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Titan "Tack" Fan;637140 said:Good argument
/sarcasm
What? Did you get banned from the Titans MB or something?
I have watched him play, thanks to NFL Sunday Ticket over the last three years. I always thought he was a good QB, but just in Vick's shadow. I did not think we would get him, but we did. So, from what I saw when he did play, I am happy he is here. By the way, I was a Carr supporter, but I think MS could run circles around DC.
That Yahoo video tells a lot about Schaub. The right tackle was beaten badly and had Schaub not been aware and moved swiftly to the left he would have been sacked within the 1st 3 seconds after the snap. It also showed that he can throw accurately on the run.http://youtube.com/watch?v=R38o9qcShUA
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1096084148&fr=yfp-t-501
This is all I've seen of him and he looks good in these
Breaking UVA's passing records is not really saying a lot.
They have put out three QBs of note in the past
Aaron Brooks
Don Majkowski
for those that don't already know
http://www.majiknetwork.net/
7 rides again
Yeah, but you could insert that guy from Texas.......then note others from the past...Chris Simms, Major Applewhite, etc.
No, cause of Bobby Layne.
That was like 60 years ago man....how many great QBs have they had since then?
I remember thinking at the time that I wish Schaub started over Vick
He looked like a true QB instead of a over-paid freak who flips off the fans and carries bling in the bottom of a water bottle. (yeah, right!)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=R38o9qcShUA
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1096084148&fr=yfp-t-501
This is all I've seen of him and he looks good in these
Giants defensive end Michael Strahan was in Houston on Thursday to play in a charity golf tournament to benefit the Ray Anthony Peacock scholarship fund. Strahan was asked what he thought about the Texans trading for Schaub, and he pointed out that before the Giants played the Falcons last season, he watched film of Schaub and starter Michael Vick.
"We studied both of those guys," Strahan said. "He's (Schaub) a drop-back, almost like a Tom Brady-like quarterback. He's very composed, and he's very big. The word we were told when we were preparing for the Falcons was we almost don't want to put him in the game. We want to keep him on the sidelines. He's first-round talent. He's a very good player. I think the Texans did a good thing by getting him."
I keep reading on your boards about how you overpaid or how Schaub is unproven. Do not look at Schaub's overall stats. Look at games he played more than a quarter. Michael Vick went down a few times in the closing minutes of a game where winning was a miracle short of happening. Enter Matt Schaub. Schaub never tried to dump the ball off against a prevent defense that would guarantee a loss but pad his stats for when it was time to be a free agent or be traded. Every single time I watched him come in he played to win and not for stats. He'd have to throw it into deep coverage and what was amazing to me was how many times he completed it and his calm but hurried demeanor. He made good decisions, got the ball out quickly, and delivered it with accuracy. That's why every time he came into the game the crowd went nuts.
Many fans in Atlanta who were more than casual fans would have rather seen Schaub the starter than Vick. I'm not sure that the Falcons front office felt any different. However, when your current starter has only completed two years out of the ten year 137 million dollar contract it is IMPOSSIBLE to cut or trade him because the signing bonus and guaranteed portion of the salary cap would have accelerated into the current year. Our only option would have been to bench him for a couple years and then sign Schaub also to starter money. The fact is Vick is a good but not great quarterback in terms of finding ways to win so that was never going to happen. I don't understand why the press doesn't talk more about that.
Everyone loves to talk about how bad the Falcons offensive line(Vick was the second most sacked behind Carr for a while) was and how poor Vick never had time to get the ball out and when he did his receivers didn't catch it. Well how in the world did Schaub become the most prestigious backup in the NFL behind the same line and throwing to the same receivers.
Through three seasons Schaub earned the nickname, "Mr. Preseason"In his rookie preseason he was by far the best rookie quarterback in a class that included Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Philip Rivers, and JP Losman. All four were chosen in front of him and none of them came close to his production. If you want to research regular season stats that should count research these:
Last two games of his rookie year were Atlanta had clinched the #2 seed in the NFC. These meaningless games featured the Falcons backups vs. the opposing teams first string for the most part.
This was his worst game by far. Against New Orleans in his first start:
Att Comp Pct Yds TD Int Rate Sac Yds Att Yds Avg Lg TD Fum Rec
41 17 41.5 188 0 2 35.4 3 14 4 21 5.3 11 0 1 0
The next game against Seattle he didn't start because the Falcons had a bye week and Mora didn't want Vick rusty so the starters played for what I believe was a half. I can't remember but this is close.
Att Comp Pct Yds TD Int Rate Sac Yds Att Yds Avg Lg TD Fum Rec
22 14 63.6 133 1 1 76.5 1 0 2 7 3.5 8 0 0 0
The only start Schuab saw not in his rookie year. What a game. He ripped New England apart but unfortunately Brady returned the favor. The next year defensive coordinator Eric Mangini becomes the Jets head coach and aggressively seeks Schuab in trade with John Abraham. The Falcons refuse because they knew they could keep him one more year and trade him this year. So the Falcons instead traded down their 15th overall draft pick with Denver to get a late first round pick for the trade.
34 18 52.9 298 3 0 112.1 3 14 2 3 1.5 2 0 0 0
Probably shouldn't count this game either since I didn't count other mop up duty but he mopped up well. This game was way out of hand before he went in. They were down by like 35 in the 4th quarter or something silly like that so maybe he didn't play as desperately as other times in mop up duty. I was sitting on the 50 yard line in the lower level when he came in and the place went NUTS with cheers.
Att Comp Pct Yds TD Int Rate Sac Yds Att Yds Avg Lg TD Fum Rec
13 9 69.2 110 1 0 120.7 2 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
His final game in a Falcon uniform. He played against the Eagles backups once Vick got hurt and did pretty good but again came in from behind. Not his best game but still did pretty decent.
Att Comp Pct Yds TD Int Rate Sac Yds Att Yds Avg Lg TD Fum Rec
21 15 71.4 175 1 1 92.4 2 8 2 21 10.5 19 0 0 0
Anyways, if me going through the trouble of writing all this doesn't show the amount of support the die hard Falcons fans had for Schuab then you just have a bad attitude and would fit in well with some of the casual fans who just like to be negative. Matt Schaub still doesn't have tons of experience but nearly every single time he's been called on to produce he's done a good job. Falcons fans are already talking about how this may be the next great QB after Favre that we let get away. Unfortunately Vicks contract gave us no choice. So....that being said here's to the Houston Texans. May your team go 0-16 next year and get the first overall selection in the second round and it be the defense's fault. Two years from now may you make it to the Super Bowl every year Schuab is a Texan and lose to the Falcons....good luck. Oh and don't believe the people who say Schaub has a weak arm because he can hum it. Maybe not like Favre or Vick but he's not too far off. Plus he may not have blazing speed but he makes good decisions of when to run. I remember him running back to back for over 20 yards against Minnesota and the whole team kind of cracking up but still it shows he's a good decision maker. He's ran 24 attempts for 123 yards in the limited time he's played.
That Yahoo video tells a lot about Schaub. The right tackle was beaten badly and had Schaub not been aware and moved swiftly to the left he would have been sacked within the 1st 3 seconds after the snap. It also showed that he can throw accurately on the run.