Schaub Out A Month

[edo783]

Originally Posted by nero THE zero

If a person with an IQ of 75 becomes aware of their intellectual deficiency, it doesn't mean they're on the way to MENSA membership.

Rosenfels is what he is. He's been that way for 8 years and he'll be that way for 8 more weeks.

You might want to go see the clip then you would understand that he was pressing in order to overcome "The stigma" of being a backup QB as he put it. I am NO fan of Sage (like Matt a lot), but if he can get it to were he doesn't majorly screw up, we might be in modestly fair shape to have solid play at the QB position.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by edo783

You might want to go see the clip then you would understand that he was pressing in order to overcome "The stigma" of being a backup QB as he put it. I am NO fan of Sage (like Matt a lot), but if he can get it to were he doesn't majorly screw up, we might be in modestly fair shape to have solid play at the QB position.

So because his interview gives a reason for his mistakes he can change them? Do you honestly think he's going to say "I turn the ball over, that's who I am."

Sage has been around for a long time. If you hold your breath for him to start doing something he has never done before you will be in trouble. Last year he had 15 turnovers in 9 appearances. That means he had 1.6 turnovers per game (not to mention a few were relief appearances so they drive up the average even further). This year he has 4 turnovers in 1.5 games for an average of about 2.5 per game. No team can win while giving it away like he does.

With Schaub hurt again, I hate to admit that our longterm answer at QB probably isn't on our roster. And the current regime spent so much on schaub that they may not survive it if he turns out to not be the guy. This is scary, since a QB and HC change would put us back into rebuilding mode for the 3rd time without ever doing any winning.

[popanot]

Originally Posted by edo783

You might want to go see the clip then you would understand that he was pressing in order to overcome "The stigma" of being a backup QB as he put it.

So in essence he's trying to prove he's 'starter material' by taking unnecessary chances to the detriment of the team. Yeah, Sage, that makes a lot of sense.

[Joshua]

If it took Sage 8 years to learn that "Hey, turnovers are not a good thing for my team, maybe I shouldn't do that," then I think I know why he's never been given the chance to be a starter.

In all seriousness, every QB knows turnovers are the absolute worst thing you can do, that generally you shouldn't throw into double coverage, you shouldn't throw across your body (particularly when throwing back across the field), etc. Heck, most have known it since junior high. However, knowing it and not doing it in the heat of battle are 2 completely different things. Sage is who he is. I'm sure he knows all these things in the calm of a Monday afternoon interview. However, in the game, he takes unnecessary chances. Always has and always will. It's one reason he has never been, and likely never will be, a starter.

[NBT]

In the meantime Sage is our saviour for the next month. I wish him well. The Oline are not blocking for the pass as well as they did last year. JMHO

[popanot]

Anybody wanna bet Schaub's done for the year?

[Arky]

Originally Posted by popanot

Anybody wanna bet Schaub's done for the year?

Not me!

I'm OK with Sage for a while... People haven't quite forgiven him yet for choking away the Colt game but he did have some nice wins last year vs. Tampa Bay, Denver and Jacksonville.... So, he's got it in him.... just gotta hope the turnovers (and there will be some) aren't the game losing variety..

[Keith]

Originally Posted by popanot

Anybody wanna bet Schaub's done for the year?

Are you including playoffs, too?

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by Keith

Are you including playoffs, too?

There won't be any playoffs, not for the Texans anyway.

I've been way out of the loop lately. Did the Texans file a protest about Allen's hit? Was Allen even flagged? Was he fined? Did he pass a breathalyzer afterwards?

What is it about the Texans that they never fight back when their quarterback is cheap-shoted? Remember Drayton Florence in San Diego last year?

There are times in this sport that you have to grow a pair and make a point. If it means twisting Adrian Peterson's knee into a pretzel a full minute after the whistle blows, somebody has to deliver a message - hurt us outside the rules and we will hurt you back. Do you think for a minute that a team like the Steelers or the Ravens would let Allen get away with that? They would send four guys after Allen's knees on the next play and would need to be pulled off him.

It's bad enough to have a team that sucks. It's worse to have a team that's sackless and sucks too. That has been the Houston Texans.

Jerry Glanville used to be accused of coaching his team to play dirty. Particularly Chuck Noll (whose Steelers were never choirboys either - ask Mike Barber about that) would complain. Glanville had the right answer. "For years the Oilers were laughed at because they wouldn't fight back. What they are complaining about isn't the way we are playing. It's that we are fighting back. They can't bully us anymore." There's some truth to that.

But if the Texans won't even raise hell with the league about it, as they apparently didn't with the Florence hit either, they'll continue to get bullied around the league.