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The Texans currently have a bit more than $51 million in cap space, not counting Bruce Ellington’s 2018 cap number.
Houston Texans salary cap space now sitting at ~$51.126m. This does not include Bruce Ellington.
— TexansCap (@TexansCap) March 15, 2018
So far the Texans have signed Aaron Colvin to a four-year deal worth $34 million ($18 million guaranteed), Senio Kelemete to a three-year contract worth $12 million ($5.5 million guaranteed), Zach Fulton to a deal of undetermined length and dollars (though it’s expected to be for around $7.5 million a year), Seantrel Henderson to a one-year deal worth up to $4 million (depending on how many bonuses met), and Bruce Ellington to a one-year deal for an unknown amount of money.
The Texans have also lost Tom Savage, who should never throw a football again, to the Saints. Not a Nerf ball. Not a rubber $3 Walmart ball. It doesn’t matter. No footballs at all, ever. The rest of Houston’s unrestricted free agents are still out there, taking calls. In addition to that, there are plenty of other players still available for Houston to sign.
As of right now, Houston can still use more offensive linemen, (a tackle especially), a tight end, an edge defender, a strong safety, and a cornerback or two. They also need to make up their mind about whether they want to make any other additional cuts to the roster, all while keeping in mind the need to extend the contracts of Jadeveon Clowney and Benardrick McKinney.
No big deal.
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UPDATE: C.J. Fiedorowicz has reworked his contract for the 2018 season.
C.J.Fiedorowicz, who's contemplated retirement, has reworked his contract. He's now due a $790,000 base salary for 2018. He was advanced $229,000 in salary
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) March 15, 2018
UPDATE II: You knew the Texans had already exercised the fifth-year option on Jadeveon Clowney’s rookie contract. What we’re just learning is that Clowney is classified as a defensive end instead of an outside linebacker, which drops his salary by about $1.5 million in 2018...assuming the Texans don’t sign him to a long-term extension before the season starts.
Jadeveon Clowney, due to being classified as an outside linebacker instead of a defensive end, is now due a $12.306 million fifth-year option instead of $13.846 million. The Texans want to do a lucrative contract extension for Clowney, so he may not play under that number
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) March 15, 2018
UPDATE III: Texans expected to bring back Johnathan Joseph.
The Texans are getting close to bringing back veteran CB Johnathan Joseph. They've been wanting to keep him and could do it today.
— John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) March 15, 2018
UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: It’s official. J-Jo is back on a two-year extension.
UPDATE IV: C.J. Fiedorowicz has been placed on the reserve-retired list.
UPDATE V: You can take that sigh of relief now, Texans fans. Your Angelo Blackson jersey has not been rendered a throwback.
The Texans re-signed DL Angelo Blackson after not tendering him as a restricted free agent
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) March 15, 2018