[CBFF] Matt Schaub to the Texans

[Kenny Claxton]

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(March 21, 2007) -- A trade that has been speculated on for over a year is
now completed.

By day's end, the Atlanta Falcons will trade backup quarterback Matt
Schaub<http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/493050>to the Houston
Texans, according to NFL sources. The Texans will surrender a
second-round draft pick, and there could be other compensation involved.

The trade has massive ramifications. The Texans have their quarterback of
the future, which David Carr
<http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/306268>no longer is. The
Falcons are reaffirming their faith in Michael
Vick <http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/235253>, who now also needs a
new backup. And the Texans are out of the Brady Quinn derby, leaving the
Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings and Miami Dolphins as
possible landing spots.

The trade, once officially completed, validates the Falcons' commitment to
Vick, whom new Atlanta head coach Bobby Petrino told the first time they
met, "You're my guy."

Since then, Petrino and Vick have been working together closely on an almost
daily basis, prepping for the coming season.

The Falcons, who quietly had been entertaining offers for Schaub this
offseason, had tendered their backup quarterback a $2 million offer, meaning
that any team that signed him to an offer sheet would have to surrender
first- and third-round draft choices to the Falcons. Of course, the Falcons
also could always trade Schaub, and that is the course of action the team
has pursued.

The Texans will be acquiring a quarterback that has thrown only 161 career
passes, 81 of which were completed, with six touchdown passes and six
interceptions. But Schaub long has been considered a quarterback worthy of
starting, and he was the top bargaining chip the Falcons have.

Now they've decided to cash it in.