for the 4 texans fans left

by WacArnolds on Mar 21, 2007 3:24 PM CDT

Houston gets: Matt Schaub, 1st Rd. pick (10th overall) of 2007
Atlanta gets: 1st Rd. pick (8th overall), 2nd Rd. pick (39th overall) of 2007 and 2nd Rd. pick of 2008

I guess they should have gotten a QB, last year huh. I'm not a huge Texans fan, but living here in Houston, I guess its nice to have someone else under center. Hope it works out.

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should have gotten a QB, last year huh

Yeah, I hear Reggie McNeal was available...

by GoHorns on Mar 21, 2007 5:07 PM CDT reply actions

Obviously we won't know how this trade turns out..

until we see how well Schaub does. However, two second-rounders seems like a lot to give up for a QB who hasn't even won an NFL start.

It also almost certainly takes them out of the running for AP and Quinn.

I think the Texans are taking a long, hard look at Levi Brown at 10...

by jc25 on Mar 21, 2007 5:13 PM CDT reply actions

I am pumped

We are making some solid offseason moves. Call me crazy but I think the Texans will be knocking on the playoffs door next season.

Hook 'em

by TarHorn on Mar 21, 2007 6:13 PM CDT reply actions

CRAZY!

Vince Young wins football games.

by chief on Mar 21, 2007 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions

I can't even begin to deal with...

how crazy that is.

by aorist9 on Mar 21, 2007 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions

what's it like?

to cheer for an organization like that? Their mistakes keep compounding.

And to think they could have owned Texas...
As mediocre as the Cowboys have been for so long (hmm, let's see, the road to mediocrity seems to have begun roughly 5 minutes or so after Jerry Jones got rid of the guy who he felt got too much credit for the team...), and let's face it, they've been so unattractive for so long, that if a Texas team could have found a face for their franchise, like, I don't know, maybe a legendary Texas high school AND college player, they could have absolutely taken over the hearts and minds of all Texans except for die-hard aggies, who, let's face it, have their hearts and minds already spoken for...

by agent orange on Mar 21, 2007 6:35 PM CDT reply actions

The Texans must be.....

some sort of Tax dodge for the owners. Having VY play from them would have put bodies in the seats no matter how well they finished.
The owners must be driving down the sale value of the club to justify a move or something.
Or maybe they are just big time idiots who should stay out of sports.
At least we know where to go to find the next head of FEMA.

xerxes

by Xerxes on Mar 21, 2007 10:23 PM CDT reply actions

...the next head of FEMA

xerxes, you just made me laugh out loud in the office.

by jimjar on Mar 22, 2007 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions

For more on this

Tim at http://www.battleredblog.com/ has breakdown from "one of the four"'s perspective.

i've been in Houston for four years now and would like to embrace the home team, but they continue to show me nothing. not sure in the long run this will turn out to be a wise move. hopefully Schaub will prove me wrong, but i can't see his modest upgrade over Carr as worth the two starters (assuming they wouldn't fuck up those two picks) they would otherwise get.

by littlevisigoth on Mar 22, 2007 11:23 AM CDT reply actions

i think it might even be a downgrade over Carr

Carr is a lot more mobile than Schaub (which helps a little with the terrible o-line). but what exactly does Schaub do better than Carr? we don't know because schaub's started 2 games in his career.

i asked a buddy of mine today why exactly schaub is an upgrade over carr and he jokingly said, "because schaub hasn't played a game yet." it reminds me of a samuel johnson line, "What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known."

that is to say, in football terms, the backup quarterback is always the most popular guy on the team.

by billyzane on Mar 22, 2007 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions

true

but name anything special that Carr has done - and he's had 5 freaking years. he has never had that moment where he takes over a game.

i don't know a lot about schaub, but almost every coach in the league raves about him. and i would take the unknown possible star over a guy destined to be average.

i know that the back-up is usually the most popularguy on the team; but on the Texans, it was the starter who was the most -unpopular- and that my friend is no way to field a team.

by WacArnolds on Mar 22, 2007 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions