Mark March 23, 2007, as a historic date in the history of the Houston Texans franchise. Unable to get anything in exchange for David Carr, the Houston Texans announced today that they’d released him. They also released running back Domanick Williams (formerly Domanick Davis). Carr and Williams are the all-time franchise leaders at their respective positions. Due to a knee injury, Williams sat out the entire last season. The Texans’ busy day didn’t end there with the announcement that 2006-07 stand-outs RB Ron Dayne and FB Vonta Leach will be back next year.
After giving up an ’07 second-rounder and an ’08 second-rounder for new starting QB Matt Schaub, there was some hope that the Texans would be able to get something – anything – in return for Carr. Apparently his ridiculously costly contract was too much of a hurdle to get over, and the Texans decided to just move on. Whatever. I’m past questioning the decisions of the Texans front office. Hopefully Schaub will fulfill his potential, Ahman Green will stay healthy, and Mario Williams will become a Julius Peppers-style game-breaking defensive end. Weirder things have happened.
This article appears in March 23 • 2007.