ducky
Well-Known Member
37+ guaranteed million for a guy whose had 7 starts in his career and only 3 worth talking about. Houston.....
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Oh god, what a joke. Houston was just starting to reinvent themselves and then they tie this fucking albatross contract around their neck. Just shaking my head.
Fan's care way too much about money a lot of times in the NFL.
The fact is that there are only 2 ways to acquire players in the NFL. Cash or draft picks.
Houston decided cash was the way to go and if anyone looked at the QB's in this upcoming draft that is a completely understandable position.
Giving Osweiler this contract isn't really all that different than trading up for a QB in round 1 for a QB when you factor in the subsequent moves Houston would have had to make because of that.
Now instead of finding a vet WR and a vet RB (or whatever their needs are) and all the cash it takes to fill those holes, they can draft those positions. They also likely don't have to keep an expensive QB vet in place nearly as long as they would have if they were taking a rookie QB.
Giving Osweiller that deal is a LOT safer than targeting a rookie QB in this draft IMO and it really isn't a lot more money when you factor everything in.
Think of it this way:
Houston could have:
1) Kept Foster at $6.5M (or went after one of the other expensive vets like Ivory or Martin)
2) Signed an expensive vet WR to pair with Hopkins.
3) Used their 1st and 2nd round pick (and maybe more) to jump in front of the 49ers for Goff.
Or they could
1) Cut Foster (or sign and expensive vet) and use their 1st round pick on Elliot or their 2nd round pick on Henry.
2) Sign Osweiller
3) Draft a 1st or 2nd round WR.
When you run the numbers both in the short and long term the money isn't nearly as different as you think it would be.
The long and short of it is that Houston NEEDED a huge boost of offensive skill position talent this offseason. They have a solid defense in place where they can win NOW. Going into next season with Hoyer as your QB was an absolute nonstarter. Getting into position to get a QB everyone can like was expensive draft wise. Going with a lesser QB prospect just because he is the next one on the draft board is a recipe for disaster often times.
This might not work out. But it was a very understandable move for a team in the position that the Texans were in. It allows them to go young and high talent upside at BOTH RB and QB which they NEEDED to do. The simple fact was that the Texans were unlikely going to be in position to draft an elite QB early with the defense they have and the division they play in (and if they were it probably meant that the people making the decisions today wouldn't been employed to make the decision tomorrow).
* I used WR as a second need. It could be LB or DL or CB. Don't know the team well enough to know what they are looking at. Do know the team enough to know that QB and RB was the top 2 positions they needed this offseason after cutting Foster.