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[Keith]

So I guess it isn't a surprise that the Texans approached their higher-paid players in a stable contract.

Extending Mario is going to be a tough, complex process, and I don't know that the Texans wanted to rush into that.

Extending Schaub seems like a no-brainer to do it, but negotiating the terms will require some thoughtful insight and a lot of back-and-forth negotiation as well I'm sure.

I don't remember DeMeco's 2011 base offhand, but restructuring Antonio and Andre alone was probably enough to get them close.

I know the typical knee-jerk reaction from the media will be to applaud these three players, but really, it's not much sweat from them... they pretty much just get their base salaries paid as bonuses now. Not a bad deal at all, really. I'd take it.

The kudos belong to the front office, probably to Chris Olsen and whoever else is doing the paperwork.