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Originally Posted by barrett
I don't follow the Astros as much so I am not sure, but I don't remember Lidge all of a sudden throwing 10 MPH slower.
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I don't follow the Astros or MLB that much either, but I remember the saga of Brad Lidge and know that he lost it in Houston, really lost his confidence more than anything else, he couldn't get anybody out when he needed to and that's bad for a relief pitcher. So he left the Astros, but regained his form, and was part of the Phillies team that won a WS. Now I'm not saying ths Schaub is gonna go win a SB with another team, but I could imagine a comeback
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Originally Posted by barrett
Schaub is a totally different guy physically than 2011. Even if he gets back to a good place mentally and gets on a team that gives him a fresh start, he still has 75% of the arm strength and even less mobility than he had a few years ago. Corners are never going to back off of him because they know he can't go deep. So they squat on the short routes and pounce for the pick 6.
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One of the best best games I ever Schaub play was in Denver in 2012, so that's since the 2011 lisfranc injury. And you mentioned the Seattle game, well you know he and the Texans were beating the crap out of them deep into the 3rd quarter, then Sherman made that pick-6 and every thing turned around. Maybe Schaub suddenly got old and decrepit after he threw that pick-6 to Sherman last fall ? Or maybe OD just didn't step into the pass and block out Sherman like he should've on the play. All I know is the roof fell in
on the Texans.