[CBFF] Matt Schaub to the Texans

[Kenny Claxton]

This makes the 1st 10 picks very interesting.

On 3/21/07, Phil DeNomme <pdenomme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Very interesting!!!!  I think the Texans need to get OL help fast.  Their
> first few picks need to be OL.
>
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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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