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Originally Posted by HPF Bob
I never said anything bad about Arian. I merely pointed out the obvious that he was the first place the Texans were going to go for cap relief since he wasn't producing on a level of what they were paying him. Not hate, just the facts.
AJ too was overpaid and fixing to be even more overpaid so the Texans cut him to clear cap space. The difference was that AJ and his uncle spoke like they were going to get revenge on the Texans when they moved on and if you were going to screw over your old team, where else would you try to go than to their biggest rival?
AJ left with a chip on his shoulder while Arian didn't, hence my reactions to both.
I think the precedent has been sent and will continue in the near future since we now have a QB making franchise money and a DL making franchise QB money.
Next on the parade of big-money cap cuts will be Duane Brown and Brian Cushing. Only a blind person doesn't see this coming.
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I honestly didn't see the revenge quotes from AJ. I am not surprised to hear it from the uncle. It's the same uncle who negotiated his terrible deal, then later threatened a hold out only for AJ to declare to the media the next day he would never hold out and it was just bluster from his uncle/agent.
If AJ did go scorched earth I can kind of understand rooting against him a bit. But I don't think he actually said anything negative. I googled and there is nothing negative. There are quotes of him saying it's not personal, he understands it's business that they cut him, that he's not focused on revenge, and that he's excited to try to win a super bowl in Indy (how'd that work out). And then he took out a full page ad thanking the team and Bob McNair by name.
And the Colts thing is ridiculous. It's not like he took less money to go there. He got a huge deal to go to a playoff team. It was not revenge plot, just a guy grabbing his last payday after his team cut him.
The chip on the shoulder is yours Bob, not AJ's.