[CBFF] Matt Schaub to the Texans

[Kenny Claxton]

Oh yea-it's NBR!

;)


On 3/21/07, Victor Waldron (CBFF) <victor at chicagobearsfanforum.com> wrote:
>
> Kenny,
> Why is this not NBR?  Me confused (and I am yanking your chain).
>
> V
>
> Kenny Claxton wrote:
> >        Falcons to trade QB Schaub to Texans   [image: Click here to find
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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.
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