John Simon lands with the Colts
The Houston Texans will now need to replace John Simon after losing A.J. Bouye and Quintin Demps on Thursday.
Another day and another Houston Texans’ defender has signed with another NFL team.
This time it’s linebacker John Simon, who has signed a three-year contract with the Indianapolis Colts.
Source: the Colts have signed former Texans OLB John Simon to a 3-year deal.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 10, 2017
Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network has the details of Simon’s contract in Indy:
LB John Simon's deal w/ IND is $14m over 3 yrs w/ $6m gtd. (Version on the books was $500k light.) Deal just wrapped up by @element_sports.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 10, 2017
So it looks like Simon will be getting a little over $4 million a year with the Colts.
I can’t say I’m surprised the Texans let Simon walk due to their current cap situation despite the fact that they just unloaded Brock Osweiler’s contract.
More from Toro Times
- Houston Texans: Can Sean Payton really be the next head coach?
- Houston Texans Draft: Michael Mayer should be a no doubter at pick 12
- Houston Texans already telling fans the Davis Mills era is over
- Houston Texans have hand forced, waste no time in firing Lovie Smith
- Houston Texans: Pros and Cons of keeping Head Coach Lovie Smith
The 26 year-old Simon was a fourth round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in 2013 and headed to Houston in 2014 and played with the Texans until now.
Simon will certainly help the Colts’ bottom of the league defense as a pass rusher after proving last season he can flourish on the outside.
The Texans could end up signing Simon’s replacement by going out and bringing in a second-tier free agent. Or they could decide to look for an inside linebacker in next month’s draft.
Let us know what you think about another Texans players leaving for a division rival.