Charley Casserly
Charley Casserly
Charley Casserly is an American football sportscaster and former executive. Casserly was the general manager of the National Football League's Washington Redskins from 1989 to 1999. He served as Senior Vice President & General Manager, Football Operations, for the Houston Texans from 2000 to 2006. He currently works for NFL Network...
confident deal decision defense needed offense pass rush sign worked
On Thursday, we made a decision to go with Mario, and we said that if we could get him, then let's sign him. We were confident we could have worked a deal with Bush, too, but we made the decision to go with defense over offense because our pass rush hasn't been what it needed to be.
activity affected agency cap deal free whether
We don't have a cap problem. But, obviously, our activity in free agency would be significantly affected by whether there's a deal or not.
both case deal forward gives move plans prepared room
Obviously, this gives us more room to operate. We had two plans in place in case the deal didn't get done. We were prepared to move forward both ways.
deal focus good houston playing worry
It's good to get this done because it won't be a distraction in July. He can come to Houston and focus on playing and not have to worry about getting a deal done.
auction bit deal difference good players price teams value whether worth year
It's kind of an auction where you have to see what price you get and do it a little bit on feel whether you think the deal is worth it. Every year is different because of the difference in players and how good they are. I know that a lot of teams go by the value chart. We don't.
bush confident deal reach
We were confident we could reach a deal with Reggie Bush too.
deal draft fast gonna gotta hope man needs point running somebody team
If you're a team, how do you take a running back that doesn't run a 40-yard dash? At some point you gotta find out how fast somebody is, so I hope this young man realizes before the draft he needs to run or I hope he has made a deal with a team that's gonna take him in the first round.
deal draft hope man needs team
I hope this young man realizes before the draft that he needs to run. Or I hope he's made a deal with a team that's going to take him in the first round.
along andre class eric fortunate gives happy line proven receiver wide
We're very happy to have Eric with us. He gives us a proven receiver to go along with Andre Johnson. Now we can line up and we have two first class wide receivers and we feel very fortunate about that.
good inaccurate quote source
I've been told it was inaccurate by a source good enough for me to quote it.
ahead begun gone interested nobody
Right now we have nobody interested in that first pick, so we have gone ahead and begun negotiations with two players.
coverage focus media totally ups
You focus nothing on the media coverage of the ups and downs. You make your own evaluation. It's totally ignored.
doom gloom tough
There's no gloom and doom here. All of us have been through tough times before.
coming injuries key people progress team three
We had made progress in each of our first three years, and we had a better team coming back this year. But the injuries to key people have really hurt.