I agree with Papabear. While it ultimately worked out, I'm not crazy about the process of how we got there. Essentially, the Texans allowed another team to dictate the terms of DA's contract. To me, that's not great business. While it may have worked out, Denver could have easily signed him for more (or put in a poison pill, etc.). As it is clear Smith and Kubiak thought DA is worth the money the second round tender would have required since they matched an offer worth basically that, they should have tendered him for a second and not put themselves in the position of losing a player they clearly wanted to keep.
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