Texans LT Duane Brown is expected to suit up for Houston for the first time this season as the club takes on the Seahawks in Seattle today. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, though, today might be Brown’s last day in a Texans uniform.
Per Rapoport (Twitter links), the Seahawks are continuing their attempts to acquire a veteran left tackle, and Seattle and Houston have engaged in talks involving Brown. Brown, of course, has held out all season to express his dissatisfaction over his current contract, and he has only reported to the team in order to accrue a year of service time; if he missed any more game action, he would not receive any credit for the 2017 season and would remain under club control for two more years instead of being eligible for free agency at the end of the 2018 campaign.
Seattle, though, is pretty strapped for cap space, and as Rapoport points out, if the Seahawks were to trade for a left tackle like Brown — they are also interested in the Bills’ Cordy Glenn and the Colts’ Anthony Castonzo — they would need to cut or trade other players to remain under the salary cap. One player who could be moved is TE Jimmy Graham, who is earning $7.9MM in base salary this year and who is counting for $10MM against the cap. Rapoport says Seattle would be willing to move Graham if such a move would allow them to acquire a left tackle.
However, Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll strong denied that Graham would be available before Tuesday’s deadline, calling any reports to that effect “total bull—-“, as Michael Silver of NFL.com tweets. Similarly, Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com (Twitter link) has been told Seattle has no plans to trade Graham.
Graham, 30, is averaging a career-low 9.6 yards per catch through six games this season, which comes on the heels of an excellent 2016 season, his best in Seattle. The Seahawks continue to believe Graham is a critical part of the offense, but they feel acquiring a quality left tackle is more important.
For what it’s worth, Rapoport says it is unlikely that the Seahawks and Texans agree to a one-for-one swap involving Brown and Graham, but it could be a possibility (Twitter link). Houston, however, is probably more interested in acquiring draft capital than a 30-year-old tight end on an expiring contract.
I’m sure the Pats would take em off ur hands…..N properly use him, u know kinda like when he was All-World w/Saints, plus add the fact u would be pairing him up w/Gronk….Seahawks had incredible, almost unstoppable red zone force n kept him in to help pass protect….making Babe Ruth bunt…?
As much as I would love to see it not going to happen they could really use a player like him but they need to focus on D and there own O-line
They have been really hurting without the 2 TE set up like last yr
Graham has dropped a lot of passes this year. It is not all on the Hawks. A few weeks ago he dropped one in the middle of the field and there was nobody within 20 yards of him. He has dropped a lot of those jump balls he used to catch in NOs too. I am sure the incompetence of Bevel has something to do with it but he seems to be pissed he is here. I for one won’t miss him when he is gone.
Considering Jimmy Graham caught the game winning TD your words are worthless dribble LA Sam