Schaub has bursitis

[Warren]

Schaub spent Tuesday night in the hospital and missed practice on Wednesday due to "a bursa sac issue" in his right knee. They expect him back tomorrow. Orlovsky practiced with the first team in his absence.

[Arky]

Sounds like he'll be a go for Sunday...

Rumor is they really like Leinart and are going to try to keep him. If that is so, I don't expect Orlovsky back next year... Too bad we can't have a "laugher" occasionally where the backup QB's get some action....

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by Arky

Sounds like he'll be a go for Sunday...

Rumor is they really like Leinart and are going to try to keep him. If that is so, I don't expect Orlovsky back next year... Too bad we can't have a "laugher" occasionally where the backup QB's get some action....

If they like Leinert so much, why would he be running as the #3 behind #2 DanO according to local Sports TV news ?

[Arky]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

If they like Leinert so much, why would he be running as the #3 behind #2 DanO according to local Sports TV news ?

NFL? (not for long)

[WMH]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

If they like Leinert so much, why would he be running as the #3 behind #2 DanO according to local Sports TV news ?

Money? I think he has some incentives tied to his spot.....I think.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by WMH

Money? I think he has some incentives tied to his spot.....I think.

Actually, re: who's #2 and who's #3, it is like the radio guys just said: Leinart was a latecomer and needed time to learn the playbook and system. Not like Grossman last year who went through a full camp and won the #2 job in the Tampa Bay preseason game. Leinart probably should have the playbook down by now but has not had any real time snaps. Kind of hard to beat someone out for a job if neither of you sees the field....

I like Leinart - at his best, he's a dart throwin' Steve Young v.2. He had that nice game the night of the now famous Denny Green meltdown ("They are who we thought they were!"). If Matt were to go down, I'd rather have Leinart in there than DanO.... JMO.

[nunusguy]

To me Leinert is very comparable to Schaub: tall, real big but not very athletic at all with only average arm strength. It would really be nice to have a QB here with some mobility to take full advantage of the roll-out, play-action stuff, though I suppose DanO is descent in that department.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by WMH

Money? I think he has some incentives tied to his spot.....I think.

They both do. Leinart signed a one-year deal with a $630,000 base plus $23,125 for each game that he's the #2 QB. When the Texans signed Leinart, they convinced Orlovsky to restructure his contract (in other words, they said redo your deal or you'll be cut) so he now has an $850,000 base plus $25,000 for each game that he's #2.