important to the 4-3 defense and I think Smith would be able to challenge Wilson from Day 1. PLUS, Smith gives you the flexibility to consider moving him to CB if Dunta leaves.
In my perfect world, we find some way to land Smith and Brace with our first two picks. I don’t care how we maneuver to pull it off, short of overpaying to move up in the second.
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 24, 2009 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I Like Smith
I just wish we could trade down to get him and not take him at 15. I know your stance on taking the best available player no matter where they’re rated and I agree with it, it’s just that if we could get him and get another thrid out of it I would be thrilled. I think the Texans will take Matthews if they stay at 15, and while I like him I’m not too attached to him to get angry if they don’t select him.
Let's get the Texans a better fight song.
by Jake on Mar 24, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed completely.
In a perfect world, we move down and get a third or a fourth or whatever.
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 24, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the way u think ;)
Completely agree, as a matter of fact once the Texans made the deal for the second 4th rounder, I was sure it was going to be used as a trade up tool. This signing definitely helps the argument.
by wiseonekms on Mar 23, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoa, whoa, whoa...
I like the signing, but Shaun Cody is no more a two-gap NT than Travis Johnson, DelJuan Robinson, or I am.
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 23, 2009 3:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
By which I mean...
he played DE half the time in college and is a speed guy. 310 lbs is at least 20 pounds too light to be a real two-gap, 1 technique NT.
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 23, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sorry to show my ignorance
but is a “two-gap, 1 technique NT” a requirement of a 3-4 defense MORE than a 4-3, the other way around, or is one beneficial in each system equally?
Smushiak will take us to the playoffs in 2009.
by texanphil on Mar 23, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beneficial in both.
The main difference is the size. In a 4-3, your two gapper can be in the 330 range (give or take a few pounds, depending on strength and athleticism) because there’s an extra guy on the line that the o-line has to account for. Think the difference between Albert Haynesworth and Haloti Ngata.
The biggest problem we have right now on defense, IMO, is the lack of a big body who can take on the center and a guard and clog space/free Amobi. We keep running out there too light at the 1-technique, which is a big reason we never, ever seem to stop RBs in the backfield.
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 23, 2009 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
HOPEFULLY...
The difference can be made up with Bush’s “fire the gap” priciples, as opposed to the Waste Of Skin’s “catch the blocker and react” motif.
Granted, I’m all with you that the bigger the better on the two-gapper, but we’re still all pulling for Okam to rip off heads and shit down necks in that arena, no? Maybe the combination of the two, and the fact that Smith can drop down on third downs can take us to the land of legitimacy.
Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.
by beefy on Mar 24, 2009 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or I am
How many pounds “too light” are you?
Smushiak will take us to the playoffs in 2009.
by texanphil on Mar 23, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
More than 100...
but I’ve got a better motor than TJ. And I’m just as likely to take on two blockers.
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 23, 2009 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bingo
Shaun Cody is, at best, slightly better than TJ.
“Let’s not start sucking each other’s dicks quite yet.”
Chris - www.HoustonDiehards.com
by HoustonDiehards on Mar 23, 2009 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Pulp Fiction.
Winston Wolf to Jules and Vincent after the car is cleaned.
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 24, 2009 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They're YOUR clothes, motherfucker.
.
Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.
by beefy on Mar 24, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Birthright
The way your dad looked at it, this watch was your birthright. He’d be damned if any slopes gonna put their greasy yellow hands on his boy’s birthright, so he hid it, in the one place he knew he could hide something: his ass. Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the watch to you.
It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!
by USMC_Texas on Mar 24, 2009 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's a fit
Cody fits in to what Kollar wants his D-linemen to be – active penetrators. Kubiak gave Kollar the title of Assistant Head Coach as a way of saying the D-line is his. In the same vein as what he did with Gibbs and the O-line. They’ll take on Kollar’s identity and that’s the way Kubiak wants it. Also, I’m not sure Kubiak will make it a priority to find a true two-gap NT, but maybe I’m wrong.
by carsonwayne on Mar 23, 2009 3:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I worry...
that you’re right and, for whatever reason, Kubes is building a defense that has the size/flexibility of a Tampa-2 squad. Which would be fine…if we ran a goddamned Tampa-2. In a traditional 4-3, it’s the equivalent of repeatedly dropping the soap in a prison shower and hoping for the best.
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 23, 2009 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the draft
We have taken care of depth and talent on our DL in free agency. We have a decent LB corps (as in ‘marine ..’, not dead dude). Our defensive backfield is there and should improve with better DL play.
Are we opening the gates to best OVERALL player available with our picks? I think offense in round 1 is back on the board now, and I’m ok with it.
Truth be told, I was ok with an offensive player in rd 1 all along, but now I think we’re in a much better position to take our favorite player on either side of the ball.
