Schaub had no turnovers and was not sacked. He got the ball out when he needed to, and got rid of it when he needed to. When your defense is playing like it was Sunday, that is the most important thing a QB can do. Ask Tony Romo (or even Joe Flacco, the Ravens may not have paid for it, but I know there defense was not happy with him giving points away when they could have won by kneeling down on offense all night).
As for a #2 WR, we need one in one sense.
We don't need a WR that is better than Walter, because few teams have 2 really good WRs. Especially teams with great TEs and RBs who catch it (look at SD). New Orleans is the same way. Multiple guys catching it. So I don't want some great #2 WR that is going to want the ball, and that Dennison and Kubs will feel pressure to get the ball to. I think that would actually hurt the offense (see the Cowboys for what happens when you have too many mouths to feed, you end up with too many passes called to try to get it to all of them).
But we do need a WR who stretches the field a bit more and JJ doesn't cut it as the deep threat. We need a guy like Devery Henderson for the Saints. Not a great WR. Doesn't get that many balls. Doesn't complain about not getting balls. But is a big time deep threat and even with Colston out, he can stretch the field and scare an opposing Defense.
I don't want to spend a 1st on a WR because then we need to justify drafting him and get him the ball. But a low 2nd or a 3rd on a guy who can fly would seem to be in order. Honestly it is a lot like Pittsburgh drafting Wallace a few years back. Holmes was there 1 and ward was still a good #2, but Wallace provided the things Ward didn't. He wasn't better than Ward, just different. They happened to hit the jackpot and have a replacement for when Holmes was gone. We have the same theory in how we view Walter and JJ, but I don't think JJ adds a true deep threat, just another guy.
And I hope our horizontal passing game can get it done if AJ misses the next few weeks.
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