Good job, Texans. With signings like this, and Jared Zabransky, these college greats establish homes in Houston, and when they wash up in professional ball, they start their QB clinic in Houston, and tutor the next generation of great quarterbacks. It perpetuates the cycle that makes this the greatest football region in the country.
On the bright side for Keenum, the summers in Saskatchewan are very mild, as Colt Brennan can attest.
Why are you knocking on him for that? When we were 9-7 no one thought we would be 6-10 the next season. Never overestimate a Gary Kubiak coached team.
Is your name Arthur? Do you call into sports talk radio stations suggesting vy come to Houston? You gotta be Arthur.
I agree the hayward comparison was awful. He was the first scrawny white player i could think of. Keenum is too small for the nfl and he isnt strong enough to make it through preseason. Maybe the texans think they can bulk him up. The texans will not make the playoffs this season.
Lets not forget Red Raider legend BJ Symons. He also did partake in a youth football camp. http://www.cy-fairsports.org/UserFiles/Youth Full Contact Ad.pdf
Or, the Texans think there's absolutely no risk in bringing him in and seeing what he can do in camp. If they think he has something, he can go on the practice squad. If not, literally nothing lost.
Undrafted: check Not known for his athleticism: check Excellent work-ethic and believes in God: check I don't see what the difference is, especially in the Texans Run-heavy offense which Keenum has shown he can thrive in when the pass-game isn't working (refer to UTEP game earlier this year when Hayes went off). You have athletes who have bodies and are physically gifted in ways that could make them extremely dynamic players, but they don't have the work ethic and mindset to take them there, a la T-Will. Jeremy Lin proved to us that you can go undrafted and become a superstar as long as you stay focused and utilize what you have and do the best you can do. Keenum is a copy of this.. except not Asian. If you don't think he has the mindset and willpower to drive himself, watch this video - it reminds me of what Yao had to go through to come back after his season-ending injuries: <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/q4wYlpZ-_DU?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/q4wYlpZ-_DU?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> Low-risk, high-reward. As previous posters said, he has a chance to be good.. hopefully it's with the Texans. If not, he will go to a team that will best utilize him, like Jeremy Lin; he was on Golden State and Houston before he went off in New York.
Bucky Richardson all over again.... JK actually, I doubt Keenum will get an overwhelming demand of playing time from UH fans. I'm really glad we picked him up. Dude may or may not be an NFL QB, but it's cool we get to find out in our own back yard.
He's went through a lot of hardships and has the experience under his belt to show it. If I'm not mistaken, he's the second oldest QB in the draft behind Weeden. And for those of you who said it's easy to put up crazy numbers against mediocre defenses, what explanation do you have for the TicketCity Bowl game in January? Sandusky scandal aside, they were able to maintain their ranking as a top-5 defense in NCAA D1 football and Keenum shredded it apart and threw for over 500 yards.
Show me the coverage and I'll say you're correct. I dont know how UH manages to pull off offenses like this, but the receivers find a way to confuse the hell out of the defensive backs. Now, the throw was only nice because he was on the run...but many of his set throws are to receivers that have space around them. I think Keenum is an incredibly intelligent, high IQ player, so he can find the receiver that is open...but in the NFL, you wont have nearly as many broken coverages, and therefore, plenty less opportunities like he had at UH. In any case, it will be fun to see what he has during the preseason games, but I wouldnt point to the fact that he throws for X amount of yards or X amount of TDs as evidence that he has NFL quality stuff. The jury is out... <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/J0Qqc0z6tnE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Hmm, don't know about that. I like our chances if only because we are in the worst division in football. If Schaub can stay healthy (big if I know) we are Super Bowl contenders.
?? Before we lost Schaub we made the other teams in our division look like practice squads. And he isn't too skinny. 6-0 210 isn't terrible for a rookie. Nobody thinks he will ever see the field this season anyways, it's just a good story.
He won't see the field for the Texans ever unless Schaub and Yates both get injured or traded. He's not on either's level.
Well, that's what people said about Yates. Schuab got hurt, Leinhart got hurt and Yates ended up starting in our first playoff appearance. So it's not that far fetched lol
Yates actually has size. We used a draft pick on him. I think Keenum is more for giving a kid an opportunity to try in the NFL. I just don't think he'll get an opportunity here unless someone gets injured in the next few years. He sure as hell didn't impress anyone at the combine with throwing. http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2012-02-26/case-keenum-disappoints-in-throwing-drills
