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for example.....
You call it greedy.
I call it smart.
To each his own.
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for example.....
After last season, from all signs to date, Kubiak does not seem to be sure if, with this offer, the Texans may be contemplating trading away their backup or their starter quarterback. Like it or not, there IS a quarterback controvery in Houston.
So after next year, when we don't make the playoffs again, and Sage leaves via Free Agency, I think that we will all miss what could have been another starter somewhere else on the team.
thats the spirit![]()
wake me up in 12 months
Just being realilistic.
We are in the toughest division in the NFL, we went 1-7 in our division last year, and the teams are the top of the AFC South (Indy and Jax) are not likely to fall off that much.
Even if we do make the playoffs next year, Sage is still likely to leave, and we will still be missing what could have been a possible starter at another position.
Just being realilistic.
We are in the toughest division in the NFL, we went 1-7 in our division last year, and the teams are the top of the AFC South (Indy and Jax) are not likely to fall off that much.
Even if we do make the playoffs next year, Sage is still likely to leave, and we will still be missing what could have been a possible starter at another position.
or matt could get injured again and sage carries us into the playoffs.... or we trade sage and the 3rd rder is a bust
if its and buts....
So after next year, when we don't make the playoffs again, and Sage leaves via Free Agency, I think that we will all miss what could have been another starter somewhere else on the team.
As per rotoworld, trade talks have fallen through. The Vikings will not budge from their third round offer.
http://www.rotoworld.com/content/Headlines.aspx?sport=NFL&hl=113279
I guess I'm happy.
Sage for a 3rd rounder, you definitely have to consider it.
I understand the run on QBs and injuries. But to make a playoff run, you generally need a QB to play the entire year. Your kind of sunk anyway if your starting QB goes down. I understand the insurance policy concept and the run on QBs, but it's too steep of a premium considering where the Texans are in personnel. Certain insurance policies are needed all the time or are just over insurance.
Which brings me to my next point. It is still a stretch for the Texans to make the playoffs next year at this time. They need impact starters at multiple positions. If they trade Rosenfels for a 3rd round pick and they have a couple players they have scouted that could start immediately and make an impact, you really have to consider this deal if it's out there.
Keeping 2 QBs and not have a 2nd round pick for two years is tough to swallow and make the playoffs in 2008 give the state of affairs of the Texans. Which is the reason why I was very skeptical of Schaub deal from the beginning. Good QB prospect, but the timing just wasn't right. Too much risk and bad timing.
What I am saying is, you have to be at the right place, at the right time, to make big things happen.
Texans need impact players, having one of those guys riding the pine because they both can't start at the same time, doesn't seem prudent if you can get value from one of them in a starting player that plays immediately with impact.
You have to consider the trade...
Absolutely NOT
Sage is a Texan and a Great Back up who should be starting. We should have left Schaub with the dirty birds but now we have two great QB's. Mrs. Schaub gets hit in the pinky and we need Sage more than any pick so NO WAY.
I sure am glad all you Boneheads who say do the deal are just that, Boneheads
It's nice to have 2 starter QBs, but just enjoy it while it lasts and be prepared to move on if you can get good value. Isn't that how we ended up with Schuab in the first place?
It is, but Sage still has 2, count 'em 2, seasons left on his contract buddies. So he could still stay here, start a few more times at the end of the season, get some more value (Cause he seriously shot himself in the foot that last game vs Jacksonville, he was pretty bad), and then we could get picks for him.
The point is, he's not leaving after next season as a UFA, because he's still under contract at that point.
It is, but Sage still has 2, count 'em 2, seasons left on his contract buddies. So he could still stay here, start a few more times at the end of the season, get some more value (Cause he seriously shot himself in the foot that last game vs Jacksonville, he was pretty bad), and then we could get picks for him.
The point is, he's not leaving after next season as a UFA, because he's still under contract at that point.
As far as the Texans not making the playoffs next year, I totally disagree. The Giants went 8-8 and then won the superbowl, why shouldnt we expect playoffs. We should always expect playoffs. And the Steelers went on a tear a couple of years back in the AFC and won the SB.
I am not saying to do the Sage trade, but you have to seriously consider it to fill a need at another position with an immediate impact player.
Absolutely NOT
Sage is a Texan and a Great Back up who should be starting. We should have left Schaub with the dirty birds but now we have two great QB's. Mrs. Schaub gets hit in the pinky and we need Sage more than any pick so NO WAY.
I sure am glad all you Boneheads who say do the deal are just that, Boneheads
How do you know we aren't trading away a good back-up QB for a third rd. bust, or a Bennie Jopru who can't stay healthy ?
We pretty much know what we have in Sage...
Why assume that this hypothetical 3rd rounder is "an immediate impact player" ?
Absolutely NOT
Mrs. Schaub gets hit in the pinky and we need Sage more than any pick so NO WAY.
The reason you have a scouting department is to find those impact players in the later rounds at great value.
