We watched Schaub for 6 years. We've watched Keenum for 7 games. Not sure that's a great comparison.
I'm not going to address other parts of your post because I think others have already commented and I agree with what they said, but the statement above is what I have a problem with. You act as if in those 6 years of watching Schaub were like watching some inept bumbling idiot and ignore the fact that Schaub not only lead the league in passing one of those seasons, he also lead the Texans to their first winning seasons, as well as 2 Division Championships.
Keenum does not hold a candle to Schaub no matter how much you or other Keenum fans would like to say he does. Schaub had a bad year and people like you lynched him and are in the process of running him out of town for what? One bad year, and Case Keenum?
Reminds me so much of this. However, if Carr(I am not his fan but) had better OL back then, he might played a little better than what he did with the Texans I think.
Yes as would any QB, which was my point. Schaub would have been better too with an actual OL who blocked for him. Instead of changing QB's we should have done everything we could to make sure we had a solid OL and depth so Schaub had the time to do what he did to Seattle, and SD just to name a few.
The oline did not suddenly become a problem. Injury impacted it from beginning. Smith and Newton went out for parts of games and DB was also playing hurt. I am not saying Keenum does not need to get better but what QB will play to their potential behind what Schaub and Keenum had to play behind. Oh and Foster had hamstring and back injuries almost from beginning.
Not just injury, the fact is since we let Brisiel and Winston go, the Texans pass protecting has been a shell of itself, and instead of addressing the issue, people started ragging on Schaub saying it was all his fault, and that if we had a more fleet footed QB back there, the OL problems would not be as much of a problem. Clearly that is NOT true, and the OL is even worse because of injury.
Wars are won in the trenches, and having a great OL covers up short comings in your QB play. If fans do not blame many of those pick 6's Schaub threw on horrible line play, then they are not being honest with themselves, and are looking for a scapegoat rather than addressing the problem.
Any team that fails to shore up it's first and most important line of defense (the OL) deserves to fail miserably (see 2013 Texans) and will continue to do so until they fix the problem.
All of this talk about who is better is irrelevant. I do not care who you put behind the Texans current OL, they will fail. People need to stop blaming Schaub and or Keenum and put the blame where it belongs. QB protection.
Part of that is on coaching also because if my QB was getting hammered like Schaub was game in and game out, I would have changed things up and left a TE in to help block on the right side, and well as have the RB chip anyone rushing from that side, but time and time again Kubiak ignored that. These are simple adjustments that any pee wee coach knows how to teach his players to execute.
Fix the OL, or failure is imminent no matter who is the QB. If Harris plays the entire game like I expect he will against the Colts, you will see better pass protection and better QB play. FIX THE OL, then critique QB's!