I want to bring this post back up. This is what I believe to be our problem & has been our problem all year long. Matt Schaub has done enough to overshadow this fundamental problem & it's my contention that it doesn't matter who our QB is, if we don't fix this.
I say it a little bit different, football is situational. If we score 20, the other team will have it in their mind that they've got to score 23 to win & our defense isn't going to do much to stop them. If we score 10, our defense won't stop the other team from scoring 13.
If we score, the other team will feel that pressure to score & they'll score. If they score, we'll feel the pressure to score.... but we won't. I know that sounds like an offensive problem, but when we're giving up 98 yard drives for TDs.... They had another one giving up 82 yards for a TD. Might as well get rid of Lechler, bring Stanely back & then you can at least blame special teams.
So it really don't matter. With one QB we'll get blown out more often than not. With the other, we'll lose by 7 or less. But we're going to lose just the same.
They had every reason to play well today & they didn't. Even before the injuries, they weren't playing very well.