Roster QB HOU QB Carson Palmer $8,000,000 HOU QB TJ Yates $465,000 Total ($8,465,000) RB HOU RB Arian Foster $9,000,000 HOU RB Rashard Mendenhall $650,000 HOU RB Bernard Scott $565,000 HOU RB Javarris Williams $465,000 HOU RB Lawrence Vickers $300,000 Total ($10.980,000) WR HOU WR Mike Williams $3,000,000 HOU WR Golden Tate $490,000 HOU WR Jeremy Maclin $933,250 HOU WR Riley Cooper $490,000 HOU WR Blair White $490,000 HOU WR Devin Thomas $300,000 HOU (R)WR Juron Criner $550,000 Total ($6,253,250) TE HOU TE Owen Daniels $6,500,000 HOU TE Coffman, Chase $300,000 HOU TE (R)TE Rhett Ellison $350,000 Total ($6,990,000) OL HOU OL Eric Wood $800,000 1C HOU OL (R) David Molk $350,000 2C HOU OL Duane Brown $781,500 1LT HOU OL Derek Newton $465,000 2LT HOU OL Wade Smith $2,000,000 1LG HOU OL Thomas Austin $435,000 2LG HOU OL Sebastian Vollmer $650,000 1RG HOU OL Antoine Caldwell $565,000 2RG HOU OL Jeremy Trueblood $1,500,000 1RT HOU OL (R) Landon Walker $300,000 2RT Total ($8,126,500) DL HOU RDE Mario Williams $12,997,500.00 (Franchised as a LB, moved to DL) HOU NT Alan Branch $3,000,000 HOU DT Shaun Cody $2,250,000 HOU NT (R) Jaye Howard $300,000 HOU LDE Kyle Vanden Bosch $5,000,000 HOU LDE2 Selvie, George $750,000 HOU DT (R)Fletcher Cox $900,000 HOU DE (R) Julian Miller $350,000 Total ($25,102,500) LB HOU WLB Rey Maualuga $565,000 HOU ILB Pat Angerer $490,000 HOU SLB Brian Cushing $1,153,000 HOU ILB Darryl Sharpton $490,000 HOU OLB Tim Jamison $565,000 HOU OLB (R)Danny Trevathan $300,000 HOU OLB (R)Tyler Nielsen $350,000 Total ($3,728,000) DB HOU FS O.J Otogwe $3,500,000.00 HOU SS George Wilson $1,725,000 HOU CB3 Kareem Jackson $700,000 HOU CB4 Brandon Harris $465,000 HOU CB1 Devin McCourty $505,000 HOU HOU SS2 Troy Nolan $565,000 HOU CB2 Glover Quin $565,000 HOU FS2 (R)Eddie Whitley $350,000 HOU CB6 (R)Mike Harris $350,000 Total ($10,145,000) SP HOU KP Olindo Mare $300,000 Hou KP Andy Lee $1,000,000 Total ($1,300,000) Total Salary$81,820,250.00 -$3,179,750.00 under cap. Free Agents HOU DB Dominique Barber UFA HOU DB Jason Allen UFA HOU DL Tim Bulman UFA HOU KP Neil Rackers UFA HOU LB Tim Dobbins UFA HOU OL Chris Myers UFA HOU OL Kasey Studdard UFA HOU OL Mike Brisiel UFA HOU QB Jake Delhomme UFA HOU RB Derrick Ward UFA HOU TE Joel Dreessen UFA HOU WR Bryant Johnson UFA HOU KP Matt Turk UFA HOU QB Jeff Garcia UFA Restricted Free Agents HOU DB Quintin Demps RFA
Draft Picks 1.6 (N.E.) Dl Fletcher Cox Miss St $900,000 2.51 (Phi) WR Juron Criner Arizona $550,000 5.149 (Stl) C David Molk $350,000 5.154 FS Eddie Whitley $350,000 6.177 (Stl) TE Rhett Ellison $350,000 6.186 DE Julian Miller $350,000 7.218 LB Tyler Nielsen $350,000 C7E CB Mike Harris $350,000 Undrafted FAs
Free Agency Players signed from the cut list Mare, Olindo - $300K Thigpen, Tyler - $500K (Released) Vickers, Lawrence - $300K Trueblood, Jeremy - $1,500,000 Lee, Andy - $1,000,000 Selvie, George - $750,000 Kirlew, Jammie - $300,000 Coffman, Chase - $300,000 Palmer, Carson $8,000,000 Signed from Free Agency WR Devin Thomas - $300,000 QB Vince Young - $300,000 Undrafted FAs Landon Walker OT 300K Jordan White WR 300K Trevor Guyton DE 300K Jaye Howard DT 300K Danny Trevathan OLB 300K Sean Loiseau ILB 300K