What's Right About Your Houston Texans: Matt Schaub
by Tim on Aug 3, 2010 5:00 AM CDT
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PrintRemember when you were counting on this guy this guy to lead your beloved Texans to victory every Sunday?
I'm sorry. I should have warned you. Now you're angry, frightened, and/or convulsing on the floor. I'll give you a minute to regain your composure. When you get it together, jump with me to a happy place.
As we enter the ninth year of your Houston Texans' on-field existence, things are considerably brighter than they were, say, on the morning of March 21, 2007. Because on that afternoon, friends, Smithiak hitched their wagon to a then-unproven career backup quarterback by the name of Matthew Rutledge Schaub.
Some said it'd never happen; those people were oh-so-wrong and shouldn't have a forum to opine on things they clearly have no clue about. Whereas those naysayers once broke down into muffled sobs discussing the quarterback play of the Houston Texans, those same naysayers cry themselves to sleep for entirely different reasons now. Or so I've heard. Not like I cry. That'd be weak. Unless Titanic is on. And then all bets are off. Because that was LOVE, man. The way Jack made Rose promise to live, even though he knew he wouldn't...
Where was I again?
Oh, yeah. The Schaub. Look at his 2009 numbers. And then remember that he played the better part of the last five (5) games with a dislocated shoulder. Let's put all that "Schaub Is Soft" talk to rest, shall we?
Dismiss the Pro Bowl all you want (and it is a glorified exhibition), but Matt Schaub didn't just go to the Pro Bowl; he was the freaking MVP of the Pro Bowl.
For the first time in franchise history, your Houston Texans have a franchise quarterback. A QB who, by any objective standard, is assuredly one of the ten best in the league, and you can make a fine case for him being even better than that. Matt Schaub has arrived. And he's bringing the Texans with him.
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Sir, you need to go to bed....
Proven by the Titanic rambling, and you forcing many people to go into un-controllable Carr-Seizures (scientific name for seizures caused by pictures of car) That’s an explanation for you guys, if you didn’t understand.
Anyways, I agree. Matt Schaub is bringing us to the top 10 with him!
Earl Campbell is the perfect combination of assmass and weightspeed. - Papabear
Laying in my bed I got a better name....
Carrvulsions.
Earl Campbell is the perfect combination of assmass and weightspeed. - Papabear
by Schlauton on Aug 3, 2010 5:37 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Watch out, he's fragile...don't love him too much!
Yes, Rutledge is his middle name, and he’s from Pittsburgh, PA. I love (most) people from Pittsburgh!
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
Funny to go back and read those old posts
and for good measure, it has to be posted:
by Mike Kerns on Aug 3, 2010 7:21 AM CDT reply actions 9 recs
TF?
I think.
And I still love that BJT is on the graph as a point of reference
If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?
I like how Manning's
Line actually doubled back on itself at one point so he was both semi-awesome and average at the same time.
Does anyone remember the game last season Schaub got sack/stripped for a touchdown and then threw an interception on the very next play? I have to admit I hated him for quite a while after that.
?
Either that never happened or I blocked it out.
Someone tell me this guy is lying, please.
Earl Campbell is the perfect combination of assmass and weightspeed. - Papabear
I'm afraid it did happen
not exactly like I said though. Here’s an article from last year
In the devastating loss to the Colts — and this was the kind of loss that can cost coaches their jobs — Schaub built a 20-7 lead, scoring on the Texans’ first four possessions, then let the win crash and burn horribly as the Colts outscored Houston 28-0 over a 28-minute span. His five possessions in that span: interception, three-and-out (punt), fourth-and-out (punt), interception returned for a touchdown, and strip-sack/lost fumble. At times this year, Schaub has looked like a big-time player. He took about 20 steps back Sunday.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/11/30/week12/3.html#ixzz0YOJEsrIg
I think I either didn't see that game or stopped watching it afterawhile.
I am pretty sure the only games I didn’t watch fully/at all was the 49’rs game and the Patriots game. So, I must have just blocked it out…
Earl Campbell is the perfect combination of assmass and weightspeed. - Papabear
damn you toolshed, damn you
that game summed up most of our season…unbelievable…i had that all blocked out myself…that first half was beautiful though.
Don't ask me! Ask Google, you dumb Yahoo!
March 21, my birthday ;)
that was a nice b-day gift to see we had traded for Schaub, I was at Dave Busters eating at the bar and look up to see we got him, lol never forget it
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
Schaub isnt 'soft' whoever says that is silly
fat Albert ‘Lames’-worth falling on you and cheap shot specialist Jared Allen will knockout any QB, once Schaub got adequate protection mainly on his blindside we see hes a battler returning the same game in Jax with that dislocated should and had a bum ankle to start the year and played through the pain to post the 6th best passing season yardage wise ever, Id say hes the real deal.. all the confidence in the world in Matt
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
it was actually Antwan Odom that fell on him and dislocated the shoulder in 2007...
