March 25, 200817 yr comment_34569 http://www.profootballtalk.com/category/rumor-mill/ McKINNEY WANTS TO RETURN TO TEXANS Posted by Mike Florio on March 25, 2008, 6:58 p.m. The Houston Texans told offensive lineman Steve McKinney that they cut him loose in order to give him a chance to find a new team that would pay him the same $1.6 million salary that he was due to earn in 2008 from the team that signed him as a free agent in 2002. And so McKinney will look around for something else, and possibly could re-sign with the Texans. “It caught me off guard,” McKinney told the Houston Chronicle, “but they left the door open for me to return. I owe it to myself to test the market, but, truthfully, I’d like to come back here.” Frankly, however, it would have been nice if the Texans had given him a chance to test the market before the market opened. But that would have reduced the team’s leverage in contract discussions with Chris Myers, whom the Texans recently acquired in a trade with the Denver Broncos. Still, cutting McKinney now is better than stringing him along, keeping him around as an insurance policy against injury and threatening to cut him if he doesn’t take a pay cut in late August Report
March 26, 200817 yr comment_34572 Let's see. 32 year old center rehabing from a knee injury from a team who set records for the number of sacks allowed when Carr stood behind center. Nope, not interested at all. Report
March 26, 200817 yr comment_34573 Doesn't he suck like hes supposed to be a turnstyle type tackle. Report
March 26, 200817 yr comment_34574 Doesn't he suck like hes supposed to be a turnstyle type tackle. The Texans haven't exactly been known for their offensive line performance for the past couple years. Or they have been known for it, because combined with David Carr, it's been horrendous. Report
March 26, 200817 yr Author comment_34575 Just threw it out there...I thought the same. I figure any released OL is fair game for discussion at this point. Doesn't he suck like hes supposed to be a turnstyle type tackle. Report
March 26, 200817 yr Author comment_34576 Agreed. Let's see. 32 year old center rehabing from a knee injury from a team who set records for the number of sacks allowed when Carr stood behind center. Nope, not interested at all. Report
March 26, 200817 yr comment_34583 Just threw it out there...I thought the same. I figure any released OL is fair game for discussion at this point. Agreed. I look at it this way: Is he worse then Metcalf??? Is he worse the Beekman? Beggers can't be choosey. Report
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