Houston Texans Continue Salary Dump: Release 3

The Houston Texans shed two large salaries already, and today announced the release of defensive end Anthony Weaver, model safety Will Demps and left tackle Ephraim Salaam. In summary: Weaver's play in a 4-3 never came close to justified his salary, Demps lost his starting job last year, and Salaam wasn't happy splitting minutes with rookie Duane Brown.

In looking at the salary dump, Texans blogger/salary cap junkie deluxe, Keith Weiland of InTheBullseye.com weaves an interesting and actually semi-plausible scenario: That maybe the Texans are going after Julius Peppers.

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The more likely scenario is that the Texans are just dumping fat salaries of replaceable players. It's done every year, but perhaps especially so in anticipation of upcoming labor issues.

Weaver, Demps, and Salaam are well liked by their former teammates, and this means for the time being, a young team gets younger. Weaver and Demps could find NFL destinations but I think Ephraim Salaam needs to go straight to the NFL Network. He's good in front of a camera.