Arian Foster a potential holdout?

[cadams]

i think those of you who are dismissing the possibility of a holdout are crazy. maybe it doesn't happen, but if he wants more than what the texans are going to offer (and if the difference it big) i think a holdout is definitely on the horizon. my only hope is that since kubiak and smith pretty much have to win this season (if you believe mcnair), then maybe they will make an offer to foster that he will be fine with. if he threatens to holdout, or actually does, i would bet there will be a number of teams trying to work a trade for him that will happily pay him a boatload.

[NBT]

Joshua, I take no offense as long as it is open minded debate. The fact that Foster is not in a position to bargain very much, I thought the 1.5-3M figure was doable. However, as someone said, the damned agents keep sticking their finger in the pie hoping to come up with a big splash. I also heard somewhere that since AF was not a "drafted player", that his free agency would automatically escalate to 3 years instead of 5. All he has to do in that situation is be patient for another year, and then hit the big jackpot. Assuming he keeps up his gaudy numbers.

[Fonz the Boss]

Would the Texans really think they would have leverage? Im not so sure about that. Derrick Ward would have to find the youth fountain to carry the load for a full season. Backup Ben Tate has not even played a single regular season down. And then there's Steve Slaton... umm, yea that's a whole lotta leverage huh.