Texans Down 'N Dirty: Camp Approaches Edition

by Jake on Jul 20, 2009 8:55 AM CDT in News

Every NFL player prepares for training camp in their own unique way, and Eric Winston shared on his blog his particular regimen which involves paying bills, drinking water and going to South Florida. Brutal. My regimen consists of counting down days like a kid with Christmas because there will again be news.

Matt Schaub is trying to get in some golf before camp, and he’s making friends while doing it. Over the weekend the Texans' signal caller inadvertently hit a woman who was watching him and others at a celebrity golf tournament. Matt was extremely apologetic and then thanked the woman for deflecting his ball from the gallery onto the green. This is probably the only time that I will ever write about a golf story on BRB. Ever.

Former Denver Head Coach Mike Shanahan proclaimed that he is ready to coach in the NFL as early as 2010, and Alan Burge made the argument that his son Kyle Shanahan will likely leave the Texans to be his offensive coordinator. Burge makes the argument that it won’t affect the Texans too much considering it's Kubiak’s offense, but I’m not sure I agree with that. One of the keys to the offense’s success last year was Shanahan’s presence, so I would hope that we try to lock him up before next season. The Texans can always bar him from leaving for just another offensive coordinator job, as a head coaching position is the only one that a team cannot block.

Paul Kuharsky at ESPN gave a breakdown of rookie signings throughout the AFC South. Every GM and every team approaches rookie signings differently, as evidenced by our division. The Titans have almost all of their selection signed, the Colts have literally none of theirs, and the Texans and the Jaguars both have roughly half. Hopefully we see some traction on this over the next 11 days so there are no distractions heading into camp.

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Yes, Shanahan

Kubiak gave Shanny Jr a longer leash at the end of the season last year and it resulted in 5 of 6 wins; greater utilization of Steve Slaton giving the offense a balanced attack; showed some moments of Steeler-like ball control eating up huge chunks of time…LOVED that most of all! Keeping the ball away from the other offense while you have the lead can never be overstated. Let’s keep Shanny Jr!!!

It will happen

by Rip Jersey on Jul 20, 2009 10:47 AM CDT reply actions

Regarding rookie signings

Kuharsky correctly states that it is too early to panic by the Colts not having any of their eight rookies inked yet…that is for us to speculate on, LOL! Perhaps the next week will change that substantially, but could this be an indication of a small market team trying to balance between being competitive and being profitable? I ask the qustion, not knowing anything at all about how Colts management feels about this or how Colts fans perceive it. I imagine it will become a hot button soon if it doesn’t change.

It will happen

by Rip Jersey on Jul 20, 2009 12:07 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

my understanding is the NFL has a revenue sharing agreement

I’m not sure but I though that the NFL’s Rev sharing prevented a major difference in how much the teams made based on the size of the market, unlike MLB. Can anyone confirm this? If that is the case then profit vis competitive issues are not major.

by Texans-Brocos on Jul 20, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions

My guess...

When your team is consistently good, like the Colts, you probably don’t pay much attention to all the minutia of the off-season, like we do. Whatever they’re doing, it just keeps working.
Until this year.
You hear that big blue douche?

Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.

by beefy on Jul 22, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions

There is revenue sharing, however, not all sources of income are shared equally

Income shared equally between all the teams:
TV income, sales of NFL licensed products such as jerseys

Income not shared equally:
Gates are shared 60/40 between the home and away team

Income that is not shared at all:
Leased boxes, team licensed merchandise, other events at stadiums, concessions, and I haven’t confirmed this, but I think PSL’s are not shared, because the team would consider it a lease, and here’s another that I just thought of, parking fees.

It will happen

by Rip Jersey on Jul 20, 2009 5:16 PM CDT reply actions

Here's some more interesting info that I found

from: Football 101: The Salary Cap, Cap Room and the Draft, by Mark Lawrence (there are a number of pages with great information)

I am paraphrasing because it is copyrighted.

The NFL figures the team’s rookie salary cap based on the number of draft picks made and the rounds picked in. The rookie cap is typically about $3M – $6M (circa 2005). This comes out of the overall salary cap, it’s not found money. The new rookie contracts must fit in the overall salary cap and the rookie cap at the same time. Because of the limited rookie cap, often times, the #1 pick is the last one to be signed. If most of the rookie cap is used up on the other players, the #1 pick’s contract will be loaded with roster bonuses and incentive clauses to make up the money needed while still fitting in this year’s cap.

A rookie contract may also include incentive clauses.

It will happen

by Rip Jersey on Jul 20, 2009 5:52 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

Thanks for the link

I’m not sure if I agree with what I said either. I don’t want Kyle to leave because I think he has a bright future, but think it’s inevitable. Wishful thinking that we get to keep the Kubiak – Shanahan team together for a few more years as the Texans ride into the playoffs. Maybe McNair shouldn’t be so accomodating to let Kyle leave?

aj (Alan Burge)

by ajtheexaminerguy on Jul 20, 2009 6:03 PM CDT reply actions

I followed the link to Mr. Fantasy's comments

that you provided in your other comment…COMEDIC!!!

It will happen

by Rip Jersey on Jul 20, 2009 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm with you

Even when I was typing these links out, I was torn with how I was going to swing it. I can see where you were coming from in the sense that it’s Kubiak’s offense, but that squad was so much better last year. You can point at the presence of Alex Gibbs and Steve Slaton, but a good deal of credit has to go to Kyle as well. Great piece though AJ.

You know... for kids.

by Jake on Jul 20, 2009 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions

Kyle

Let’s tap the brakes a bit on the Shanny Jr. love a bit. Does anyone have proof how much free reign Kubes was giving? Kid’s still a pup.
That said, I like the piss out of him, and hope he stays. Honestly, with two more years of solid offensive coordination on Kube’s staff, and he ends up getting interviewed for the Big Show. Whereas, if Papa Shanny catches on at some shit heap, he may have to wait several years longer before getting consideration.

Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.

by beefy on Jul 22, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions