Matt Schaub Should Be Your NFL Fantasy Football QB Target

Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schuab was one of the most sought-after backup quarterbacks in the NFL for three seasons when he was in Atlanta. Houston paid up and brought Schaub to town in 2007, but were not seeing much return on their investment for his first two seasons. Finally, in 2009 Matt Schaub became the quarterback that both the Texans and fantasy football fans had been waiting for.

In his first full season, Schaub showed that he can be one of the top quarterbacks in this league. Seeing career highs in most statistical categories, Schuab had also shown that he can be one of the top fantasy football quarterbacks as well.

The big bash on Matt Schaub is the fact that he only has one full season in front of him. After taking over the starting job in Houston, Schuab only put 11 games together in each of his first two seasons there.

Now, this isn’t to say that the man is really injury prone. He wasn’t tripping over his own feet, protection plays a role as well. There is no way of really knowing if Schaub will make it through the season uninjured…there also isn’t anyway of knowing if he won’t.

Things to like about Schaub: He threw two or more touchdowns in 10 games and was only shut out twice. Nine 300-yard games. He throws the ball to Andre Johnson. Owen Daniels may be back. They might have a running game.

Here is what we personally love about Schaub: There are usually at least three owners using an early pick on Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, and Peyton Manning. Sit back and don’t take a quarterback yet. You could see Tom Brady and/or Tony Romo go next. While others were using early picks on quarterbacks, you are drafting running backs and receivers.

While his stats may not reflect the top three or the safety of their durability, an owner that picks up Schaub in the fourth or fifth round may only be giving up a few touchdowns, but fielding more points at other positions than those owners that used an earlier pick on a quarterback. That sounds like a win to us!

Matt Schaub’s Average Draft Position is at the second pick in the fourth round, ranked sixth for QB ADP. As mentioned, we love the idea of getting Schaub as the fourth quarterback, let alone the sixth.

Matt Schaub currently ranks at No. 5 in our Quarterback Redraft Rankings.

Fantasy Points standard scoring, .04 points per 1 yard, 4 points per TD, -2 INT,.1 per 10 yards rushing, 6pt per TD.

Year	Gm	Att	Comp	Pa-yds	Pa-TD	INT	Ru-Att	Ru-yds	R-TD	Fan pts
2009	16	583	396	4770	29	15	48	57	0	282.5
2008	11	380	251	3043	15	10	31	68	2	180.52
2007	11	289	192	2241	9	9	17	52	0	112.84