I have brought this subject up in other blogposts and it seemed to get buried. I think it is a good subject and one that warrants some consideration and perhaps, implementation. That is QB audibles at the line of scrimmage. I have listened to Coach Kubiak address this on his Monday talk show. His current offensive strategy is that he doesn't allow Schaub to audible at the line of scrimmage. I believe it may be time for Kubiak to start to allow this. I believe Matt Schaub can do it. I believe it will benefit the offense. I believe it is where this offense needs to go in it's evolution.

A big part of my reasoning is based on the desire to watch the offense get better, and also because the players in this offense are smart enough to do it.

My best example of where it would be a good thing is the first play of the last game. I'm repeating myself here, but this is my interpretation of what happened. The play was a three-step drop quick out pass to a WR. The blocking scheme for the tackles was a quick one step and cut block, giving Schaub just the time he needs to get off that pass. The snafu came when the Jags CB's played up close on the Texans' WR's. So, what happened is, the WR's were not open when Schaub three-stepped back and he had to move up in the pocket to avoid the DE's who had sidestepped the cut blocks. The result was a game-changing injury to Schaub.

If Schaub had practiced and been given permission to audible out of a play, he would have been able to recognize the Jag's defensive scheme and audible out, calling another play. Now, I am not saying that this is a cure-all for whatever may cause injury to Matt Schaub. I am just saying, I see the possibilities of the benefits of putting a little more control in the offensive play-calling to the guy on the field who sees what is going on when it is happening. There are a lot of teams that do it and the Texans are not one of them. I think Matt Schaub is capable. I would like to see the Texans start to do this. I think Kubiak could go a long way towards getting some success on offense in certain situations and it would also be a move that could save his job.

And, I might add, there is a word called "trust" that I may have thrown around a bit and others may have also. Kubiak needs to get that "trust" factor in his key players.