Report: Matt Schaub will not return this season

[Big Bid'Ness]

Fromrofootballtalk

The best season in Houston Texans franchise history just veered off the road.

Quarterback Matt Schaub will miss the rest of the season with a Lisfranc injury in his foot, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The Texans would not confirm that news just yet, but coach Gary Kubiak did say that it was possible Schaub wouldn’t play again. He’s going to see a few specialists this week, apparently in effort to find better news.

We still think the Texans can and will win the division with Matt Leinart at quarterback. (More on that soon.)

But dreams of a playoff bye and potential Super Bowl run for the Texans just took a massive hit. Matt Leinart has his chance to prove a whole lot of people wrong over the rest of the season.

UPDATE: Gary Kubiak said on 610 in Houston that the team believes Schaub is not out for the season.

 

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[color="#444444"][font="Arial][/font][/color][color="#444444"]...Ouch.. Guess we'll see what Leinart can do, they have good pieces around him at least.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

i already beat you to it smh lol.

 

[germany00]

there goes my starting QB on my fantasy team :/

 

[.infamous]

MATT LIENART WILL TAKE THE TEXANS TO THE PROMISE LAND!!! /sarcasm

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Today's like the official NFL injury day or something.

Aaron Rodgers goes down tonight???

 

[.infamous]

Today's like the official NFL injury day or something.

Aaron Rodgers goes down tonight???

DONT SAY THAT

 

[elcheato]

The Belt will never go down

 

[cruzg24]

How dare you speak those blasphemies about the champion!

 

[.infamous]

thats what the belt has to say to you nola

 

[Elite]

Jared Allen finna put Rodgers on his booty hole tonight.

 

[kam.]

Welp.. SO much for the Texans making a shot at the superbowl.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Well, that's a shame...

 

[Lake Louise]

Texans will be fine. They have Leinart, one of the best QB's in the league.

 

[Falcons11497]

Falcons just caught a big break for that game comping up, I'd say that wouldve been the hardest game we had left on our schedule besides the Saints in NO
This isn't about the Falcons though, thats a huge loss for the Texans

 

[RipCity32]

That's a huge loss, wow.
Couldn't even imagine how deflating that is for Texan fans.

 

[Pugz]

Texans will be fine. They have Leinart, one of the best QB's in the league.

i legit laughed out loud lol

 

[playmaker7]

That really does suck for the Texans like so unexpected at this point of the season. They were so fit to take it too

Let's see what happens now, if they'll still play well. Its just one player...but who knows

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Fromrofootballtalk

Texans should give Favre a call

A day after the football-following world warmed up to the notion that the Texans may be the best team in the AFC, the Texans’ ability to compete with AFC teams not in the AFC South took a major hit.

And now, with starting quarterback Matt Schaub expected to miss the rest of the year, the job falls to Matt Leinart, a former Heisman winner who hung around campus one year too long, lost his job to Kurt Warner, and then blew his chance to succeed the Hall of Famer by displaying a lack of accuracy that nearly got Larry Fitzgerald killed in the preseason.

Instead, it got Leinart run out of Arizona.

So why in the world would the Texans entrust the starting quarterback job to Leinart, whose coach at USC has shown no interest in a reunion, as they move toward their first playoff berth in franchise history?

Yes, I believe the Texans should call Brett Favre. Though he has become a caricature, the analysis is simple: Would you rather have Favre or Leinart running your offense?

I don’t expect the Texans to call Favre, and I have no idea whether Favre would be interested. But for the past few years there’s been a vague sense that Favre would consider capping his career with a Roger Clemens-style partial season with a contending team that has a clear need.

Many will dismiss the possibility because we’re all sick of Brett Favre the man. But there’s no denying that Brett Favre the quarterback can still bring it. He has shown that he can get up to speed quickly, and if the Broncos can re-tool their offense quickly to suit the unique skills of Tim Tebow, the Texans surely can come up with a playbook that consists of healthy doses of Arian Foster and Ben Tate on the ground, periodic Brett bombs to Andre Johnson, and a smattering of short throws to Owen Daniels and either Foster or Tate.

Coupled with one of the best defenses in the league, and in light of the fact that Houston is a fairly short flight from Hattiesburg, it makes sense.

It makes a lot more sense than trusting Matt Leinart.

Sure, Leinart may dub me a “hater” and use this criticism as motivation, but if the guy wasn’t able to motivate himself when the starting job in Arizona had been handed to him, the kick in the butt that comes from a external slight won’t matter.

And if, as expected, the Texans don’t call Favre, he can blame only himself for allowing issues other than his arm strength and experience and competitiveness influence teams to now avoid him. This could have been his best chance to write the perfect final chapter for his career, walking off into the sunset with a second Lombardi after beating the Packers and Aaron Rodgers.

But the short-term marriage simply isn’t going to happen.

Even though, given the Texans’ alternatives, it should.

SMH.

 

[DJT]

Big loss for the Texans...wonder how Lienart will fair.