The Houston Texans signed Eric Murray to a two-year contract worth $10 million. The Texans secondary keeps some stability as the defense continues forward in year two of Lovie Smith’s Tampa 2 scheme.
According to Over The Cap, Murray’s base salary for 2022 is $2.5 million and is fully guaranteed. Murray gets a $250,000 per game roster bonus, and his cap hit will be $4,860,294 for this season.
In 2023, Murray’s base salary is $3.75 million with none of it guaranteed. Murray would still be eligible to earn the $250,000 per game roster bonus. His salary cap figure would $4,625,000. The Texans would have a potential out as they could cut him and it only cost $625,000 in dead money, which would reflect his prorated bonus.
As the 2021 season came to a close and the Texans were destined for a 4-13 finish, Murray told reporters on Jan. 3 that he saw the defense come together throughout the season.
“From a defensive standpoint, it’s been really interesting because for a lot of us this is a defense that we haven’t really experienced for a lot of the times,” Murray said. “Just buying into everybody doing their job and doing the same job every time, every play. As the course of the season went on, you saw people play faster and you saw people play better. You begin to just plug and play once the culture is in place. I think that is really important for this franchise going forward.”
Murray collected 76 combined tackles, an interception, and four pass breakups in 16 games for Houston, 11 of which he started.