We can stand the upgrade on the OL. We could use an upgrade/injury replacement at WR. We need a power back, and who says he just has to be Slaton’s backup? How about a 1-2 punch?
We had a top 5 offense last year, but as I’ve said before, we didn’t get the ball in the end zone near enough to disregard our needs on the offensive side of the ball. We MOVED the ball between the 20’s very well last year. I think a playmaker or another 1st round OL pick could benefit us as much as a defensive star at this point.
Yes we need a safety, but I’ve heard several arguments stating that any one of these dudes would be a reach at 15.
Plus if we wait until next year, we can get Eric Berry!
Smushiak will take us to the playoffs in 2009.
by texanphil on Mar 23, 2009 4:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
honestly
i still dont wanna take offense in 1st round…
BUT IF WE HAD too…id go maclin…no doubt about it…with slaton, daniels, him, and and AJ that would be beastly…not to mention walter, jacoby, and anderson!
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Mar 23, 2009 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If we HAD to go offense in the first round
Sign me up for Max Unger (assuming Alex Mack isn’t a good ZBS fit).
Center – whether the team publicly says it or not – is a bigger offensive need than WR by FAR.
Chris - www.HoustonDiehards.com
by HoustonDiehards on Mar 23, 2009 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
true
but i think unger at 15 is a major reach…if we had to trade down to like 29 id take him…(assuming matthews and other we ant not there)
also that possibility trading with detroit there 20 and 33 for our 15 and 46 ( or wtvr our 2nd rounder is) could get us our player AND UNGER with the 2nd rounder..that would be nice!
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Mar 23, 2009 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beanie Wells
the dude is huge, but he’d end up w/ a bigger contract than Slaton, not sure that’s really fair for Slaton.
by wiseonekms on Mar 23, 2009 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's my biggest concern with him.
Well, that and the fact that he probably molests collies.
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 23, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like it for many reasons
1. It would keep Slaton’s “got something to prove” attitude, which worked quite nicely for him/us in 2008.
2. You can never have enough talent in the backfield.
3. Fair for Slaton? You don’t get what you deserve…. don’t get me wrong, I want to take care of him, but I also want to keep him hungry, and want to prove to me, the fan, that last year wasn’t a fluke. Then we’ll talk about fairness.
Smushiak will take us to the playoffs in 2009.
by texanphil on Mar 23, 2009 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mendenhal (spelling?)
I wanted us to draft him last year, but I think we all agree that we are glad we waited til Slaton.
WHY would we blow our wad in the first round on a backup running back?
We can get quality depth at RB in the 2nd or more likely 3rd round, and still get a starter on our deffense at a position of need.
It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!
by USMC_Texas on Mar 24, 2009 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
re:backup running back
My best player available theory would involve helping the team the best for the long term. We are not set at RB by any means. We are not set on offense by any means. We need starters at most positions. As it sits right now we only have one first round pick. Are we good enough to pass up the best player available if he happens to be an offensive player? I say no. How about if he is a RB? I say no.
Thats all I’m saying. I don’t think we should pick a backup RB in round one. That doesn’t make sense. If we pick one in round one, I would expect the two RB’s to battle it out for the starting job. An excellent problem to have is a RB controversy. Competition is not a bad thing. And we have ONE quality RB currently.
If BPA is defense, or another position on offense, I would expect them to pick him, outside of a QB of course.
Smushiak will take us to the playoffs in 2009.
by texanphil on Mar 24, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Noted
But any back we pick in the first three rounds will be “battleing” it out but as a back-up for Steve the Slasher Slaton, who by the way we picked up in the bottom of the third round last year. He earned the ability to start because he was freaking awesome! Granted another back can and hopefully will be as good or better from this draft. All I am saying is there are more glaring holes to fill on Defense that we need immediate help with. We need a DE, DT, OLB, CB/Saftey that can come in and be a force on defense, and we should get a first round value out of a LB in this draft. Maybe we will get Jenkins. We can have the best offense in the world, but if we can’t hold up on D we will never win a championship. I am fine with drafting offense in round one if our brain trust does it, but I just don’t see it because of our needs on the other side of the ball.
It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!
by USMC_Texas on Mar 24, 2009 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beanie
I do think he and Slaton would make a great 1-2 punch though, but is he used to a zone system?
It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!
by USMC_Texas on Mar 24, 2009 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whenever people say "Beanie Wells"
…for some reason I always think “Maurice Clarett.” Don’t know why.
When I'm on the mic, I'm like global warming, you can't ignore me.
by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 24, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Ooh! Ooh! I know!!!
Because they both molested crippled children!!!
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 24, 2009 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or, you could avoid most of those problems...
by just taking Gartrell Johnson in the fourth. Then you’ve got a power back to go with your primary weapon and not two guys who think they should be RB1.
