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BREAKING NEWS--Matt Schaub to Houston?

You read that right.  John McClain is reporting that a deal for the Falcons QB "could be imminent."

WHAT????!!!???  Sure, Schaub COULD (should?) be an upgrade over the status quo, but at what cost?  I can assure you that it won't be cheap.  The Falcons tendered him at the highest level possible, meaning that any team that wanted to sign him as a restricted free agent would have to forfeit a first and third round pick.  While McClain states that a trade appears to be the method the Texans will use, thus theoretically meaning Schaub wouldn't cost a first and third round pick, you have to believe that Atlanta is going to turn the screws to Houston before parting with their failsafe to The Michael Vick Experiment.

So what would Schaub cost?  The No. 8 pick?  A second and third?  A second and next year's first?  The possibilities are endless.  And frankly, they're nauseating.  I will refrain from passing final judgment on any deal until I see what the Texans are going to give up, but I will say this:  I am terrified.

Update [2007-3-21 14:53:23 by Tim]:--ESPN is reporting that the Texans will flip first round picks with the Falcons (going from No. 8 overall to No. 10 overall), as well as part with their second round pick this year AND their second round pick in 2008. Wow.

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Looks like a 2nd round pick
http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/10078226

I reckon he got traded for a 2nd round pick.  He still is an unproven QB though. Atleast the first round pick won't be spent on Brady Quinn :D

by bryangene on Mar 21, 2007 12:57 PM CDT reply actions  

Re: Second Rounder
McClain is reporting that it'll be "at least a second round pick."  If it's just a second-rounder, I like the deal.  My "like" could turn to "love" if the Texans manage to get anything for Carr.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Mar 21, 2007 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

Draft
This means come draft time whether or not Adrian Peterson will be available..which I think is a good possibility..the Texans will pass on him for an offensive lineman or trade down for more picks..which could make sense. If they don't trade down I like Manuel Ramirez from Texas Tech in the third.

by bryangene on Mar 21, 2007 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

Carr
I forgot to add that Carr is prob good for a third round trade.

by bryangene on Mar 21, 2007 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Re: Draft and Carr
BG, I'd love for you to be right about Carr fetching a third-round pick, but I'll believe it when I see it.  Frankly, I'd be ecstatic with anything from the fourth round up.  As I've said on many occasions, I have a hard time believing that a team will part with a first-day draft pick for the honor of taking on Carr and his bloated contract.

With regard to the draft, you're absolutely right that this trade would end any talk of Brady Quinn Medicine Woman ending up in H-Town.  If Peterson slips to No. 8, he has to be the pick, Ahman Green signing be damned.  I'd love to see us trade back, but I'd also be happy with LaRon Landry or Alan Branch at No. 8.  I like Levi Brown too; I just don't know if taking him at No. 8 would be a bit too much of a reach.

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Mar 21, 2007 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Jay Glazer reports
That it's 2 second round picks and a swap of 1st rounders this year.

Damn!

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by JasonB on Mar 21, 2007 1:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Re: Larceny
All I can say through these tears is that Matt Schaub had better be the greatest thing to happen to this town since Jesus passed through back in 29 A.D.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Mar 21, 2007 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

You're right
The only way this trade is not a complete fleecing by the Falcons is if Schaub turns out to be great...

Clearly the Texans' football think he will be.

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by JasonB on Mar 21, 2007 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'd like to thank the Texans...
For ending ANY talk of Schaub going to Jacksonville...

Now I just gotta hope that it dosent turn into "David Carr: Future Jaguar" discussion.

But, all jokes aside...Damn that's a lot of Draft Picks for an unproven backup.

-C

Check out SB Nation's Jaguar Blog at Big Cat Country

by River City Rage on Mar 21, 2007 6:12 PM CDT reply actions  

Salt in the Wound
Thanks, Chris.  We're glad to be of help.  It's sort of what we're about, really...making the rest of the AFC South sleep a wee bit better each night.

After much inner debate, I've concluded that this trade would have been GREAT for the Texans if they could have made that 2008 draft pick conditional.  As in, if Schaub performs like Houston fans pray he will, Atlanta gets a second-rounder.  If he does his best Phillip Buchanon impression, Atlanta gets a fourth-rounder.

Alas, no conditions.  Regardless, "geeked" doesn't begin to describe how I feel about the first time The Schaub runs out the tunnel at Reliant Stadium.  The roof may well blow off.  Assuming we have it closed and not opened to make our opponents "sweat" (e.g., 2005 opener against Pittsburgh).

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Mar 21, 2007 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

guh!
Quit...smack...kicking me...whap...I'm already down...bop

by bigfatdrunk on Mar 22, 2007 7:52 AM CDT up reply actions  

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