Free Agent WRs

[nunusguy]

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.

Mario is a very good defensive football player, but AJ will be the first Houston Texan to become a member of the NFL HOF and is clearly the best football player this franchise has had to date. So you are comparing apples and oranges. However there will probably come a time when the Texans need to approach Andre about restructuring his contract. And BTW, you are absolutely right about Mario's durability - he's been very dependable up until this past season.

[Joshua]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Mario is a very good defensive football player, but AJ will be the first Houston Texan to become a member of the NFL HOF and is clearly the best football player this franchise has had to date. So you are comparing apples and oranges. However there will probably come a time when the Texans need to approach Andre about restructuring his contract. And BTW, you are absolutely right about Mario's durability - he's been very dependable up until this past season.

That is true, but NBT appears to be suggesting that Mario is too much of an injury concern to keep. On that basis alone, AJ is much more of a concern. He injured both hamstrings this year in separate non-contact incidents. To me, this suggests that AJ is much more likely to miss time going forward than Mario. But, you are right that to compare players, you need to take into account not only their propensity for injury but also the caliber of player they are. AJ clearly is at the top of the heap in this regard.