One of the things I like about Yates is that he kept playing well for Butch Davis with all of the investigations going on at UNC. I saw him play in San Antonio for the Tx vs. The Nation NFLPA) game and was impressed. It featured WR Denarius Moore and CB Gaitor (TB). Yates was the MVP if I recall. Anyway, I have faith that Kubiak can coach him up to be competent. My concern is teams loading the box vs. Our run and Kubiak being stubborn in trying to run anyway to protect Yates. If we keep the playcalling the same, then we can be successful.

I'm behind T.J. Yates in this conversation. He came in with little prep, and threw the ball with a good tight spiral, and with good accuracy, and seemed to manage the game pretty well. The fact is that Kubes went ultra-conservative on him and did not allow him much chance to show his wares in the second half. I think, with a weeks worth of skull sessions with Kubiak under his belt, he will acquit himself well in the Atlanta game. The fact that he was a four year starter at N.C. bodes well for him also.

If the offensive line gets off their blocks better, the run game will help a lot too.

I don't believe any of that "trying to keep TJ upright" stuff from Kubiak. At the end of the day you still have to go out and try to win the game and you don't do that from going 3 and out on almost every possession. Being 8-3 at this time is more than i could have asked for therefore making the postseason would still be a huge success. We will likely lose our first playoff game with Yates as our QB but it would still make the season a big success. There's still a decent chance we could finish the season 3-2 (11-5 overall).

Why not? At halftime he learned that Leinart would not return and realized that the next man up is Owen Daniels who last played quarterback in junior high. I have no trouble believing that Kubiak, with the lead, decided to have TJ hand the ball off and let the defense win the game. It was a little frustrating to watch but in retrospect Kubiak absolutely did the right and responsible thing.

@McClain_on_NFL Texans will work out Delhomme and Garcia Tues. Expected to sign one of them to back up Yates.

Also, the Fins apparently aren't in the Christmas spirit per LaCanfora. They are not expected to release Sage IF he passes a phyiscal.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d...headline_stack

Given that option.....I would take Garcia. Delhomme totally sucks.

That would be my vote. Plus we might get to see his wife...:D

What about Travis Lulay? The "Drew Brees of the CFL" and the winner of the MVP of the Grey Cup. Sounds like a guy who hasn't been in his frst rodeo.

This is my biggest fear, that Kubiak will keep the gameplan conservative against the Falcons to "protect" his QB, to "boost" his confidence, or some other hokum soundbite he's already preparing for postgame. Kubiak was right to be conservative in the second half against the Jags. The results speak for themselves.

The Falcons though have at least as good an offense as the Texans have seen since mid-October, plus they ain't too shabby at run defense, too.

So please, Kubes, please let Yates run the show. Play like you have nothing to lose. This is a home game against a non-conference opponent anyway. Give the guys the ol' "it's us against the world" speech pregame. Then live and die with your defense and a QB who many, including yours truly, thought outplayed Leinart in August anyway.

Texans are Cursed
 

The Texans aren’t unlucky, God just hates them. Their top two QBs are lost for the season, they haven’t made the playoffs in their history and are in first place right now because Manning is out.

I have trouble with "the next man up is Owen Daniels" to QB if Yate goes down. I think Yates will handle the job OK, and anyway OD would be best suited where he is, a dangerous weapon at TE. Why not go to James Casey, assuming that FB Vickers would be back? Of course, if that were not possible, then I guess OD would have to be the Man. Dang all these injuries.

Of course GB had 15 on the IR last year and still won the SB. A good omen for us?

NFL teams can't sign players who played in the CFL this year until the next NFL league year.

Interesting.....

@AdamSchein: Garrard tells us the Texans called him, but he had to tell them he can't play at this time.

I think every team has to declare before the game who their emergency QB will be in a situation like this. Anyone confirm this? As I understand it, this is generally OD for the Texans. Whether he is the right guy for the job? Your guess is as good as mine and this situation happens so infrequently (can anyone even remember the last time the "emergency" non-QB QB actually took snaps in any game?) that it probably doesn't get a lot of attention from the coaching staff. In any event, with the prevalence of the wildcat, not sure why you couldn't get around this by putting whoever you want back there and then just claiming to be running wildcat plays.

Not anymore. They did away with that in the new CBA, and just made it a 46 active game day roster. The term emergency QB is rather loose now, and only used in "oh-shit" cases.

Likely OD was in that spot due to Thors torn pec recovering. If that situation had to play out, and we actually had to throw the ball, tough to do with a recovering peck muscle.

@RavensInsider: The Texans are going to sign quarterback Jake Delhomme, according to a league source. He tried out today as well as Jeff Garcia

Oh crap. I really hope that T.J. Yates doesn't get hurt. ;)

Well that just blows. Their season is over, it's not like we would be screwing over B.C. in the middle of their run to the Cup.

Per OD in a radio interview this morning, Casey can't throw the ball right now because of the pec tear.

That was only being said about last Sunday's game. They only had 2 QBs in uniform. Matt Leinart and TJ Yates. Leinart got hurt, so they only had one guy that played QB left.

Kubiak is the one that said Owen was the emergency QB.