I'm wondering if applying the tag is a game they will play. A tag @ $22ishMM is not something they can absorb. If they apply it, and don't find a trade partner, the agent/Mario has no reason whatsoever to "make a deal." He then has the Texans by the balls. If they reach a stalemate, some pretty significant folks might have to get the ax to get under the cap. Other teams know the same scenario, so why would they want to give up a package of now affordable picks for a guy they know the Texans can't afford without chopping some significant heads. Pretty dangerous game if you ask me.
They might make a legimate effort to keep him around, without applying the tag. If it doesn't work, then he walks.
He walks, the Texans not only have money for Foster, Myers, and Dressen, but could also be in play for a lower-upper tier FA WR.
Food for thought on this dreary, rainy, Wednesday morning.
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