Owen Daniels Contract Negotiations

[Nconroe]

sounds like OD wants a Killen Winslow type deal, 6 years, 36 mil, 20 mil guanranteed, 42 mil with incentives. sounds steep, Tampa messed up the whole league pay structure for TE. I doubt OD is worth that much, even though he may be quite good and valuable to Texans. Good for OD coming to voluntary workouts. Hope they find a happy medium and he stays a Texan.

[Roy P]

6 years,

$24M with $16M guaranteed. Anything more than that is $tupid.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

Tampa messed up the whole league pay structure for TE.

You mean like when the Texans messed up the whole league pay structure for non-OLTs way back in 2004 when they coughed-up 10 M guaranteed for a very ordinary (at best) RT named Todd Wade ?
How does that go - what goes around comes around ?

[RunninRaven]

I'm not too worried about the team forking over a huge contract like some. I think the negotiations between Dunta and Demeco are pretty good evidence that the team is not going to cave and overpay just because a player is a favorite. If Owen has ridiculous expectations and demands for his new contract, I'm sure they will let him walk. But I don't expect Daniels will demand a Winslow type contract.

[John S]

I don't think the Texans should pay him stupid money like Winslow got, but i do think you have to pay him in the top 5 TE range. I feel that he is one of the 5 best TEs in the League. He is just hitting his prime so they should lock him up.

[nunusguy]

Here's my question: does OD have any significant leverage left for negotiating a new contract after the Texans took not one but 2 TEs in the Draft, especially the second guy James Casey ?
And while Anthony Hill may be primarily a blocking TE who is a replacement for the retired Breuner, on the face of it Casey looks to be a virtual clone of OD. He's the same size in height & weight and I suspect their combine/Pro- Day measurerables are very comparable ? And like OD he's very athletic with excellent hands.
I dunno but I'll bet OD was in near shock after he heard about the second TE picked in the Draft ? And if anybody (like the Bills who reportedly were interested in OD) comes to them now with an attractive trade offer including a high 2010 Draft pick how seriously do Smith/Kubiak consider such a deal ?

[NBT]

I think that if buffalo comes with a deal for OD, it needs to be seriously considered. On the other hand, OD has been such a cog in our offense, that it would take a very high draft choice and maybe another vet to make the deal work for us. I still think OD will be a Texan this year.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by NBT

I think that if buffalo comes with a deal for OD, it needs to be seriously considered. On the other hand, OD has been such a cog in our offense, that it would take a very high draft choice and maybe another vet to make the deal work for us. I still think OD will be a Texan this year.

I'm thinking John Wendling, Xavier Omon, and a 3rd round pick.