Texans Sign Cletis Gordon?

[Keith]

Originally Posted by painekiller

In all my time of following football, I do not remember to many cases of a guy being added to the roster a week before final cutdowns and that guy making the team.

Oh sure, it happens, but maybe moreso when a team adds a player cut from another team... Gordon sort of applies in this scenario, but since he was let go before the mandatory cutdown, maybe not.

Guys like Eugene Wilson, Rashad Butler, and Jason Bell if you go way back might qualify as players signed/claimed for keeps after camp was over.

I get both points though. Why bother with the hassle to sign a guy this late if he's likely gonna be cut anyway? I think because Gordon has a chance of not getting cut. With Dunta predictable rusty and Reeves out for week 1, that last bubble spot on the final 53 could go to an extra corner.

I'm guessing Gordon ought to play a decent amount against the Bucs (though I think Bennett, Molden, Quin, and McCain need all the reps they can get), and his old team must have seen something in him at some point to tender him what they did. As for playing O'Neal or signing Law, well... I'm guessing this has something to say about what Rick Smith thinks of them in the year 2009.