These sudden, mysterious, and largely unreported injuries have got to stop. Last week, Carson Palmer was a late scratch. This week, the victim was Matt Schaub, who was hit by a virus the night before the game.
I normally set lineups Saturday night and then let them run, but this sudden injury plague makes me want to start checking again five minutes before game time on Sunday...And then at four minutes, two minutes, and one minute until kickoff.
Thanks to the virus, Matt Schaub turned over the reigns to Sage Rosenfels. He looked like he was the hero of the Texan-kind...Until he decided to go airborne. When, as a
quarterback (and a big one at that), do you EVER think to go airborne to make a play? It wasn’t even a necessary hurdle attempt.Stay on the ground and slide, Sage. The air will only hurt you. You are NOT Reggie Bush.
Rosenfels ended the day with 246 yards and a TD but gave Texans fans two fumbles and an interception in the fourth quarter and more than enough reasons for Texans fans to stop whimpering that they would rather see Sage starting instead of Schaub.
The not-so-wise Sage gave the game away in the fourth quarter in the home opener. That doesn’t win you hearts.
We saw three more QBs go down in the midst of games this week. Matt Hasselbeck (knee), Trent Edwards (concussion), and Brian Griese (shoulder) all got taken out of Sunday’s games, but they managed better than Damon Huard.
Huard owners WISH he had been taken out sooner to make the hurting stop. Daunte Culpepper
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