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Originally Posted by RunKC
This.
Albert might be getting a big contract extention and I really want us to be proactive and give Justin Houston the long term deal he deserves next spring.
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Hali's cap figure drops by $4 million next season and his base salary drops by $6 million. We can easily fit Houston's extension into that slot with the expectation of having it fully incorporate Hali's salary by 2016, when Hali will almost certainly be let go.
Though I do think the concerns over his hamstring are justified. I didn't realize he ruptured the thing; many guys don't ever come all the way back from that.
I still think you need to look into him. This pass rush is going to have to come from everywhere and he was starting to look like a very dangerous interior rusher in 2011. If he can get back to that and you can add a credible threat as an interior rusher, let alone the 5-7 sacks he could bring, teams have to gameplan against the OLBs completely differently than they would with someone like Nico or Akeem out there.