Free Agent WRs

[NBT]

Originally Posted by Joshua

Mario played in all 16 games his first 4 years. In his fifth year, he played in 13 games and then went on IR because the team sucked and the season was effectively over, but I seem to recall the Texans indicating that he could have played out the string if the games had meant something (haven't looked for this but that is my recollection). Last year, he did miss 11 games after a freak pectoral injury. In short, last year is the only year he absolutely had to be shut down. If you think 1 non-knee/leg injury in 6 six years is enough to write him off, we'll just have to agree to disagree.

And to take your argument further, are you in favor of ditching AJ? He's 30 years old and missed 7 games in 2007, 3 games in 2010 (just like Mario) and 9 games in 2011 (2 less than Mario). Plus, his recent injuries have been leg-related and are much more likely to reoccur than Mario's.

JOSHUA, don't put words in my mouth. 1) Mario has been hurt, but I am interested in exploring what might be available if we franchise him, and see what kind of offers we might get. 2) He wants a huge contract, I think. 3) We now have 3 young pass rushers in Barwin, Reed, & Watt to put on the heat. 4) We have to give Foster a new very significant contract.

Try to stick to things I did say. To make your point by alluding to things I might have said about AJ will get you absolutely nowhere!

[Joshua]

Originally Posted by NBT

JOSHUA, don't put words in my mouth. 1) Mario has been hurt, but I am interested in exploring what might be available if we franchise him, and see what kind of offers we might get. 2) He wants a huge contract, I think. 3) We now have 3 young pass rushers in Barwin, Reed, & Watt to put on the heat. 4) We have to give Foster a new very significant contract.

Try to stick to things I did say. To make your point by alluding to things I might have said about AJ will get you absolutely nowhere!

I don't think I was putting words in your mouth. To "stick to the things you did say," the post I was responding to said "Fonz and Joshua, Mario himself has had to be put on IR the last two years. Get the #2 WR in the Draft, but try to sign and trade Mario for a good veteran CB." I read this to mean that you think Mario is too injury prone to be worth keeping. Is this putting words in your mouth? Really not sure how this post could be taken any other way.

As for AJ, where did I suggest you said something about him? I asked you a question. If you are hesitant to keep Mario because of injury concerns, do you have the same concerns for AJ, considering he has been more injury prone than Mario, as well as older and suffering injuries more likely to reoccur in the future. It was nothing more than a simple question.

As for your other points, I agree Mario will want a huge contract and reasonable minds can differ over whether the Texans should give it to him. I happen to think they should if they can make it work, but if you don't, I can certainly understand that. Reed did fill in well with Mario out but I don't think we've seen enough from him yet to confidently say we can let our best pass rusher walk.