Found January 22, 2013 on State of the Texans: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Hindsight is 20-20 and for the Houston Texans the 2012 cap situation put the team in some bad spots, and forced their hand to make some moves. We understand in a perfect world you want to keep everyone, but this is the NFL and there has to be moves made for the greater good of the organization. We list the top five moves that if the Texans could re-do they would at least take a look at possibly not making these moves.   *Also note that not all of these moves could have been done.   The Moves 5. Trading Sherrick McManis for Tyler Clutts One of the moves that looked hopeful, but Tyler Clutts did not pan out as the fullback the offense needed. Throw in what McManis was on special teams, losing him on the majority of the teams play didn’t help much either. McManis for some reason could not crack the defensive secondary rotation but his value as a special teams player looks very important in the long run.   4. No Lawrence Vickers This to us is more about the lack of a real lead blocker f...
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