[Official] Texans sign Vince Wilfork

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>&quot;I think we can do a lot of damage here ourselves, especially winning ball games, and that’s the key.&quot;-Vince Wilfork on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a>.</p>&mdash; Drew Dougherty (@DoughertyDrew) <a href="https://twitter.com/DoughertyDrew/status/577581431645319168">March 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Vince Wilfork: &quot;My goal is to help this team win as many games as possible and bring winning to this town.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a></p>&mdash; Brian T. Smith (@ChronBrianSmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChronBrianSmith/status/577581549031333888">March 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>&quot;I’ve heard the fans are some great fans, so I can’t wait to be a part of that.”-Vince Wilfork on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a> fans.</p>&mdash; Drew Dougherty (@DoughertyDrew) <a href="https://twitter.com/DoughertyDrew/status/577581597018365952">March 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>&quot;My goal is to help this team win as many games as possible and bring winning to this town. I think we deserve that,&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/wilfork75">@wilfork75</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a></p>&mdash; Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) <a href="https://twitter.com/taniaganguli/status/577581633253076993">March 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Vince Wilfork mentions all of his New England ties in Houston as being a reason to be here. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a></p>&mdash; PDS (@PatDStat) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatDStat/status/577581631080243200">March 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Vince Wilfork on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a>' potential: &quot;I think we can do a lot of damage here ourselves.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NFL?src=hash">#NFL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Damage?src=hash">#Damage</a></p>&mdash; Brian T. Smith (@ChronBrianSmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChronBrianSmith/status/577581961645924352">March 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Full list of quotes from Wilfork on the Texans:

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Wilfork called <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a>' O'Brien ... Billy O. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BillyO?src=hash">#BillyO</a></p>&mdash; Brian T. Smith (@ChronBrianSmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChronBrianSmith/status/577583193622065152">March 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
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At a minimum he should be able to help mentor Nix, which is why I LOVE this move. If he's at 75% of last year, that's fine. But if he can bring even 50% of Nix's potential out, this will be a plus.

Great signing, and unlike Ed Reed we didn't forgo a younger, as talented at this stage of career, player to sign him.

 

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For what it's worth, Wilfork was the 6th best run stuffer as a 3-4 DE in the league according to PFF.

I see a lot of Ed Reed comparisons, but nothing to back that up. I'm excited for this signing; he should help the run defense immensely.

 

I'm sure all those zeros after the dollar sign didn't hurt

 

He's always been the same size. Yes, he tore his achiles, then he came back a year later and played more snaps than any other NT in the game. At a very high level at that. The dude can flat out play, and with Nix here he'll be able to take a smaller load to keep him fresh later in his career. We're not looking at him in the long term. He's a stop gap for Nix to catch up, and for us to build depth at the position. Why not get a stop gap that's still a badass?

And those "cheaper" NT also come with knocks on them. Either not being in shape, personality issues, etc. While Vince is a model citizen that has done it longer, and already knows the scheme at which he'll play in.

I'm all in on this addition.

 

We've NEVER had a nose tackle that I can recall on this team worth talking about. Looking forward to having Wilfork and Watt playing in tandem!

 

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Very classy of the Patriots and Mr. Wilfork. Who said the "Patriot system" has to be ruthless in their dealings with veterans?

 

I took Vince as more of a George Strait kinda guy..

 

Something tells me he's going to fit in here just fine.

 

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So how much more cap space do we have to spend on other available free agents?

 

Not much without cutting or restructuring.

Had a tad over 8 million before these 2 signings.

 

Loving this offseason so far

 

At this point I don't even care. Texans are having the best offseason they ever have had. I give them props.

 

Lol, is he in Houston or NE?

 

Pretty much tapped now. They could turn Watt's roster bonus into a signing bonus which would allot an extra $8 mil to the cap. Could restructure Cush and get a couple more million. There's definitely room for growth.