Raiders Targeting Schaub? [YES]

[HPF Bob]

....and not with their helmets!

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10610087/oakland-raiders-plan-target-matt-schaub-mark-sanchez-qbs-cut

I don't think anyone is going to trade for him. They are waiting for him to be cut.

[Arky]

Ya, I saw this on a crawl on ESPN last night.... Wonder what they know nobody else seems to know?.. I've heard Schaub might be with us till the draft....

Interesting to read some of the comments below the article...."no QB is worth a 1st round pick"..... I wouldn't go that far... Probably a couple are definite first rounders....

But we know what happens on draft day: Grown men lose their minds and start snapping up QB's like they are collectible items...

[popanot]

Holy crap:

http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/03/16/source-texans-and-raiders-in-serious-trade-talks-for-matt-schaub/

Could we really fleece the Raiders out of a pick?

DJ Hayden, #5, and their 3rd ~for~ Schaub and the #1. <--- That's a joke, people.

[chuck]

I've never given much credence to seances or any of that but maybe there's something to them after all.

[HPF Bob]

I think it could be a straight 1-for-1 Schaub for McGloin.

What the Texans get are cap room and a QB who knows O'Brien's system from Penn State. What the Raiders get is a playoff-ready veteran with WCO experience without having to woo him in free agency.

What this might do is allow O'Brien to draft Bortles but start McGloin until Bortles is ready. I presume Yates and Keenum get tossed to the wind in this scenario. But the Texans also pick up the cap space to fill some holes.

The Raiders are awash in cap room so they might even renegotiate with Schaub to put *more* of his contract on this year's cap so he costs less in future years. Oakland gets to keep their draft picks.

Hard to believe but there is a certain amount of sense to it. If the Raiders get Schaub, McGloin won't see much time anyway.

[chuck]

I think it could be a straight 1-for-1 Schaub for McGloin.

I'm all for it. Do it.

[Nconroe]

So, according to rumors both Raiders and Browns are negotiating for Schaub.

http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/report_matt_schaub_a_serious_possibility_for_the_b rowns/15974386?linksrc=story_player_matt_schaub_auto_mod ule_head_15974386

Good luck to both teams , quicker this gets finalized the better.

And good luck to Schaub and a scenery change in future.

[HPF Bob]

If the report is true that Schaub got a $1 million roster bonus last year for every game he appeared in, it might explain why McNair was so pissed at Kubiak for putting Schaub in the game in relief of Keenum a couple of times.

Once the decision was made that Schaub's time in Houston was over, McNair would see it as wasted money every time Schaub went back into action.

There's nothing saying the Browns are willing to *trade* for Schaub, only to sign him if he is cut. The Raiders are the only team connected to trade rumors.

[chuck]

If the report is true that Schaub got a $1 million roster bonus last year for every game he appeared in, it might explain why McNair was so pissed at Kubiak for putting Schaub in the game in relief of Keenum a couple of times.

As much as I would love to believe that the Texans are stupid enough to construct a contract where Matt Schaub is eligible for sixteen million dollars in annual roster bonuses I read it as the pool from which the game-by-game roster bonus can be drawn is $1,000,000. So each appearance cost the team a bit north of $60,000.

[popanot]

I think it could be a straight 1-for-1 Schaub for McGloin.Schaub for McGloin works for me. Anything that completely wipes out that contractual albatross is fine by me. QB for QB makes more sense, but I'd prefer they target Latavius Murray.

[HPF Bob]

Word out of Oakland from Raleigh McKenzie is that he expects to be introducing his new QB soon and he already knows who that is but isn't telling the media until it is official. Reporters think he was hinting at Matt Schaub.

[nunusguy]

Word out of Oakland from Raleigh McKenzie is that he expects to be introducing his new QB soon and he already knows who that is but isn't telling the media until it is official. Reporters think he was hinting at Matt Schaub.

The Oakland Raiders will trade a late-round pick in the 2014 NFL draft to the Houston Texans in exchange for quarterback Matt Schaub, a league source told ESPN.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10644839/matt-schaub-expected-traded-oakland-raiders-houston-texans

[Keith]

A sort of Mount Rushmore of NFL QBs that have played for Houston.... would probably have to include Matt Schaub.

Warren Moon, Dan Pastorini, and George Blanda would be the incumbents. Who would knock off Schaub?

Career stats as a Texan:
7 seasons, 90 games, 64.6%, 23,221 yards, 7.7 YPA, 124 TDs, 78 INTs, 90.9 Rating.

He had some prolific seasons. And his injury in 2011 will forever make that season a "what could have been" memory for me.

[Nconroe]

Good for Matt. Wish him and family well in Oakland.

And great for Texans, lots of cap space relief and removes controversy.

And Oaklands 5th pick of 6th round draft this year. overall pretty good.

And should find out which compensatory picks we get in 2014 draft during this next week.

[WMH]

Got a 6th rounder this year for him.

Considering he was to be cut regardless, can't bitch about that.

[Foo'ball Fool]

A sort of Mount Rushmore of NFL QBs that have played for Houston.... would probably have to include Matt Schaub.

Warren Moon, Dan Pastorini, and George Blanda would be the incumbents. Who would knock off Schaub?


How about Jim Kelly? Of course you'd have to include the Houston Gamblers in this discussion.

[HPF Bob]

How about Jim Kelly? Of course you'd have to include the Houston Gamblers in this discussion.


Good one. I was going to go with Steve McNair. :D

[Keith]

Yeah, I said NFL, so no to Jim Kelly... and Steve McNair played just two seasons with the HOUSTON Oilers. He didn't become the full-time starter until the season in 1997 season in Memphis as a member of the TENNESSEE Oilers.

I mention this Mount Rushmore thing only because it seems pretty easy to dismiss what Schaub meant to this franchise and the city. Just a bummer in retrospect that his best chance to bring home some hardware was cut short by injury in 2011.

[Arky]

Interesting that 3 of the 4 (Blanda, Pastorini, Schaub) went on to become Oakland Raiders. Moon was the only one who didn't....

[nunusguy]

Yeah, I said NFL, so no to Jim Kelly... and Steve McNair played just two seasons with the HOUSTON Oilers. He didn't become the full-time starter until the season in 1997 season in Memphis as a member of the TENNESSEE Oilers.

I mention this Mount Rushmore thing only because it seems pretty easy to dismiss what Schaub meant to this franchise and the city. Just a bummer in retrospect that his best chance to bring home some hardware was cut short by injury in 2011.

What the hell, as long as you are reaching why not include Andrew Luck who played his scholastic ball at Stratford in Houston.

[popanot]

I just hope the Texans absolutely PROHIBIT the next Franchise QB from wearing #8. Put #8 on mothballs for at least the next 20 years.