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Originally Posted by painekiller
Good for the Texans, Weddle is good but not $8MM a year good. It would have been nice to sign him, and a decent corner, but now we can after Aso. Not sure that Aso is not playing the same game.
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While I agree in principle, I also think if you're waiting for one of the top free agent safeties, corners, or whatever other position you need, to sign with you for reasonable terms, you'll never sign anybody. The fact of the matter is you have to overpay in free agency, particularly if you're a team who is not considered a contender and you're chasing one of the top tier free agents. Thus, the ideal situation is to not have to rely on free agency. The Texans don't have this luxury. They're going to have to overpay. Not saying Weddle was the guy to overpay, but virtually every free agent signing, when viewed in isolation, generally looks like the team overpaid. The only problem is, while waiting around for some top notch free agent to suddenly and inexplicably become "reasonable," everyone may be signed with other teams. I don't want the Texans waiting around for something that is not realistically going to happen and then ending up with either nothing or low end JAGs.