From a salary cap perspective? Yes. Plenty of room. The question becomes whether the player would want to come here and philosophically if the Texans wanted the player enough to make the top offer. Ahman Green, Jacques Reeves, Tony Weaver... these are the big signings from the Kubiak era to date. Is there something there that suggests the team might make a splash when UFA opens?
Looking ahead, with the tag deadline passed, I've gotta believe the Texans make offers to a few of their own in the next week, namely Eugene Wilson. Owen Daniels is due a RFA tender at a minimum and possibly a multi-year contract. There are others too.
Signing Dunta Robinson to a long-term contract would probably lower his 2009 cap figure significantly versus the $9.957M tag figure. Probably won't happen until July now though, if at all.
Bottom line is that the Texans have cap room, especially if they put off extending some of their players with expiring deals after this season (DeMeco, Pitts, Walter, etc.)
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