Official Texans @ Colts Game Thread, 12/22/2011

[barrett]

Originally Posted by chuck

I would like to see TJ play four or five games with AJ (or ten or twelve) before I declare him unable to play in the league. He is not a plus athlete but he's far from laughable. I don't consider him particularly inaccurate. He's a woefully unprepared rookie thrust into a high pressure situation. Quarterback is by far the most difficult position in the NFL, maybe in all sports. Just look around. There are 32 teams and about 8 quarterbacks that look like they have any business being out there at all.

I'm certainly not saying that TJ has been good; he hasn't. But I'm not at all ready to assert that he can't play in the league.

I also will not say he cannot play in the NFL. He has had way too much to ovecome for any long term judgement to be made here. But we honestly don't need a long term judgment about the guy. He is not a long term option for us. Schaub is the QB going forward and Yates is not the guy to change that. What we need is a short term answer and we don't have one. We have a guy who is not ready to play QB in the NFL.

I sincerely hope Schaub is replaced (though I bet we "stay the course") but only if it is a chance at a real upgrade. Spend a 1st round pick on a guy you love who has all the tools Schaub doesn't. Don't try to sell a guy who has a chance to become Matt Schaub in 3 years if everything falls just right for him.