2010 Salary Cap

[Keith]

I don't think it will really alter much for them.

It will help teams with a lot of bad contracts since teams can cut and trade with no penalty. The Texans are not one of those teams.

It will help teams that try to fix themselves by throwing cash at their problems (assuming the cash lands on the right players). The Texans are not one of those teams, either.

The CBA sitch only helps McNair and the team from having to commit big money deals before they have to with players like Owen Daniels and DeMeco Ryans. And as much as we all like and appreciate what Daniels can do, imagine if he signed that huge contract a year ago with his big injury now?

So the Texans win in the absence of a CBA extension in the sense that all owners probably win. And while the team enjoys an excellent revenue base (so long as the stadium naming rights don't default) and they have a smart cap guy on their payroll, I don't think the uncapped year necessarily favors them all that much relative to the average team.