Texans Sign Bradie James
 

Texans signing free agent linebacker Bradie James. Spent career with Cowboys -- Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26)

Likely pretty cheap signing, and solid competition for Sharpton for the run down ILB spot.
Knows the system, and produced under Wade before.

Geaux Tigahs

Texans signing Bradie James is a GREAT thing. He's better than Sharpton and knows @sonofbum 's defensive system. Very good get. -- Lance Zierlein (@LanceZierlein)

From PFT:
 

Free agent linebacker Bradie James won’t be back with the Cowboys, but he won’t have to get used to life in a new state.

John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports that James will sign with the Houston Texans for the 2012 season. He’ll be reunited with defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, who was the head coach of the Cowboys for four of James’ nine years with the Cowboys.

Brian Cushing is secure at one inside linebacker spot for the Texans, but there’s an opening alongside him after Houston traded DeMeco Ryans to the Eagles. James and Daryl Sharpton should compete for the job and James’ familiarity with Phillips’ system means that he won’t have any learning curve to deal with before making a bid for playing time.

James’ production dropped sharply last season after five straight years with more than 100 tackles. He started 13 games, but rotated out more often and seemed to have lost a step from his previous campaigns. A return to a familiar system could help him recover a bit of what he seemed to lose last year or he could just be on the wrong side of his career trajectory.

This is a solid signing.

Very shrewd since we know he won't be on the field on passing downs and he's still a good run stuffer. The Cowboys had a very good MLB last year whose name escapes me. I'd expect that was part of the reason James had a down year. As for being a step slow, I thought that was the knock on him coming out of college so nothing has changed. Assuming we signed him to a modest deal, this was a smart, smart move.

ILB Bradie James gets 1 yr, $825 base, $65 SB. $250 is guaranteed. $605 cap figure. -- John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL)