Kevin Kolb for backup?

It looks like Arizona may release Kolb unless he restructures his contract. He's a good QB when he's actually on the field. It's just he's been having Matt Schaub syndrome since he got to Arizona. Actually I attribute it to the poor o-line (22 sacks in 3 games). Otherwise, he has played real well despite the o-line. I think it would be great to have the former Cougar as a backup.

 

Good enough for back up? Define good enough. He's filled in well when DMcnabb and Vick went down with injuries.

While you're certainly entitled to your opinion I believe he's more than capable to fill in. I've watched him play in college and in the NFL and he certainly has what it takes to do well evidenced by him making a difference in the games he's won. Unfortunately, he's had to battle through tough situations thus far which has led to an uneven career.

He sat on the bench for 3 seasons until Mcnabb was traded. In his first game as the Eagles starter in 2010 he was wrapped up from behind by Clay Matthews who slammed him to the ground head first causing a concussion. Unfortunately the NFL had just implemented strict concussion rules that year and Kolb was not able to come back into the game wherein Vick took over and never looked back eventually winning comeback player of the year. He had a season to remember but in between when Vick was injured Kolb played admirably.

Fast forward to 2011 after the strike infested off-season Kolb was traded 4 weeks prior to the start of opening day and was handed an entirely new offensive gamebook to learn and cram in his head for that amount of time. If you've ever seen how thick an NFL playbook you could only wonder how much of it a QB can learn by osmosis in a short period. With a new team and learning plays, players tendencies, etc after a strike shortened off season it didn't bode well for him leading him to look lost his first year.

2012. Whiz's incompetence as head coach in dealing with the QB situation was clear and evident and is rearing its ugly head once again. He went with Skelton to begin the season only to see him get injured in the first game where Kolb took over leading Arizona to 4 straight wins. After a full offseason of learning the playbook you could tell the game slowed down for him. Kolb did well but alas, he was sacked for an unheard of 22 times in 3 games due to the lack of o-line protection. A QB can only take so much of a beating. He finally was injured on a broken running play resulting in two 300 lb linemen landing on Kolb separating his ribs from his sternum. He had 8 TD to 3 int ratio with a respectable 86.1 QB rating.

I think he's been put in tough spots throughout his career but would like to see him play out one full season with a good o-line and the Texans present a good opportunity. If the Texans are bent on keeping Yates as their backup then yeah, it doesn't make sense to have both of them. But with Schaub's history you never know...