HOUSTON -- The Houston Texans have agreed to terms with cornerback Johnathan Joseph, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. nfl jerseys china . The person spoke Thursday night on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced. Houston went 6-10 last season and was desperate to land a top-tier cornerback. It reportedly was a front-runner to land Nnamdi Asomugha, a four-time Pro Bowler. The 27-year-old Joseph is three years younger than Asomugha, and intercepted nine passes in his last two seasons in Cincinnati. The Bengals drafted Joseph out of South Carolina with the 24th overall pick in 2006. A second person with knowledge of Josephs deal said it was for five years and worth US$48.75 million, with $23.5 million guaranteed. The agreement was first reported by ESPN. The Texans open training camp on Sunday, and will get to work on shoring up the leagues worst pass defence from 2010. Houston allowed an average of 268 yards passing per game and 33 touchdown passes overall. Defensive co-ordinator Frank Bush was fired and Houston brought in Wade Phillips to install a 3-4 alignment. The team used six of its eight draft picks on defensive players -- three on defensive backs. Phillips has said he plans to move 2010 sacks leader Mario Williams to outside linebacker and Glover Quin to safety. But the Texans also needed an effective cornerback to shore up a secondary that gave up a league-high 18 receptions covering 40 yards or more. While Asomugha was considered the best free-agent cornerback available, Joseph has more interceptions (14) over the past five seasons than Asomugha (11). 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Brees passed for three touchdowns to go with his scoring run and the Saints beat the Arizona Cardinals 31-7 on Sunday to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2009, when they won the Super Bowl. cheap jerseys from china . Milwaukees reserve infielder, who was called up from Triple-A Nashville six days ago, started at second base with Rickie Weeks sidelined by a sore wrist and hit his first career grand slam to help the Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 8-2. cheap jerseys from china . Jon Montgomerys gold medal in skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre and his subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated him to folk-hero status.Ken Read is resigning from one of the most powerful positions in Canadian sport. The former Crazy Canuck on the Canadian mens alpine ski team is stepping down as director of winter sport for Own The Podium less than a year out from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The 57-year-old from Calgary says "it was time to step away and move on." "Ive been with OTP in one form or another for a decade," Read told The Canadian Press on Monday. "Thats a long time. "Im absolutely 100 per cent dedicated to what OTP and the concept of what it does for sport in Canada, but I also believe that youre multi-tasking, dealing with a lot of sports. Theres a time where you can be doing that and then you step aside and give other people opportunities." Canadas goal at the 2014 Olympics is to win more medals than any other country and to finish in the top three in gold medals won at the Paralympics. Read took the position of winter sport director in 2010 after the Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., to oversee all 13 winter-sport federations heading into Sochi. OTPs winter and summer sport directors answer to chief executive officer Anne Merklinger. Reads contract was due to expire in 2014. The programs long-term planning for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, starts next month. Read says he informed Merklinger two weeks ago that he didnt intend to remain winter sport director into the next quadrennial. They felt the time to look for a replacement candidate is now and Read will leave OTP on March 28. "Theres never a good time for Own The Podium to lose a key member of our leadership team," Merklinger said. "I think its fair to say that Ken will be a part of every medal thats won in Sochi, for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. "Kens been a tremendous leader for the winter sport group and has continued to push the bar for all the winter sport federations in focusing on preparations for Sochi. "The positive is hes established a really solid foundation with the winter sport advisers that hes led. Together, the winter sport advisors and the rest of the organization will really remain focused on all the necessary support required for athletes and coaches heading into Sochi fully prepared." Its the second Olympics in a row in which OTP has lost a leader close to the Games. Alex Baumann resigned as CEO less than a year out from the 2012 Summer Games in London. Merklinger, Baumanns successor, saays shell handle Reads duties until a new winter sport director is appointed in May. wholesale jerseys. "Well have a very good search," she said. "A world-wide search, but we have great winter-sport leaders in Canada. We need to make sure theres no disruption or distraction between now and Sochi, so that will obviously be part of the search process." Read skied for Canada from 1973 to 1983 and in two Winter Olympics. When Read was head of Alpine Canada, he was among the sport leaders that founded OTP in 2004 and he also served on its steering committee leading up to the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy. OTP was established to get as many athletes on the podium as possible when Canada hosted the 2010 Olympics. The organization has continued after winning the gold-medal count in Vancouver with a 14. Read says hell continue to serve on the executive board of FIS, the worlds governing body of skiing, and on its subcommittees. He also sits on the boards of Norquay ski resort near Banff and Score Media. The chief executive officer of WinSport, which oversees the legacy from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, recently stepped down and the organization is operating under an interim. But when asked, Read said he will not be the next CEO of WinSport. "My heart is always in alpine skiing and to some degree Ill always be involved in alpine skiing in one form or another," Read said. "Ive got plenty of irons in the fire. "To me, I look at it at as an opportunity for OTP, of bringing in fresh thinking and new energy, as we take a country who is really in a position to contend for No. 1 and how do we try to ensure that continues? Thats in all the different sports and not just the one Im familiar with. "Thats a wide net and its a lot of energy and requires a lot of creative thinking working with the sports centres and with the sports technical leadership." So Read leaves OTP confident Canada will have an excellent performance in Sochi. "Saying were contending for number one is a pretty profound statement in itself," he said. "It also doesnt turn around and say to all the athletes who will be on the Olympic and Paralympic teams that we are demanding you step up deliver. "It says were giving you the resources. The bottom line though is youve got to stand in the start gate, go out on the sheet or into the game and we just dont want you to have any doubts. All you have to do is do what you love to do." ' ' '