Creative Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Aka not tagging him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delaigle Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Do this mean they have until 4PM today to tag Mario? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift&Change Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 they could tag Mario and trade him for picks . Texans dont have great cap space but this could be option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creative Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 Do this mean they have until 4PM today to tag Mario?Yep would be a 22m hit, though. I think they're expected to use it on Chris Meyers who was the best center in football last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Talon Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 http://eye-on-football.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/35098077 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isproab Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 they could tag Mario and trade him for picks . Texans dont have great cap space but this could be optionYeah, just talked about this in another post, Foster was restricted, no reason for the Texans to tag him. I could see a "tender" but not the franchise tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xx FaLcOhoLiC Xx Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Our offseason dreams could very well be crushed today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zodiac Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 They're not going to tag Mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creative Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) They're not going to tag MarioSeems that way. This may actually be good news, sort of an impulse reaction to be upset. With the players they already have and not much cap to work with, the chance they tag Williams for 22m is very slim. Edited March 5, 2012 by Creative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtybirdz10984 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 it realistically doesnt make sense to sign Mario to a huge deal if they have other holes to fill. their defense did just fine without him. Meyers seems to be a bigger need than Mario at this point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiler11 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 There is no way they tag Mario. They may use it on their Center though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xx FaLcOhoLiC Xx Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Mario's gonna be the most valued FA on the market this offseason, why not tag him and get something for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift&Change Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 The Texans still have cap space to sign Mario . I dont think were in the running . Texans now have time to focus on Mario contract and since they didnt have franchise Foster they can benefit in cap space this coming seasonMy 3 guessesTexansSeaCle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift&Change Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 The Texans have $4.77 million of cap space as of Feb. 29. Tagging him is impossible unless they dump a considerable number of high-priced players, weakening the team. Signing him to a long-term deal is possible and I will show you a few options Houston could consider to keep the 27-year-old Williams in a Texans uniform.The team also has to find a way to re-sign center Chris Myers and restricted free-agent running back Arian Foster. It is no easy task but it can be done. It will take a lot of cash, somewhere in the neighborhood of $50 million, but if the Texans believe they are close to a Super Bowl this isn't the time to go backward in the personnel department. A team in a rebuilding situation or with an aging squad should not consider this method.First, you can forget going to Matt Schaub for cap relief because he is in the last year of his deal and there is no way to spread a bonus out. Asking him to do a contract extension might be too much with the price of quarterbacks still going up so ignore him for the time being.More on NFLRelated linksKatzowitz: Mario No. 1 free agent at DE | And LBPrisco: Top 50 free agents | FA match gameRanking the free agents, position by positionOffseason updates: RapidReports | NFL blogNFL Draft: Mocks, prospect analysis, full coverageNFL coverage on the goOn iTunes | Subscribe to newsletterBefore the Texans cut any players to make this work they could talk to four veterans -- Andre Johnson, Johnathan Joseph, Owen Daniels, Antonio Smith -- about converting salary to signing bonus without adding any years to their existing contracts. I would assume that all four would be willing to take cash now instead of during the season. All have multiple years left on their contracts and all four should be in the Texans' plans at least for the length of their present contracts.• Johnson is scheduled to make $6.5 million this season and has five years left on his deal. Convert $5 million of his 2012 salary to signing bonus and for cap purposes spread the bonus out over the five years remaining and it gives the Texans $4 million of salary-cap space right now.• Joseph is scheduled to make $7.25 million this season and has four years left on his deal. Convert $6 million of his 2012 salary into signing bonus and spread it out over the four years and it gives the Texans another $4.5 million of cap space.• Daniels is scheduled to make $3.5 million this year and has three years left on his deal. Convert $2.5 million of his salary to signing bonus and spread it out over the three years and it gives the Texans $1.66 million of cap space.• Smith is scheduled to make $5.5 million this year and has two years left on his contract. Convert $4 million of it to signing bonus and spread it over the two seasons and it gives the Texans $2 million of salary cap space.Those four contract maneuvers create a total of $12.16 million of cap space. Add that to the $4.77 million of existing space and the Texans have $16.93 million of space to work with to keep their players.First stop: Mario Williams. Since Williams knows the team can't afford the franchise tag and if he gets to free agency he should get a contract close to Julius Peppers' deal that averages $14 million a year, the Texans have to get to the real numbers. The right deal might be six years for $90 million with a $30 million signing bonus and a $1 million salary in the first year. That means Williams sees $31 million the first year.The cap charge for that deal is only $6 million in 2012: Divide the number of years (6) into the bonus ($30 million) to get a yearly proration of $5 million plus a $1 million salary. The second-year salary could be $3 million, which means he sees $34 million in the first two years. That is a $17 million average and a second-year cap charge of $8 million, which is tolerable. A third season at a $7 million salary means a three-year average of $13.6 million, or slightly above Peppers' three-year average. The cap charge for the third year would be $12 million.That deal leaves $10.66 million of cap space in 2012, enough to sign Myers, Foster and draft picks. The salary cap is low right now but there will be growth in the next few years and the Texans will be able to absorb the contract growth.There's always a risk when handing out big bonuses instead of unguaranteed salaries but the Texans are close to the top and could be legitimate Super Bowl contenders. The Colts are rebuilding, the Jaguars are starting a second-year quarterback and the Titans may be doing the same. The time is now for the Houston Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muskokas finest © Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Yeah, just talked about this in another post, Foster was restricted, no reason for the Texans to tag him. I could see a "tender" but not the franchise tag.Foster was restricted yes, but a team like the Giants might have happily given up the #32 pick to fix their running game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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