Pre-draft 2021 Roster Transactions

[Keith]

Erickson's deal is for $1.2M, of which part of his base along with his bonus make up to $500k guaranteed.

Aaron Wilson
@AaronWilson_NFL
New Texans punter Cam Johnston gets a three-year, $8 million contract, $1 million signing bonus, per a league source

https://twitter.com/AaronWilson_NFL/...11458531610627

Thought the Texans might go for a replacement level punter after the release of Anger, but this is a decent signing.

Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
Trade terms: Bengals traded QB Ryan Finley and a 7th-round pick to the Texans for the 6th-round pick that they had from the Dolphins, per source.

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/sta...25450075820035

I kinda like this deal. The Bengals were about to release Finley and instead they move up about 30 picks and send him to the Texans. Not entirely sure why the Bengals wanted to release Finley... of course he's not Joe Montana, but this is a good developmental backup QB. A 4th rounder in 2019, some scramble abilities and poise in the pocket. Not prototypical arm strength, which is kinda overrated to me when you have someone with this profile.

None of these three dozen or so transactions are going to set the Texans on a deep playoff run in 2021, but dang it seems like Caserio is more than capable of building out the back half of a roster.

[bikerack]

Interesting point...it would result in a big cap hit if they trade him but Tunsil for less than $1 million next year is VERY attractive...especially to a contender like KC.

https://twitter.com/NFLDraftBites/st...16730426626048

Most believe tackle trade discussions heat up come Draft. Teams that miss on targets pivot to trades. Orlando Brown Jr the big name. #Texans just restructured Tunsil. Imagine HOU goes into complete rebuild. Could you imagine the trade value of Tunsil at $990K Cap hit in 2021?

[Keith]

Was thinking the exact same re: Tunsil's 2021 base.

With the Marcus Cannon trade taken into consideration here, the puzzle pieces fit better with Tytus Howard moving to LT and Cannon to RT versus one of them moving to guard with Tunsil still at LT.

If the goal is to start over and rebuild, then getting a load of draft capital from Tunsil would go a long way. Plus, pass protection has been a strength of Howard's and doesn't seem like a stretch at all that he could handle the transition.

And regardless of how the Deshaun Watson situation (situations?) is resolved, this is a rebuild. Inevitable with the departure of Bill O'Brien and the exodus and aging of talent over the last two seasons.