Comments on: Bob McNair plans contact extensions with Gary Kubiak and Rick Smith http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/07/bob-mcnair-plans-to-talk-extensions-with-gary-kubiak-and-rick-smith/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Sun, 26 May 2013 00:29:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Commander Buffalo http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/07/bob-mcnair-plans-to-talk-extensions-with-gary-kubiak-and-rick-smith/#comment-1772387 Tue, 08 May 2012 15:55:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=686564#comment-1772387 “Contact” extensions? Cue Beavis and Butt-Head laughter…

]]> By: texansfan81 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/07/bob-mcnair-plans-to-talk-extensions-with-gary-kubiak-and-rick-smith/#comment-1771820 Tue, 08 May 2012 07:38:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=686564#comment-1771820 Def premature, given A chance to improve our receiving corp, they flopped. Hard to get to the next level with only one good receiver

]]> By: drglory http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/07/bob-mcnair-plans-to-talk-extensions-with-gary-kubiak-and-rick-smith/#comment-1771433 Tue, 08 May 2012 02:01:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=686564#comment-1771433 Dear jsratx,
Our left side of the line is solid and returning, it’s our right side that will have the unproven starters, fyi

]]> By: cmoney20 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/07/bob-mcnair-plans-to-talk-extensions-with-gary-kubiak-and-rick-smith/#comment-1771350 Tue, 08 May 2012 01:29:49 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=686564#comment-1771350 Kubiak stated “it’s about damn time we start planning to get contact extensions. We haven’t had our own contact extensions since we got here. After our playoff birth, all I asked was for own contact extensions, glad he came through”

]]> By: texaninc http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/07/bob-mcnair-plans-to-talk-extensions-with-gary-kubiak-and-rick-smith/#comment-1771309 Tue, 08 May 2012 01:08:07 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=686564#comment-1771309 I’ve heard that players really like playing for Kubiak and Smith has improved our cap condition. They have made the tough moves this offseason and deserve an extension. Solid move.

Have no fear jsratx, we really haven’t lost that much. Sharpton was taking Ryans job before he was injured and the Texans won all year without Mario. Replacing the right side of the line is easier than the left, we saved some cap space, and we can try out a few younger players. Barring injury (esp to Schaub), we shouldn’t take a step back next year.

]]> By: dalucks http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/07/bob-mcnair-plans-to-talk-extensions-with-gary-kubiak-and-rick-smith/#comment-1771170 Tue, 08 May 2012 00:05:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=686564#comment-1771170 This is a little premature. I would wait until Gary gets his overall record over .500 and makes the playoffs this season. It is hard to justify an extension for one playoff appearance in six years. I am a Texans fan and remember last season being do or die for Gary but he still has not proven much.
He still needs to find a #2 wide reciever. They should sign Terrell Owens with the Jacoby Jones money to a non guaranteed contract like the 49ers gave Randy Moss so he can compete with Kevin Walter for the #2 wide reciever so the winner gets the spot, one guy gets cut and the Texans save 2 million dollars.

]]> By: jsratx http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/07/bob-mcnair-plans-to-talk-extensions-with-gary-kubiak-and-rick-smith/#comment-1771131 Mon, 07 May 2012 23:52:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=686564#comment-1771131 They should both give Wade 20% of whatever deals they get. IMO, the jury is still out. That Rick didn’t even sniff Payton Manning is a mystery.

We gave up an awful lot this offseason and have barely replenished. Granted the Texans look like the odds on favorite to win the division, but only due to decline of other three teams in it.

Schaub is a bad foot accident away from missing another year, and Arian is going to run behind a revamped left side of the line.

We’ll be lucky to be .500 or slightly better. Hardly grounds to extend two men that have taken six years to get their act together.

]]> By: drglory http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/07/bob-mcnair-plans-to-talk-extensions-with-gary-kubiak-and-rick-smith/#comment-1771045 Mon, 07 May 2012 23:20:05 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=686564#comment-1771045 Rick Smith and Kubiak (with Phillips input the last two years) have done an unbelievable job acquiring talent the last few years, they definitely have us headed in the right direction, hope all 3 stay for a while.

As for Kubiak specifically, while he’s certainly not a top 5 coach, he’s turned into a darn good one. His first couple years on the job, and ever as a head coach, he had a pretty pitiful group of guys on the whole. He’s gotten better with time, as the talent has, and now we are young and legit. In a league where patience is a luxury most franchises don’t extend to their coaches or GM’s, it looks like Mr. McNair has done us Houstonians a solid.

]]> By: reed20fence http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/07/bob-mcnair-plans-to-talk-extensions-with-gary-kubiak-and-rick-smith/#comment-1770946 Mon, 07 May 2012 22:38:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=686564#comment-1770946 This time last year there were protests because Kubiak wasn’t fired.

What a difference a year makes.

Still, I think anyone with half a brain knows last year’s turnaround had more to do with Wade Phillips and a defense-heavy free agency and draft than anything else.

Knowing McNair, he’ll hide behind those facts to keep his buddy Kubiak in town…. which is why the Texans may never win the Big Show.

]]> By: matt2calvin http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/07/bob-mcnair-plans-to-talk-extensions-with-gary-kubiak-and-rick-smith/#comment-1770902 Mon, 07 May 2012 22:24:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=686564#comment-1770902 Contracts that expire in 2011?

Why would they still be working in 2012…

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