Sporting News Q&A with Houston Texans QB Matt Schaub

[Texans_Chick]

Actually, the thing I really want to see as it relates to offensive turnovers and the passing game is a non-ridiculous running game. I think this will be the first Kubiak year that we see the offense the way it is supposed to look.

You know, where the running game and passing game will complement each other. And I think that is what the Texans are going to show this upcoming year with Gibbs' influence (and Sherman's departure).

We've seen vast improvement in the passing game, but a lot of that passing was forced into situations where the defense was expecting it because the running game was ridiculous. And so often, the Texans offense became one dimensional with the passing game and defenses didn't respect the run.

I thought Schaub/Rosenfels did a remarkable job in throwing the ball given 1. the injuries to the wide receivers that they saw the most in camp (Andre Davis went from a guy who almost doesn't make the team to someone who gets re-signed); 2. that generally, the running game was one no other team would have coveted.