Who In the Hell is Next Man Up Now?

[WMH]

@SI_PeterKing: RT @Wade_Harrison: Houston radio reporting Fins will release Sage Rosenfels after he passes physical and Texans will pursue. Any truth? ... True.

If he's healthy, Sage might be our best option to have a legitimate chance to win ball games, and at least make the playoffs.

[barrett]

That might pull me back from the edge. Of course if he makes us good enough to almost win a playoff game only to rosencopter it away in the end, it might push me over the edge.

[WMH]

Originally Posted by barrett

That might pull me back from the edge. Of course if he makes us good enough to almost win a playoff game only to rosencopter it away in the end, it might push me over the edge.

I'm with ya. I did some googling, and even though he's a vested vet, he would still be subject to waivers, since its past the trade deadline. An team could put in a claim to him that is higher than us in priority.

Wouldn't that be a Bud Adams move? Sage would be cheap, relatively speaking, and he could block the move just to stick it to us one more time.

[Roy P]

Does anybody know where J.D. Booty is these days?

[chuck]

It's funny, barrett is standing on the precipice of the abyss glumly contemplating infinite darkness while I am radiant with a zen-like calm.

How often does that happen?

[barrett]

It's not much fun chuck. But I'm like you, I'm looking for superbowls, not moral victories from playoff berths. And I see how good this team could be healthy, and it kills me we are missing this chance. How long will Andre be Andre? How many guys will we lose to FA?

[chuck]

No, I know. It has been very, very frustrating for me to watch this team underachieve for years due largely in my view to incompetent leadership. Suddenly the team is as talented as any other, (far) more talented than most, and the leadership's incompetence has cooled from white-hot to a cheerful amber. And then true disaster strikes. Twice. (Five times, really, but who's counting?)

But now, rather than watch an organization underachieve we're hoping that certain players find a way to overachieve. And who the hell knows, maybe they will. Maybe the team collectively will overachieve. It seems very unlikely that the Texans can win a playoff game with a fifth round rookie playing quarterback, but who knows, maybe TJ is one of those increasingly rare guys who can actually play the position in the NFL.

But I am worlds calmer watching a good team try to overachieve in a challenging situation than I ever was watching a slapdick team slapdick around for sixty minutes a week. TJ has six weeks to figure out how to quarterback in the NFL. Is that enough? Of course not. But I saw some encouraging fearlessness in that two-minute drive so I am certainly holding out hope.