Training camp 2016 news

[HPF Bob]

Less likely to be trades than players added to IR lists.

[HPF Bob]

pssst: Here's an easy cut - Cecil Shorts. We've got five better receivers than Sir Drop-a-holic. Save us $1.6 million in cap space. Do it, Bill.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

pssst: Here's an easy cut - Cecil Shorts. We've got five better receivers than Sir Drop-a-holic. Save us $1.6 million in cap space. Do it, Bill.

Outstanding hot take. Don't stay away, Bob, we need your insight.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

pssst: Here's an easy cut - Cecil Shorts. We've got five better receivers than Sir Drop-a-holic. Save us $1.6 million in cap space. Do it, Bill.

Aren't you the guy who said we didn't need to draft a WR because we had Cecil Shorts?

[Nconroe]

Sounds like shorts and Hunt are being released.

Maybe one more by 3 pm.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-cecil-shorts/

[Arky]

Officially (from the Texans website):

09/03/2016 The Houston Texans have waived the following 18 players from the active roster: T Jeff Adams, G Karim Barton, WR Quenton Bundrage, ILB Reshard Cliett, TE Anthony Denham, DE Brandon Dunn, RB Kenny Hilliard, RB Akeem Hunt, DE Ufomba Kamalu, OLB Eric Lee, T Andrew McDonald, CB Terrance Mitchell, CB Robert Nelson, DE Dan Pettinato, ILB Shakeel Rashad, G Chad Slade, TE Eric Tomlinson, WR Wendall Williams

09/03/2016 The Houston Texans have waived/injured the following two players from the active roster: C Dalton Freeman, OLB Tony Washington Jr.

09/03/2016 The Houston Texans have released the following two players from the active roster: S Antonio Allen, WR Cecil Shorts III

09/03/2016 The Houston Texans have moved the following two players from the Active/Physically Unable to Perform list to the active roster: T Duane Brown, DE J.J. Watt

That last entry is some good news....

[chuck]

I'm very disappointed that they're keeping Blue over Hunt. Blue had better be a special teams terror.

[Warren]

My guess is that they considered Hunt and Ervin to be too similar skill set-wise to keep both, and they decided Ervin has the higher upside. Blue is the classic "need three yards and he'll get you three, need five yards and he'll get you three" back.