Uh... This is technically correct. David Carr was the anointed "franchise quarterback" before Schaub. There is currently nobody that fits that definition, making Carr the second-to-last "franchise QB" at this point. Are you sure you know what penultimate means? [rquoter] pe·nul·ti·mate peˈnəltəmit/ adjective adjective: penultimate 1. last but one in a series of things; second to the last. [/rquoter]
Do not want. I do not trust him to build up a team or be any part of the team building process. He's a defensive specialist just as much as Kubiak is an offensive specialist. I want a real leader and good decision maker above all else.
Ryan led a team far less talented to two consecutive AFC championship games. Give him Clowney and Watt. I think this team immediately is back in the Super Bowl convo. This team is in games, it is not a talent problem.
Just playing along because I just don't see Bob and Rick going for it, but... You better find him an elite offensive coordinator. This league is so QB and offense driven now that a great defense can only take you so far. I'll take a great QB/offense and a timely defense first.
Don't have access to the full article, but looks like Pancakes "The Mouthpiece" McClain, who's already been openly trashing Kubiak on twitter because he knows he's dead man walking, has been assigned to the lonely Keep Rick Smith as President/GM! PR team. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/spo...s-house-cleaning-would-be-foolish-5032987.php
Texans house cleaning would be foolish It's stunning how many fans and members of the media want Texans owner Bob McNair to blow up his front office by firing coach Gary Kubiak and general manager Rick Smith after one atrocious season. A front-office house cleaning would sweep out the coaches and most of the personnel department because a new general manager and coach would want to bring in their people. And that would mean a cleansing of the roster, too, after what could be a 2-14 season that ends with a 14-game losing streak. In other words, a total rebuilding job for the Texans - the same thing that happened in 2006 when Kubiak replaced Dom Capers and the Texans improved from 2-14 to 6-10. The Texans' predicament is a franchise first. It's hard to lose 10 consecutive games with the parity that exists in the NFL. "It doesn't matter whether you're 10-2 or 2-10, nothing's changed other than it's very difficult to work through the situation," Kubiak said. "As a coach and as a player, you wouldn't be in this business if you haven't worked through these things before or you don't have the belief that you're going to work through this. "If you're going to stick around our business, you'll probably get a chance at both ends of the stick. So find out what you're made of. This is a very difficult time, but guys are pushing themselves as best they can. At the end of the day, though, you don't get to smile and hand everybody a ball and say, 'Boy, that was a great effort.' " The Texans continue to play hard, but they make mistakes, mental and physical, that losers make - penalties at the worst time, dropped passes and turnovers. When a team loses as much as the Texans have, change is inevitable. But what kind of owner fires his general manager and coach one bad season after they won back-to-back AFC South titles and a playoff game each year? A foolish one. And McNair is no fool. McNair will have to make some difficult decisions. Once he lets everyone know what his plans are, the Texans will have to make a decision that will affect the franchise for probably a decade. Continuity is key at QB Through 12 games this season, there are 13 teams with winning records. Twelve of them have something common: healthy quarterbacks. The only team with a winning record that's been forced to change starting quarterbacks is Philadelphia. