Official Texans @ Colts Game Thread, 12/22/2011

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Originally Posted by popanot

EDIT: And don't get me wrong... I'm not saying TJ is great and certainly not saying he's better than Schaub or there should be a QB competition next year. He's certainly knocked Lienart out of a job, but no way is he a better option than Schaub. All I'm saying is the whole team for the most part is playing like crap and there's plenty of blame to go around - not only on the QB. Schaub was probably good enough to overcome some of these weak performances, but a backup rookie QB is not and everyone has to step up their game or they won't win another game this season.

I agree with all of this. We played well enough to win if we got good QB play. With the QB play we are getting we need to be better than average and cannot give away opportunites anywhere. The team laid it's 2nd consecutive egg and will lay two more if they don't change something.

And I am very grateful Yates has been just good enough to keep me hopeful before the games and bitter afterwards. But I don't think the last two games were better than Leinhart would have done. Yates has started checking the ball down (perhaps as a reaction to the turnovers?). We would have gotten that with more rhythm and less mistakes out of Leinhart.

Either Yates is hurt, or teams are adjusting after getting film on him, or something else. But the same guys who aren't that good when Schaub played (or in the Cincy game), are running downfield routes and Yates isn't throwing it to them anymore. I don't buy he's being told to do that, because his turnover issues did not come on downfield throws. He simply looks indecisive and weaker armed the last two weeks, and it is getting worse not better.