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 24, 2009 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
3rd or 4th
I believe would be our best place to pick our back. 1st and second we go for best position of need on D.
It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!
by USMC_Texas on Mar 24, 2009 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Finally got you hooked...
Awesome. Fuggin LOVE that dude.
Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.
by beefy on Mar 24, 2009 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what sold me?
When you sent me the link and said he “hits the hole like Ron Jeremy.”
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 24, 2009 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's got braids
usually that’s a foolproof way to draft players: Bob Sanders, Atari Bigby, Fitzgerald. lol, newayz, I’m getting the feeling that the Texans are going to draft Michael Johnson. His measurables are reeeaaallly similar to Mario’s. Iono, just a thought. After we got Antonio Smith and Shaun Cody as pluggers for the defense rather than long-term solutions, I think the Texans might take a bit of a risk on this guy Johnson. Just a guess…
by wiseonekms on Mar 24, 2009 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
File this under
Good ideas.
When I'm on the mic, I'm like global warming, you can't ignore me.
by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 24, 2009 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was high on Johnson...
then kind of cooled. But I was looking again at his measurables yesterday and found myself renewing a love that dare not speak its name.
So…yeah…I’m for it. (Which is odd, because I am against a DE in theory in the first. But I covet mutants.)
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 24, 2009 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't have too many mutants on your team.
I mean, how good a pass rusher would Colossus have been?
When I'm on the mic, I'm like global warming, you can't ignore me.
by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 25, 2009 7:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly!
And Juggernaut would have made the perfect big back compliment to Stevie Wonder.
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Mar 25, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
He would have been a phenomenal short-yardage back.
When I'm on the mic, I'm like global warming, you can't ignore me.
by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 25, 2009 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This Fanbase has a lot of Naysayers
Was the title of this story “BREAKING NEWS: The Texans Sign Perennial Pro Bowler Shaun Cody”? We regularly trash Travis Johnson and Anthony Weaver for good reason; because they played terribly. Then the Texans go and address those specific positions in free agency by signing Antonio Smith and now Shaun Cody and we scoff, Why? They’re admitting that those positions were lacking and are therefore taking steps to make them better.
I’m all about calling a spade a spade; Shaun Cody is by no means going to singlehandedly take us to the SuperBowl, but no here was saying that he was going to. Instead, people were excited that it was a step in the right direction, and they should be. Besides the Outside the Lines fiasco, it has been a positive offseason for the most part.
Look, I’m not trying to give a locker room pep talk here or anything, but I personally have to remind myself sometimes of why I blog here; because I love the NFL and the Texans. I think we’ve been accostomed to having so much negativity for so long that we can’t just stop and say “Hey, that’s not a bad little free agent pickup. Cool.” and stop at that.
Anyways, sorry for the soapbox speech, I hope it didn’t come off the wrong way. This wasn’t aimed at anyone specifically, it was just more of a stream of consciousness.
Let's get the Texans a better fight song.
by Jake on Mar 23, 2009 7:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
TT, one of the things that makes this and the other Texans' blogs interesting is the different opinions
I think this was a great signing as I stated above, if for no other reason that if TJ wasn’t already feeling the Turk’s cold breath on the back of his neck he surely is now. Competition brings out the best in champions. Cody is no Albert Haynesworth, but he has talent, and I think he will be a solid contributor this year. We didn’t break the bank to land him and that’s a real plus.
I can appreciate that some people think this is a marginal or even bad signing. I just think that they are wrong.
by oiler-texan diehard on Mar 23, 2009 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmmm
I see largely positive reactions to this signing here. Maybe I have those damn beer goggles on again.
I think the signing scares TJ by threatening his starting position. We need as much of this as we can get, at all positions. If Cody sits it was still a good signing. He made TJ work harder and earn his starting job back from the FNG.
And the depth factor is there too. We get our fair share of injuries.
Add to that that we did just what is best case scenario heading to the draft. Position yourself so you aren’t forced to reach for a player of need. I think we’re very close to this.
Smushiak will take us to the playoffs in 2009.
by texanphil on Mar 23, 2009 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agree
Well said
It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!
by USMC_Texas on Mar 24, 2009 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Consider Me A Fan Of This Signing
Not a ton of guaranteed money, and it has the potential to make Travis Johnson expendable and/or on the sidelines more. Win-win.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...
by Tim on Mar 23, 2009 9:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Good signing
It is another step forward, and we are setting up for the draft quite nicely.
Forget about O-line in the first round. We have a better chance of drafting Marl Sanchez.
It will be addressed but not in the first round.
The Texans will draft the best player available at a need position, and they need TOO MANY starters on defense.
I doubt offense will be addressed in round one on any position. It seems people are thinking with their hearts and not their minds a little.
It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!
by USMC_Texas on Mar 24, 2009 9:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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