… not Haynesworthless.
Common misconception.
It's Our Time.... or something...
Schaub being called "injury prone" is a total misnomer.
Nearly every single one of his injuries resulted in a major personal foul and/or fines. He was the unfortunate target of some cheap shots from trash players (I’m looking at you, Mullet Allen).
So is every QB in the league.
I’m not saying Schaub is a baby or anything, but he’s clearly missed more games than most quarterbacks have in the past three years. That can’t all be explained away as cheap shots. He’s a great QB, but he doesn’t take hits as well as the best do.
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by riversmccown on Aug 3, 2010 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions
... What?
No, what Jared Allen, Albert Haynesworth, and Drayton Florence did to Schaub don’t happen to most QBs.
by krkenney on Aug 3, 2010 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
With krk
Schaub is tough. Knock on wood….
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
QB's take tons of shots every week.
Has Schaub gotten a more “cheap” assortment than most? Maybe. I don’t watch most quarterbacks every week. Nor am I saying that Schaub is not tough, as nobody would be able to claim with a straight face after the Jacksonville game. Just that he tends to miss games at a fairly high rate compared to the rest of them.
- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter | SB Nation Houston | Battle Red Blog
by riversmccown on Aug 4, 2010 12:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Injury prone
If he twists a knee getting out of his Hummer, that would be injury prone. Getting body-slammed by a DL onto his shoulder thereby getting it dislocated, that’s taking a shot. Getting up having the shoulder put back in, taped up, and finishing the game; that’s one tough SOB.
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
"injury prone"
Romo has missed 9 games in the past 4 seasons and I never hear any of the talking heads calling him “injury prone”.
Andre Johnson was considered “injury prone” by the media going into 2008 because of his 2007 season boo-boo which he came back from that same season to put up ungodly numbers (average numbers for Andre). As a society we’re just way too quick with labeling things without letting things run their course.
It's Our Time.... or something...
Rec'd....
and going to make comment that; of course tony homo would not be labeled that, he is the QB of “America’s Team” (swallowing bile and chunks of my recent dinner upon typing that)….even if he went down every other game with an injury.
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
Cherry picking.
Romo missed 3 games with a broken finger in 2008.
Believe you must have mis-read the box scores, as just because he didn’t start 6 games in 2006 doesn’t mean he wasn’t healthy. He didn’t become the starter until Drew Bledsoe was usurped.
So yeah, I’m guessing that people wait until someone has been hurt more than once before they slap the injury-prone label on them. Appreciate the anti-Cowturds spirit though.
- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter | SB Nation Houston | Battle Red Blog
by riversmccown on Aug 4, 2010 12:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Ahhh
That’s right… I didn’t take into account that Chad Hutchinson was probably Captain America that year. He’s still an injury prone little poonstain IMO.
It's Our Time.... or something...
by bennprince on Aug 4, 2010 11:46 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Tony Homo
But ESPN doesn’t ride Schaub’s lower extremity like they do Romo and the entire cowgirl team"s… Main reason why. Just saying…
Well,
ESPN has an affiliate in Dallas. Just like they focus too much on Notre Dame (seriously, the Golden Domers are awful) because they have a Chicago affiliate and their offices are in Connecticut, so Yankees/Red Sox are gonna be The most important event since the Crucifixion.
If ESPN had an affiliate station in Houston, the Rockets and Astros would be on there WAY too much as well. Heck, I’d bet even the Dynamo would get air time.
Injury Prone:
Victim of Cheap Shots:
by Mike Kerns on Aug 4, 2010 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Tom Brady
Has missed more games in the past three seasons than Schaub, and so has Matt Hasselbeck, Carson Palmer, Jake Delhomme, Aaron Rodgers (although in 2007 he was a backup, but still wasn’t on the field), Kyle Orton, Chad Pennington and many others. Schaub has missed 10 games in the past 3 years combined and that’s not good, but that alone hardly makes him frail.
If you go back and look, the list of players who’ve missed around 10 games or more within 3 seasons include guys like Dan Marino, Rich Gannon, Bob Griese, Randall Cunningham, Joe Namath, Phil Simms, and Dan Fouts… It’s not unheard of for a QB to suffer a few injuries and miss time for a few seasons then go on to have a good and healthy career from that point on.
by Bryan72076 on Aug 4, 2010 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Matt Schaub today is more solid than ever
The guy has put some time into the weight room. He is bigger, stronger. a better able to take a hit….which he will take with this O-Line….
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
Schaub's great.
The early reports from camp that he’s on his A game have me feeling quite confident.
"Lord, beer me strength."
How can he not look good?
He’s playing with a Pro Bowl receiver in Pro Bowl like conditions of preseason training….he’s gonna look like the Pro Bowl MVP that he is, lol!
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
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