Matt Schaub is unequivocally the Texans’ starting quarterback. And Texans coach Gary Kubiak likes Schaub’s young backups, T.J. Yates and Case Keenum. That doesn’t mean the Texans won’t draft a quarterback in late April, Nick Scurfield of Houstontexans.com reports. “I think in this league, you’re always looking for that young quarterback that you think is going to be a 10-, 12-year player in this league and be very successful,†Kubiak said last week at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. “I have a young player in T.J. who I think a lot of,†Kubiak said last Thursday at Lucas Oil Stadium. “He goes from playing a lot of football, starting a playoff game (in 2011) to basically not doing much of all this year, having maybe 10 snaps. That was tough. I have a young player from the University of Houston in Case Keenum I think a lot of who came a long way for me last year. I feel good about those guys pushing Matt, and then we did sign McGee here a couple of weeks ago.†The Texans have drafted two quarterbacks under Kubiak and general manager/executive vice president of football operations Rick Smith: Yates, a fifth-rounder in 2011, and Alex Brink, a seventh-rounder in 2008. So history says that if they draft a quarterback this year, it’ll be in the later rounds. But if someone the Texans think is potential franchise quarterback – say, Matt Barkley of USC or E.J. Manuel of Florida State – is on the board when they pick in the first round or two, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that they would draft him. Such a player could compete with the Texans’ young backups and learn under Schaub and Kubiak for a few seasons before he’d be expected to start. “In this business, you better be looking for young quarterbacks you think have a chance to be a 10-, 12-year guy,†Kubiak said. “This year will be no different.'' Source: The Redzone
well, kubiak is full of crap. t.j. yates does not have the arm at all for this league. so i can only assume if he is grouping keenum together with t.j. that keenum sucks also. at the very least, they need to upgrade their back-up QB position by trying to hit on someone in the late rounds. if they take someone in the early rounds, then it's obvious they've lost faith in schaub (and possibly rightfully so)
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KQPyoXGlr0]Trent Dilfer on Matt Schaub - YouTube[/ame] Injuries are Matt's biggest buggaboo. Who would blame the Texans for trying to find something in the draft with that brittle guy under center?