Any player can hurt at any time in the NFL, unless it is Brett Favre...
Houston Titans???? AHHHH!!
Yeah, and his trade value is higher because it's less risk for a team that acquires him because they have two years to evaluate his progress at a cheap price.
Besides, Schaub could go down again, Sage bombs and then there is no value.
Making the right decision at the right time is how you succeed.
I am not saying to do the Sage trade, but you have to seriously consider it to fill a need at another position with an immediate impact player.
Having both Sage and Schaub together doesn't make us the Texans a playoff team considering the current roster and draft picks available because they play in the AFC South.
That didn't really answer my question.
Would I trade Sage for last year's 3rd round pick Jacoby? Nope.
It really did answer your question.
Look at the teams that win and get deep in the playoffs.
They draft well, and they draft impact starters in the later rounds.
Giants are a perfect example of that.
The guy could set the league on fire for two games and warrant a team giving us a 1st rounder next year, so then what?
I don't get how people on this forum know that because Sage and Schaub are on the roster we aren't going to the playoffs. Where do you guys come up with this stuff?
Also 3rd rounders are not drafted to be immediate "impact" players. If they become one that's great, but if you're in the 3rd round looking for that "guy" that will take you over the top, then you are Matt Millen.
Why assume that this hypothetical 3rd rounder is "an immediate impact player" ?
That was my question.
I still haven't gotten a good reason besides it's the scouting departments job. Good picks in later rds. make teams good.
mmmmmk.....
Does that really answer the question ?
Texan's 3rd round picks:
06' - Charles Spencer & Eric Winston
07' - Jacoby Jones
I hear ya, but knowing when to get and get out is what makes a successful person.
It's the old business concept of buy low, sell high.
Look, at the teams that win consistently and the Super Bowl winners. They don't carry 2 starting QBs on their roster.
It's nice thing to have and you work to get it. But, it isn't going to last forever. Enjoy it while you have it and move on to get value.
I don't know how else to put this.
Look at any Super Bowl winner and comb through their roster. See how they acquired some key players. Most of those key players come from drafting, and drafting in the later rounds.
If an NFL team cannot draft in the later rounds, they are going to have serious problems competing. Example, the Texans...
There is a 53 man roster and 22 starters on offense and defense.
You realize that only one of those players has seen significant action, and I think Winston's value vs. Sage's value is very much debatable.
The other two are pretty much balls of potential.
I don't get how that helps your case.
What do they have in common, they were/is stars in the making, for JJ and CS before injury. Solid starters with high ceilings.
He was one of 4 starting rookies, how did the other rookies turned out? Well, you already know the answer to that. and he was going down that road too. He had a very high ceiling, and very highly thought off by Kubs & Sherman.
My, my, my...
So many "We need him" posts. "Don't do anything for less than a 2nd rounder!!!!" You guys would have sold him for a 5th before this past season.
Why so many posters so cautious about this deal? Because you know Schaub is always one hit away from looking like a pile of fallen Jenga blocks. Again.
Sage looked great. Schaub looked great...on the bench, shaking the cobwebs off and wearing a cap. Forget the stats. Sage was on his feet, smiling and waving at the fans after wins. Schaub was hobbling and unable to continue. But I know, I know...spare me the hate mail...Schaub was hit "worse" and in just the right spots to be seriously hurt. And I'm a turrd for saying so. I got it.
(Man, it feels good to post on this topic again)
So you knew the Gianst were legit Super Bowl contenders all along ? Because of the late rd. talent they had drafted?
I'm pretty sure you just knew the Pats would fall short because of stockpiling on WR's via free agency instead of through the draft.
riiiight.
I'm glad you simplified the game of football down to such an exact science. Draft late, trade high. Someone get on the phone with Texan management and coaching staff pronto!!!
I don't get these set rules when it comes to football. I think every situation needs to be evaluated by it self.
riiiiiiiight.. except those little tell-tale signs of them saying 'matt is our starting qb' or kubiak saying at the end of last year 'sage can/wants (not sure which) be a starter somewhere in this league'= not a ringing endorsement
Despite the difference in pay, [Rick] Smith said the team won't hesitate to start Rosenfels if he outplays Schaub this season.
There is a reason you are in the witness protection program.![]()
My, my, my...
So many "We need him" posts. "Don't do anything for less than a 2nd rounder!!!!" You guys would have sold him for a 5th before this past season.
Why so many posters so cautious about this deal? Because you know Schaub is always one hit away from looking like a pile of fallen Jenga blocks. Again.
Sage looked great. Schaub looked great...on the bench, shaking the cobwebs off and wearing a cap. Forget the stats. Sage was on his feet, smiling and waving at the fans after wins. Schaub was hobbling and unable to continue. But I know, I know...spare me the hate mail...Schaub was hit "worse" and in just the right spots to be seriously hurt. And I'm a turrd for saying so. I got it.
(Man, it feels good to post on this topic again)