Peter King On Nnamdi Asomugha And The Houston Texans

I know I’m in the minority here, but I’m okay with jason allen at cb 1 kareem jackson at cb 2 and brandon harris at nickel..

I would love Namndi here. But if it’s at the cost people are talking then NO… If it’s my call I get Richard Marshall/Jonathan Joseph AND Eric Weddel/Michael Huff for the same price scrabble is asking. But if my football wet dream happened…. We sign Huff, resign Leach AND then Big Dre’s offseason recruiting works and Ochocinco and Chromartie come here. Shutting EVERYBODY UP. We sweep the south then see how far in the playoffs that brings us. I’m guessing SB champs. Still can’t write it cuz I don’t wanna jinx it

but I wouldnt want to pay someone that type of money who dosent really want to be here.

King’s article sounds like pure filler to me. Just speculating because there is literally nothing football related to talk about. I’m not hating on him for that. Like I said, what else is he going to do.

My question on Nmadi is the same as has always been. Make an effort to sign him, but don’t wait around it. Go after Joesph right from the opening bell too. I would much rather have Joseph and Weddle (or some other combination of quality CB/S) than just Nmamdi…but if you can get Nmamdi, get him. I don’t care about sending a message. Messages don’t win games. Any boost to clubs image among fans quickly goes away if the results aren’t there…and our problems on defense go beyond just one CB.

Has anyone warned Cincy Jungle that Pancakes is clueless?

I am no expert on any of the candidates mentioned. I only know what I read about them. Is there anyone here commenting that knows a lot about them, other than what we read? This is an honest question.

He has experience in Phillip’s defense, loves the way he was played in that defense.., and Wade was probably pretty happy with what he had in Cromartie while he was with the Chargers…

Houston would probably be among the top teams he’d be interested in, he’s probably among the top CBs Wade would be interested in bringing in as he already has had success with him before so knows fairly well how he’d fit into the system, and compared to Asomugha he’ll be fairly cheap.

I don’t care much for the 10 kids from 25 different women, but as far as character issues goes not being able to keep it in the pants isn’t the worst in the world… I could put up with a horndog being on the team if it meant our secondary situation got alot better… Asomugha would do the same without the baggage, but also like 10 million dollars a year more expensive… You could probably get Cromartie AND another solid veteran starter on defense for the same money combined as you could for one Asomugha…

I think that in order to answer this question we need to ask ourselves: In a year with so much not happening as far as coaching and team training, how much can the defense improve with what we have?

If the answer is not much, then yes go after Nmandi. Give him a blank check and have him fill in what he wants. It also depends on how he feels about the Texans as a contender (we aren’t one) and how much time he wants to wait before he has a realistic opportunity at a Super Bowl?

The only thing I don’t want is a half assed approach. Either we go in all the way no rubber and hope for the best and prepare for the worst, or move on to someone else. There has to be a full press on him and if we aren’t going to give it 100% then the organization should not waste his time or theirs.

I would say be pessimistic considering what the franchise has been and just settle on the fact that this will be our defense for next season (whenever that takes place). If we get him great, if we don’t the texans will have to prove that what they have is enough to finally make the playoffs.

if it isn’t Scrabble then the one they get had better be Joseph. Other than that is a bag of meh to me. Hell no on Rogers. Don’t know enough about Marshall. Taylor is more meh.

I think with Joseph and they retain Allen the secondary will be upgraded. Already saw that the new secondary coach likes what he saw from Allen when he played corner. I think they give him the chance to work just at corner and see what more he can do. He’s already better than K-Jax.

Quin over top with someone with a lot of speed (read: Huff) and I like it.

And commented on it….oh well

Well as I’ve said before, I’d rather get 3 good players than sell out for 1 guy and pin our hopes on him. Not saying we shouldn’t offer Nnamdi a contract but getting into a bidding war the Cowpies or Eagles for one guy when we need at least two solid secondary players and perhaps a decent WR doesn’t make sense to me.

I’ve been on the Bengals Jonathan Joseph since I heard he possibly going to be available. Make an offer to Nnamdi but immediately pursue JJ. I think he’s top 15 among CB’s in the league.

Another name that has come to my attention recently is Drayton Florence. He played under Wade his entire tenure in SD and whom I consider a pretty solid CB. I think his past with Wade will put him on the Texans radar. I think he might be the second or third guy on the Texans list in fact.

Also Donte Whitner will be available at Safety. Not sure if he’s a Wade type of player but he did have 140 tackles last year (5th in the league) and number 1 for all SS so he can be counted on to hit and tackle the ball carrier. One of several things the Texans defense struggled to do last year.

 I’d even go after Cromartie (reluctantly). Not high on Carlos Rodgers but I’d go after Ike Taylor.

I’m not sure about this one.

Got to roll the dice at some point, might as well be now

Asomugha has a form of color-blindness called Deuteranomaly stating in the June 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine that "It was determined when I was about 7 years old. It’s never really affected my play on the field — I can easily distinguish between light and dark colors. I only have trouble between similar colors — the light ones. They look the same to me. No problems on the field