And here we are Houston Texans fans. With less than a week to go before the NFL’s free agency period begins, there’s actually a lot of buzz going into that landmark date.
And here we are Houston Texans fans. With less than a week to go before the NFL’s free agency period begins, there’s actually a lot of buzz going into that landmark date.
Yes, March 7th is the date that NFL teams can beginning negotiating deals for free agents as well as the players that they already have.
March 9th is the date where those said deals can become official.
There are a lot of priorities this season for the Houston Texans in terms of shaping this roster.
The uncertainty of the quarterback position, rebuilding the offensive line, re-signingA.J. Bouyeand retaining our talented players.
WithBrock Osweiler‘s underwhelming play under center this past season, the Texans are definitely on the hunt for another quarterback.
Will they talk withTony Romo? Will they draft a quarterback? We’ll have to see.
But one thing’s for sure — there’s certainly something the Texans need to do that’s a no-brainer decision no matter the consequences.
What’s that you might ask?
Re-signing our star wideoutDeAndre Hopkinsto a long-term deal.
The rumors started to heat up earlier this week about the Texans intent andCharlie Campbell of WalterFootball.com was certainly on it like white on rice.
The Texans responded accordingly by publicly expressing their desire to doso but the biggest question is not a matter of if but when?
Now’s the perfect time.
With the level of production that Hopkins churns out season after season, he’s vastly underpaid, still working off hisfour-year, $7.9 millionrookie deal.
He had been making about$2 millionper season; but as of last April, the Texans picked up his fifth-year option worth$7.9 millionhaving him under contract through the end of the 2017 season.
The average annual salary for an NFL wide receiver of Nuk’s caliber is within the range of about$13 millionso the Texans have a lot of catching up to do in terms of rewarding one of their best players.
Next: Will We See The Return Of A.J. Bouye?
Julio Jones,Dez Bryant,Demaryius ThomasandT.Y. Hiltonare within that salary range and Hopkins should be too.
Despite having a revolving door of quarterbacks throw to him over his tenure with the Texans, he has continued to shine and it’s only a testament of how much better he can be once he gets the quarterback he deserves.
I’m hopeful that will happen because he won’t reach his full potential until then.
But in the meantime, we’ll have to wait and see how this all shakes out.
Hopkins, 24, caught78 ballsfor954 yards (12.2 yards per reception)withfourtouchdowns in 2016, his lowest numbers since his rookie season.
And we all know why.
Go Texans.
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