We play Denver coming off a bye but at Mile High. That will be tough.

DeVito? No. He's old and just cut his number in half.

Howard? Possibly, depending on whether or not he continues to ascend.

Why us smith overrated?

Yeah, but I keep forgetting about that rollover feature.

There's really no 'downside' to backloading, provided you're smart about it. If you do it just to free up a bunch of money that you'll burn on overpriced fading vets (i.e. Evan Mathis), then it's stupid.

If you do it just to create some flexibility and be opportunistic should the right player come available or approach the team about an extension, then worst case scenario is that it doesn't get spent and it still rolls over into next season. At that point, Houston will have essentially 'forward paid' the first $8 million of next year's cap hit by taking less this year.

It's the same thing Smith did with his deal last year. Everyone bitches about Smith's cap figure over the next 3 years but they forget that he took a pretty massive cut last year that rolled over into this season and as such has actually pre-paid some of those dollars.

Don't have any inside info on it. Just a hunch.

Reid denied interest when the Chiefs barely had 500k in cap space. Far different ball game now.

It Catapano can play at a solid level, DeVito shouldn't be here next year.

Wow. Take a look at this article regarding a 'fair' deal for a Houston extension:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-...ton-and-chiefs

That's damn near identical to what the Chiefs actually did. KC tacked an extra year on the end that both helps Houston's agents say they got Watt money while also spreading the signing bonus number out a bit more, but otherwise it's virtually a carbon copy of what the Chiefs ended up signing Houston to.

It really is all a show. This sure looks like the end game was pretty apparent from the start.

Now all the Clarks need to do is plant some weed in his car and the substance abuse clause can kick in!

Joel Corry is smart when it comes to contracts. He's a good follow on twitter for contract breakdowns as well.

Catapano? LMAO

DeVito's replacement is already on the the team and it sure as **** isn't the Great White Hype.

Yea Howard is replacing Devito

yup

Wasn't that Black Bob, though?

Seconded.

I had a Howard post typed but when I was looking for any news on his possible extension I found that Corry article instead and thought it was much more interesting.

Catapano can't be counted on for anything at this point. However, if Howard goes out there and makes a leap like Bailey did last year, that's just the thing you keep some powder dry for. The in-season extension that keeps an ascending player off the market.

Catapano will be nothing more than an obvious passing down DL. But hey if he can get 4 sacks this year it's a steal being he was a 7th round pick.