as doc said earlier, what dunta turned down, there is NO WAY he accepts that deal…i dont think owen takes tha deal, nor demeco…

Frankly i think we shud let dunta go already…do some sorta sign and trade…i really like him but cant stand these shanangans…

love the apostrophe naming, tho dont think we shud resign him…wont need dan-or prolly either but wtvr…

also we need to keep in mind that we also drafting rookies, and they cost money so every year, more money wud be added if im not mistaken…

Looking at Riott’s projections, I think a pretty solid argument can be made that getting draft picks for Dunta (and maybe even OD, if you’re a believer that he’s a product of the system, which I am not) is the best thing that could happen for the long-term health of the team.

Everyone has a value. The team has a value for the position, the player, the future and the salary cap. As does the player. A balance has to be found where they all work. We would be crazy if we ever thought it would work out in every case. That is why C.C. Brown and Demarcus Faggins play for other teams now. That is why Cato June, Dan Orlovsky and Antonia Smith now play for the Texans. That is why there is a rookie draft and some of those players will make the team and take the place of some of last years players. You brought up some great research because it seems like it always comes down to what another team is willing to pay, too. That is leverage for either the team or the player to use in their negotiations, depending on which side they fall. So, YES, we have to prepare ourselves to experience that in the near future with one of the premier players.

Anyways, I think the team is doing a great job in respect to their planning. In all cases of the players and positions that you mentioned, they have a contingency plan in place.

If they can’t re-sign Owen Daniels to a long-term contract, they went out and drafted two quality yet NFL-inexperienced tight ends who have the potential to develop. Meanwhile, OD is tied up by contract for one more year. If they can’t resign him, one year from now, they have two tight ends that have one year of NFL experience ready to pick up the ball. OD knows it, too. That is called leverage.

DeMeco Ryans is a special player, which gives him a lot of leverage. The Texans, while they have no one on the roster who can pretend to be the next DeMeco, they have done what they should to prepare for the possibility that they can’t re-sign him in the next year. They drafted a stud SLB and they have three quality WLB’s competing and I am sure that one of them is the contingency at MLB if DeMeco goes down during the season or, GASP, they cant re-sign him. But realistically, when it comes to leverage, I think DeMeco possesses the upper hand here. Realistically, and I am trying to put myself in his position right now, DeMeco is considering how much is enough and is there enough left over to share with my teammates so we can keep quality players and get to the playoffs. He is an elite player and more than any other player up for re-signing right now, he has to consider winning as one of his considerations in negotiations. In the near future, this same consideration will be Mario’s concern.

Dunta Robinson is a unique case in comparison to all of the others. He is a player who has performed extremely well, before his injury. But now, what are we to believe? This player has almost no leverage. That explains why he has not received an offer from another team. He is lucky that he was franchised, if you ask me. He now has the opportunity to play at an elite cornerback salary for one season to prove to the league that he is still capable of playing at his former level. He can stand pat on his contract situation in the meantime and wait. YES, this is risky, because he is taking the chance of experiencing a career-ending injury, but as I said, he has very little leverage. If he plays well, he gets back some leverage. Unfortunately for him, I don’t think the promise by the team of not being franchised next season, too, is coming. The team is not obligated to do that by any means, and it would be bad business to do it. However, we will see. I am interested to see how the Texans respond regarding that issue, probably more than any other issue. If I were the team, I would not give in on that point. They have the players in place for now and the future in case Dunta holds out and COME ON!!! Dunta is not going to pass on $10 million so he can sit down at home and watch the NFL on TV this season. What are the other options? Dunta returns and then injures himself in the first game and spends the rest of the season rehabilitating while he collects his $10 mill? Maybe…. Have we ever seen this happen before? Like I said above, he is lucky that he was franchised. If he can spend the season rehabilitating while being paid and then go out and pass the physical for another team next year, his options are open. If this scenario takes place, that will result in him getting his guarantee that the Texans will not franchise him. But, again, there is a chance that his value will have diminished so much that he will have lost that elite CB value. So, I am very interested in seeing how this game of chess plays out.

Riott Quote "I think those are fair deals. Will they accept them? No, but if they did, let us take a look at our salary cap scenario for the 2009 season. DeMeco’s cap number would be $5.35 million, Dunta’s is $4.27 million, and Owen’s is $2.9 million. That allows us to just barely squeak by under the cap for the upcoming season, with probably less than a million dollars of cap space available (Remember, I am rounding). "

If you resign OD and Dunta to new contracts, the new amount counts against the cap and the one year deal does not. ie, under your proposal, Dunta resigning frees up $9.5 mill and OD frees up another couple.

Sorry, My bad.