{"id":116438,"date":"2024-05-04T01:21:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T01:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=116438"},"modified":"2024-05-04T01:21:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T01:21:44","slug":"saquon-barkley-received-big-offer-from-afc-south-team-nguyensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/saquon-barkley-received-big-offer-from-afc-south-team-nguyensa\/","title":{"rendered":"Saquon Barkley received big offer from AFC South team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With\u00a0C.J. Stroud locked into rookie-deal money through at least 2025, the Texans have a rare opportunity. They can build around a low-cost quarterback who showed star potential as a rookie. The team made some moves to capitalize this offseason, deviating from a conservative first three years \u2014 with regards to free agency \u2014 under Nick Caserio.\"Saquon<\/p>\n

The Texans added the likes of\u00a0Stefon Diggs,\u00a0Danielle Hunter,\u00a0Azeez Al-Shaair\u00a0and\u00a0Denico Autry. Houston hoped to bring in a higher-salary target at running back as well, but mutual interest between the team and\u00a0Saquon Barkley\u00a0did not produce a deal. Despite rostering\u00a0Jalen Hurts\u00a0on a $51M-per-year contract, the Eagles landed Barkley on a three-year, $37.75M deal that\u00a0includes $26M guaranteed at signing. Barkley sits as the NFL\u2019s fourth-highest-paid RB, cashing in after Giants negotiations produced a lesser offer and a franchise tag last summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Houston was willing to go into this neighborhood for Barkley,\u00a0according to KPRC2\u2019s Aaron Wilson, who reports the team offered the two-time Pro Bowler a three-year deal worth just north of $33M. The AAV here checks in just south of Barkley\u2019s $12.58M Philly number, but given the guarantee at signing the Eagles authorized, it is unsurprising the 2018 Offensive Rookie of the Year made the choice he did.<\/p>\n

The wave of RB contracts authorized in the early 2020s have led to a few high-profile releases, pay cuts or trades.\u00a0Ezekiel Elliott,\u00a0Dalvin Cook,\u00a0Aaron Jones,\u00a0Joe Mixon\u00a0and\u00a0Derrick Henry\u00a0are no longer attached to eight-figure-per-year accords. The Browns slashed\u00a0Nick Chubb\u2018s pay last month, as the perennial Pro Bowler is coming off two knee surgeries, and\u00a0Josh Jacobs\u2018 Packers deal only includes $12.5M guaranteed at signing. Given the state of the RB position, Barkley did well to score the guarantee did he going into his seventh season.<\/p>\n

Barkley, 27, said he was drawn\u00a0to the Texans before considering the Eagles. But the Penn State alum certainly has Pennsylvania ties; much of his family is from the area. Although the Texans had the Eagles beat for cap space, they stood down on Barkley. The team soon gave Hunter a near-fully guaranteed contract and made an interesting commitment to Mixon. Just before the Bengals were set to release their seven-year starter, the Texans agreed to\u00a0send a seventh-round pick for the veteran back. Mixon soon agreed to new terms with the Texans \u2014 two years, $19.75M ($13M guaranteed).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Texans ended up giving Mixon a better deal than they proposed\u00a0Devin Singletary<\/strong>, per Wilson, who adds the team offered its primary 2023 starter a contract averaging $4M per year. Singletary agreed to a three-year, $16.5M deal (with $9.5M fully guaranteed) to reunite with\u00a0Brian Daboll<\/strong>\u00a0in New York.<\/p>\n

As a Wilson\u00a0pre-free agency report suggested, the Texans did discuss terms with\u00a0Tony Pollard<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0D\u2019Andre Swift<\/strong>. Pollard ended up with the Titans (three years, $21.75M) and Swift became the first UFA from this year\u2019s class to commit to a team, signing a three-year, $24M deal with the Bears.<\/p>\n

Only Barkley and Swift ($14M) scored more fully guaranteed money among this year\u2019s free agent RBs than Mixon, who is coming off his fourth 1,000-yard rushing season but has 1,854 career touches \u2014 third-most among active backs. Charged with elevating a Texans rushing attack that ranked 22nd last season, Mixon is going into his age-28 slate.<\/p>\n

The Texans will count on Mixon, but Caserio said (via SI.com\u2019s Coty M. Davis)\u00a0Dameon Pierce<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 who followed up an impressive rookie season with a down 2023 \u2014 remains a \u201cbig part\u201d of the team\u2019s 2024 plan. The 2022 fourth-rounder averaged just 2.9 yards per carry last season, seeing Singletary usurp him as the Texans\u2019 lead back down the stretch. The younger back will have a chance to rebound, albeit in a now-Mixon-fronted backfield.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With\u00a0C.J. Stroud locked into rookie-deal money through at least 2025, the Texans have a rare opportunity. They can build around a low-cost quarterback who showed star potential… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":116442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116443,"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116438\/revisions\/116443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}