September 6, 2008
Caveman Gets Over on Homo Sapiens
by Keith Weiland
Keith@IntheBullseye.com

Now Eric Winston can afford all he wants of the roast duck with mango salsa. The Texans right tackle with a Neanderthal visage has reportedly agreed on Saturday to a five-year extension worth as much as $30 million, including a $6 million signing bonus and a total of $10 million guaranteed.

The deal is just the latest signpost on the road to respectability for the Texans, the team with the most maligned offensive line this decade and perhaps in the history of the league. Much as Winston has struggled to understand a modern world that frightens and confuses him, so have the Texans evolved in achieving this new level of success.

The agreement no doubt comes as a total shock to our local media, given the complete lack of coverage that anything was even being discussed. This is especially appalling since Winston is represented by Drew Rosenhaus, a man who never turns away from a television camera. (So wait, I guess this makes Rosenhaus the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer? Huh, I just got that.)

So, **SPOILER ALERT** here for the local media, but what you probably won't be reading elsewhere is that Winston might just be the first in a short series of contract extensions forthcoming. Tight end Owen Daniels, who like Winston voided the fourth and final year of his rookie contract, will become a restricted free agent after the season if he doesn't sign an extension.

Linebacker DeMeco Ryans is signed through 2009, but he has vastly outperformed his rookie contract as well. Then lastly, injured cornerback Dunta Robinson will become an unrestricted free agent if he isn't re-signed before next March.

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