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Texans sign GM Smith and coach Kubiak to contract extensions

The Houston Texans announced contract extensions Thursday for general manager Rick Smith and coach Gary Kubiak, rewarding them for taking the team to the playoffs last year for the first time.Texans owner Bob McNair wanted to maintain continuity with both men in the final years of their current contracts. Smith's extension is for four years, which will keep him with the team through 2016. Kubiak's is a three-year agreement which re-does the last year of his current deal and keeps him under contract through 2014."Stability is very important and these people work well together and they are committed to bringing a championship to Houston," McNair said. "That's our goal and what we work for every day. I'm real pleased we were able to bring this about."McNair said he offered Kubiak a four-year deal, but he preferred to make it for three."Gary has assured me that with the level of success he's going to have, he's going to be worth a lot more money in three years instead of four. So I had to ...

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