Texans Extend Schaub and Jamison
According to Houston Fox Sports’ Mark Berman, the Houston Texans extended the contracts of both Matt Schaub and Tim Jamison before Sunday’s game. The deals were announced after the Texans win over the Miami Dolphins, with both of them being potential free agents for the 2013 season. The Texans gave their starting quarterback, Schaub, a 4 year deal worth $62 million dollars, $24.75 million of that contract is guaranteed. In order to extend Schaub, the Texans restructured Johnathan Joseph’s contract, freeing up $4 million by turning his salary into a signing bonus. Schaub’s career as the Texans’ starting quarterback has been an up and down one, especially with…
Texans Extend Duane Brown
At the beginning of the week, word came out of Reliant that the Houston Texans were in talks to resign their starting left tackle, Duane Brown. The rumors became truth today when Brown and the Texans agreed on a new deal. Duane Brown signed 6-year $53.4 million extension. $22.08 guaranteed. $8.9 million average. — John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) August 16, 2012 The new deal for Brown will start in 2013 and will keep him in Houston until the 2018 season, having him as the cornerstone left tackle for years to come. Brown had his best season as a professional…
To the Penny: Brooks and Posey Contract Situations
With rookies reporting to training camp in 5 days, the Houston Texans are working hard to bring in their last two unsigned rookie 3rd round draft picks, DeVier Posey (68th overall) and Brandon Brooks (76th overall). The other Texans rookies are all signed and ready to go for camp, but if there were any two that don’t need to take it to the last hour it would be both Posey and Brooks. It seems like this is a league wide issue when it comes to 3rd round picks. NFL.com’s Brian McIntyre said this. There are 14 unsigned picks from the third round, a…
