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Originally Posted by Joshua
Complete speculation but i don't think Schaub is treated like the rest of them. Because Kubiak is the supposed QB guru, i think this is the one position Smith defers almost exclusively to Kubiak. I base this on his 2 contracts and his complete lack of competition during his tenure here. Nobody else has had the luxuries Schaub has. I attribute this to Kubiak, but again, that's a guess.
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That could be. I would guess that if it is true then Kubiak is reaching a point where he needs to stop protecting or go down with the ship.
But I am not convinced that is how it is. Nobody ever brings in competition for their QB. You either replace your QB or you don't. You bring in competition and you setup a lame duck TB situation where you are cutting your QB's legs off. If Kubiak is protecting him I would guess it is just about his QB rep, since nobody creates 'competition' at QB on purpose. As for the 2 contracts, one was the initial one, and that was a good one. We wanted a guy to get us to the playoffs and replace David Carr. We obviously didn't want to bottom out and go high draft pick. Schaub was a good QB for a team looking to grow, he just didn't grow with the rest of the team. He is what he is. We got great mileage out of him for the talent and what it cost us. The 2nd contract was the bad one. We were clearly not sold on him and didn't extend him early and then got cold feet the day before the season and locked him up last year. A mistake, but Schaub's absence in the 2011 playoffs left the slight possibility hanging in the air we could do it with him. Strangely Schaub's injury got him a free pass and a lot of money that he never sees if he is healthy and spitting the bit in 2011.