Why The Texans Must Make A Serious Run At Nnamdi Asomugha

I’m not big on the psychology of moves. Sure, there might be some temporary boost in the atmosphere around the locker room, but a solid game plan and good players win games. Not atmosphere. That winning edge comes from winning, plain and simple. All of that “team striving to be the best” attitude stuff doesn’t work if you’re team is not good enough and is still losing.

I would love to have alphabet on the team. He instantly makes us better, and he makes us better at a position of weakness. We would still have holes at other positions though and without knowing the cap situation it’s hard to sit here and say, especially from the outside, how much is too much. I do think it’s time for the Texans to be more aggressive in free agency, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to bet the farm on bringing in one marquee player. I would much rather spend resources on a solid vet safety, a solid vet CB, and reliable depth at OT and LB. I know you don’t think solid is enough Rivers, but I disagree. Solid isn’t enough when you have multiple gaping holes at other positions. I’m not sure great CB can overcome those gaping holes either.

On a somewhat related note, I assume that their will be a reduction in the cap under a new CBA. If that’s the case, the question is if these marquee free agents will be willing to accept a similar reduction in their next contract. Could make for contentious negotiations in free agency.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll get back to the sobering reality that Ike Taylor and Kareem Jackson will be the starting corners for the 2011 Houston Texans.

A move like this, signing a big name, is what this franchise’s fan base needs. This is the kind of move that would electrify the fan base which has been growing increasingly impatient and jaded. I hope someone’s putting this same idea in Bob & Rick’s ears.

I’m not dollars-and-cents guy, but a multi-year deal worth about $12-15MM per season seems (situationally) reasonable. I hope I hear an offer like that when free agency gets started.

We need to make a run, but you really shouldn’t waste your breath about whether or not we get him.

Anyone who thinks we are going to out-bid Dallas or Washington for Nmandi put your hand up. Now look around, b/c everyone with your hand up is blinded by homer-dom. Either one of those teams would be enough to make me think we wouldn’t offer the most $ but both… it just isn’t going to happen. Maybe while Dan Snyder tries to see how much money he can spend we can snatch away Carlos Rogers. It’s too bad J Joseph prob won’t be available, because he is a real, young talent that is actually within our reach.

Maybe instead of pontificating on the possibility of us doing something we’ve never successfully done before by making a major free agent aquisition, we should be thinking about undrafted free agents. There is a virtual gold mine of UFAs (at least for position where we need help)… and signing UFAs is something we actually do well (See: Foster, Arian).

Available (impact) UFA in postions of need:

Kendric Burney CB NC

Deunta Williams FS NC

Brandon Blair DE Boise
Ryan Winterswyk DE Boise

Ian williams NT Notre Dame
Anthony Gray NT S Miss

Courtney Smith WR S Alabama
Deandre Brown WR S Miss

Those are just off the top of my head. The Texans getting Nmandi is a pipe dream at best. At worst it’s a dangerous waste of time when we should be focused on adding talented youth.

We gave leigh Bodden a good run last year, i mean if i am not mistaken,it was us and the Pats right? In the end he went back to them, so i say this we will go after Nnamdi and it might once again come down to us and another team, with him moving on to another team. So why we where after him all the other good free agents have already signed somewhere else and we are stuck. Now i hope it does not happen that way but i have a feeling that is. I want to know what people think teams will offer Nnamdi.

Would you come here over Dallas?

Would you come here over NY Jets?

Would you come here over Washington (if they were offering significantly more $)?

This was an excellent read, but I don’t think we should convince ourselves that Scrabble is the only option. I think Bob will make an effort to appease, but I just don’t see it happening.

I am going to argue that Nnambdi is not a difference maker. Not that much of one anyways. How can I say this? Um – Oakland’s record while he has been there. Last year they were 11th in Defense, year before 26th, year before 27th, year before that 22nd —

He is a shutdown corner – but how much of a difference maker has he really been? I would be giddy and excited to get him, but then again I would be giddy and excited to get “solid” :))

Teams are cutting jobs of regular folks – the season appears to be going down the drain.

Move Glover Quin to SS
Sign Michael Huff – FS
Sign Alan Branch – DT/DE
Sign UDFA Mark Herzlich as an ILB
Sign UDFA Ian Williams – NT
Sign UDFA Terrence Tolliver – WR

Defensive Line Up
DE – Smith/Branch
NT – Cody/Mitchell/I.Williams
DE – Watt/Okoye
WOLB – M.Williams/Anderson
WILB – Ryans/Sharpton
SILB – Cushing/Herzlich
SOLB – Barwin/Reed
CB – Allen/Jackson/Harris/Carmichael/McCain/McManis
FS – Huff/Nolan
SS – Quin/Keo

Although this is of concern… I’m in a WIN NOW mode! I don’t care about future contract situations w/ Mario, Duane & company… Field a team thats a superbowl contender and well Rick Smith is getting paid to re-sign players and make it work, so let him do his job. We keep worrying about $$$$, and that is our biggest fault. Anyother player yes, i would have concern giving big $$$ to, but Nnamdi is a top flight corner on a bad team.

the “actions” button just disappears like its saying “wtf are you trying to do?”

Or atleast be a neutered version like what the NBA has when all is said and done

So making a play for Asomugha wouldn’t be a bad thing for Houston (or Jacksonville ;)

The Texans plan to use "twin safeties" in the secondary providing the FS and SS with similar responsibilities. "Ever since my freshman year I had to know free and strong," S Dominique Barber said. "Knowing both sides will make you better because you know what the other guy is doing." Texans RapidReports

How often does a true superstar become a free agent in a time where he can actually make the difference in a positive way? I don’t mean guys that were good or great but true difference makers. A couple of people on here are opposed to Nmandi because they believe that his stats don’t reflect what he truly is. They believe that Revis is better and that Asomugha won’t solve all of our problems on D.

All I know is that Revis practically shuts down one half of the field. Offensive coordinators rarely throw to his side and prefer to instead take their chances against the Raiders 2nd and 3rd options. The Texans have never had that as far as I can recall (which after drinking so much bleach isn’t a lot). I would break the bank to sign him because he will improve this team drastically. Let’s say that Wade’s defense is just as vanilla as every other d-coordinator in that the d-line gets rarely any pressure. Now its up to your secondary to step up and do its job. I would feel more confident with Jackson as the 2nd cornerback and safety help over the top than having him as the number one option and having a repeat of next year.

 Worse case scenario it all fails and Nmandi becomes a viable trade option in years 2 and 3. If he does everyone will just blame the Texans for being the same terrible team that they have always been and that not even Durga himself could help our team. I know await for everyone here to destroy and dissect my opinion.

PS. My screenname says it all.

is someone that we should be a lot more interested in than Nmandi. Just saying.

jason allen will be on the team next year right? he is still under contract. So why not have allen and quin at safeties and kareem and vet cb starting? For some reason some people have been saying allen is gone, was only a rental for last year. So thats our secondary guys depending on what vet we get i could live with that.

Why is it that we have $48,330,000 salary
but Dallas has $93,773,721? Also in that Cle, Car, and Buf have bigger salaries then us.
I want to know how is this setup to where one team can pay this amount, why the other teams pay this amount. What i am getting at is if Dallas and all those other teams have that much, why cant we get Nnamdi and a great saftey. Is there a set amount teams suppose to spend or what?
if you guys want to look and check out other teams here.

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/

But I have heard from several sources, with no availability to inside information, that Nnamdi has a very real and aggressive form of tybericulous deterioration. While you may not have heard of this tragic ailment let me assure you that it is not good. I don’t see why any team would want to sign him.

Oh, and he caught it from Michael Huff.