possible OL help

[Nconroe]

Saw this at Stateofthetexans.com

According to the National Football Post, the Houston Texans had free agent offensive lineman Will Yeatman in for a visit.

Yeatman went undrafted out of Maryland in 2011 and shortly was signed as a tight end by the New England Patriots for training camp. Yeatman never made it out of preseason and was waived by the Patriots. Later that season, he was claimed off waivers by the Miami Dolphins and placed on their active roster where he appeared in 3 games, starting in 2. In 2012, Yeatman was switched from tight end to offensive tackle for the Dolphins. In the three seasons with the Dolphins, he appeared in 15 games.

In November of 2013, Yeatman tore his ACL after Head Coach Joe Philbin said he could be the potential starting left tackle for the Dolphins. After the 2013 season, Yeatman became a restricted free agent but the Dolphins choose to not tender him making him an unrestricted free agent. The Texans are currently in the market for an offensive tackle after the unfortunate news of David Quessenberry being diagnosed with lymphoma.

[Warren]

He was in the Patriots' training camp as a tight end in 2011 when O'Brien was the offensive coordinator. Based on his background as a TE and college lacrosse player you'd think he may be more of an athletic OT with good feet than a powerful drive blocker, but he's been an OL since the 2011 season and is listed at 315 lbs. so who knows. He's also talking to the Vikings.

[Nconroe]

According to some we have signed Yeatman to a two year deal to be backup swing tackle .

At 6'6", 315 lbs, hope his recent surgery was minor and he will be at training camp in July-August.

State of the Texans had this
According to Aaron Wilson (National Football Post) the Houston Texans have agreed to a two-year deal with free agent offensive tackle Will Yeatman. Yeatman attended Maryland after previously attending Notre Dame playing football and lacrosse.

Yeatman went undrafted coming out of the 2011 NFL draft and was signed by the New England Patriots as a tight end the position he played in college. Yeatman was released prior to the start of the 2011 season before he was signed by the Miami Dolphins who converted him to offensive tackle after gaining 35 pounds for the move. In three seasons with the Dolphins he played 15 games and started 2 of them before tearing his ACL in 2013.

Yeatman comes as insurance for the swing tackle position after second year player David Quessenberry was diagnosed with lymphoma last week.

[nunusguy]

As a converted TE who also use to play lacrosse, this Yeatman guy sure sounds like somebody Kubiak would be using in his ZB system ? Whatever, I'm glad they've got somebody else in here to backup or compete with Newt, whatever their plan is.
But it's interesting that Yeatmans conversion to OT occurred after he arrived in the NFL, but from TE to OT, then guard, then apparently back to OT.
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In 2012, Yeatman was switched from a tight end to an offensive tackle, and his uniform number was switched from 89 to 60 and then 72 after final cuts. Yeatman gained 35 pounds in the position switch. He was then shifted over to guard before the 2013 season.[11]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Yeatman

[Warren]

There's been some speculation that the Texans would have interest in reuniting CB Brandon Flowers with Romeo Crennel. The Chiefs cut him last week in what was mainly a cap move. He made the Pro Bowl last year although many consider his seasons under Crennel to have been better.

If they added Flowers, would that mean Joseph would be shown the door? Joseph is 30 and looks like he's slowing down, at least in part due to injuries. They'd gain $3.75 million in cap room by cutting him, or $7.5 million if they chose to spread the dead money into 2015 using the June 1 cut rule.

If they had Joseph, Jackson, and Flowers this year they'd have some quality depth, especially given all we've heard this offseason about NFL defenses now playing the majority of snaps in nickel or dime. I don't know if that's doable from a cap standpoint, though.