New day, new name to add to the mix. FA: Sign Tyler Biadasz and re-sign Trent Brown Draft: Max Iheanachor (1.28), Emmanuel Pregnon (2.38), & Pat Coogan (5.165) RT - Iheanachor/Brown RG - Howard/Patterson C - Biadasz/Andrews/Coogan LG - Pregnon/Patterson LT - Ersery/Howard
Is there normally two or three starters out of every draft? Particularly drafting in the late first, second and fifth. No matter the pre-draft media ratings, it seems like one would be a bust (Green), one drive us crazy (Fisher, Scruggs) , one will be an ok to good starter (Ersery) with us. Wouldn't we be better signing FAs (with a lower ceiling and higher floor) where there is a longer track record given our swing and miss rate on the OL? I just think that's too much draft capital to throw at our problem, when our whiff rate is as high as it is. I don't disagree that it's a need. I do disagree with the approach that throwing more pennies in the well will make all our wishes come true and we will have a stand-up OL.
All legit questions. My problem is this: the salary cap. Quality OLine free agents are expensive and the Texans have run out of years where they have Will/Sting/Stroud on cheap rookie deals. I worry that this is Hunter's last season due to the cap. So dropping $15M on a guard or center just seems risky when there are pretty good options through the draft. I think Iheanachor has a chance to repeat what Ersery did last year and Pregnon would be better at run blocking than anything the Texans put at LG last year IMO.
I agree Ersery changes things, I just hope it's (the start of) a trend and not an outlier. Time will tell. I guess you have to pay to see the cards. I'm here for the party. Hopefully, they land some more Ersery level production players on the OL. Even if just one, or if we can somehow squeeze two, CJ might be able to remember his name from week to week.
I think Mays is going to end up being pretty expensive when all is said and done. There are several teams putting together huge offers for Linderbaum that are going to be looking for a plan B when he signs somewhere. Mays would be foolish to not wait that out and pick up a nice chunk of change. Dont know much about Salyer but wasnt the Chargers line a mess last year?
I'm fine with paying Nays. The Chargers OT's got hurt last season. Salyer is an OG that was forced to play LT last yr, he did a serviceable job at LT.
Salyer as a depth piece Im agnostic about. I dont think Im quite ready to get in the Cade Mays business at $10M-$12m per.
Tyler Linderbaum is a proven talent. A rookie isn't. Can we sign him and then draft a couple more OL? As long as we pay he might like to come to Houston. No income tax, good weather, and we're only a few pieces away from the Super Bowl.
While it's never a given, I'm expecting Pregnon to be there at 38. I'm more nervous about Iheanachor/Freeling at 28 than Pregnon at 38 at least. Linderbaum has multiple teams lining up to reset the market, he's unaffordable here
The news that I've heard on Linderbaum, is that he is about to become the highest paid Center in the league. Baltimore and Linderbaum are close to signing a $22 million per year contract. That's why I think it's better to draft a center this year when there is a good variety in the draft. Lew and Coogan would be significantly less than the max contract Linderbaum is about to sign and you already have Patterson, Andrews and Cox on the roster.
One of the top 3-4ish OC would be brilliant. You can't plug all of your OL holes with rookies. This is why I want Ingram back - at the right price.
