Texans Finish Second in Bodden Sweepstakes
They usually say that second place is the first loser. But I don’t think so in this case.
Sure, I would have loved to have had Leigh Bodden in the secondary for the next couple of years. Something that won’t happen since he agreed to terms with New England after yesterdays visit with Texans brass. But, lets be real here. Most Texans fans hadn’t even heard of Leigh Bodden before this past weekend.

I hope you enjoyed the free steak, Leigh...
I mean, it isn’t like we just missed out on Deion Sanders in his prime here. Bodden is a serviceable guy, but he will be 29 by opening day and isn’t exactly a “shutdown” corner. It sucks, because Houston doesn’t have another guy on the roster as good as him, but this team has had a knack for finding hidden talent in the late rounds of the NFL Draft. But Bodden never seemed to want to leave New England and was probably just pulling an Orlando Pace on us and driving his price up back home. Perhaps he didn’t fit what Kubiak and Frank Bush were planning. Perhaps McNair just didn’t feel like paying to raise his market value for the Pats. We just can never know.
We also never know who else is going to be cut by other teams suffering in a financial situation. We never know if a trade can be worked out. We don’t know is Boise State’s Kyle Wilson could fall to Houston at #20 in the Draft.
In short, I am saying to not freak out. I doubt they go to war with Glover Quin and Jacques Reeves as their starting guys next year. If they do, then you have my permission to follow me into a mass freak out.
My next concern is to see what the team does with this leftover cash they were ready to lay down for Bodden. Does Bob McNair pocket it? Or does he use it to work on a long term deal with the likes of DeMeco Ryans?
I bring it up because before I learned of them courting Leigh Bodden and resigning Kevin Walter, I was beginning to accuse the team of being cheap. If it comes to light that bringing Bodden in for a visit was just a PR move and they never had any intention of spending that money, I just may have to divulge my feelings on this matter more in a very near future post…
Tags: Bob McNair, Boise State Broncos, Deion Sanders, DeMeco Ryans, Frank Bush, Gary Kubiak, Glover Quin, Jacques Reeves, Kyle Wilson, Leigh Bodden, New England Patriots






















