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08-03-2011, 05:08 PM
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Cap
According to SR 610 the Texans are $8.5M over the cap. Wil they restructure some contracts tonight, or will they cut some other vet players and try to resign them for less?
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08-03-2011, 05:52 PM
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I suppose restructure is the desired way to do this -
something like this as I understand it - what they do is take some of a large unguaranteed annual salary, convert much of it to a signing bonus guaranteed, then they can spread that bonus across life of contract and reduce the annual salary. player is happy because he gets guaranteed money more or less up front, instead of non guaranteed over several years. team is happy because cap is lowered to new lower annual salary and prorated bonus , although spent more guaranteed.
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08-03-2011, 09:14 PM
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Restructures and extensions with restructures.
My guess, is they will look at Mario and Schaub as the main two. Those two guys are hitting the cap around $20MM this year alone. Schaub's extension (at least in my eyes) is a no-brainer, he's got 1 yr. left after this one. Mario's.....if they weren't up against a time frame, then my guess is they would hold off, but since they don't, we might hear about an extension from him tomorrow. He is in a contract year. Eric Winston is another worth extending. He's got one year left after this one, and is @ about $4.5MM this year. Only other option I see is Antonio Smith. Like Mario, I'm betting they wish they had more time to see them in the "system", but since they don't, they will have to restructure/extend. He's due $4.6MM and has two years left after this one. Might be some other stragglers, Kevin Walters comes to mind, but the above are some big ones.
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08-03-2011, 10:04 PM
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They could extend Mario alone to easily get back under. I wonder though if the Texans would be willing to commit millions upon millions guaranteed though right now given the change to the 3-4 and the unknown amount of success Mario will have in it.
So, extending Schaub seems like the smartest thing to do right now, though that alone won't be enough I don't think since his base salary is $5.7 million. Winston is signed thru 2013 I think unless 2013 was voided somehow. His base is $4.5 million this year, then a half million more each year next. Restructuring Antonio ($5 million base in 2011) or Andre ($7.3 million) are other possibilities if the Texans don't want to extend Mario just yet.
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08-04-2011, 09:28 AM
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Haven't seen any "official" reports of restructures, but saw the below this morning:
@AdamSchefter: As of this morning, there are five teams over the salary cap: OAK $15.25 mil; PITT $8.5m; DET $7.8m; DALLAS $6.7m: HOUSTON $3.25m.
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08-04-2011, 10:45 AM
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Excellent guesses Keith/WMH, you were spot on with Antonio and Andre:
StephStradley Stephanie Stradley Restructured? DeMeco, Andre. Antonio Smith. Confirmed 20 minutes later by McClain: McClain_on_NFL John McClain The Texans have redone the contracts of Andre Johnson, DeMeco Ryans and Antonio Smith to get under the salary cap. They were $8.5M over.
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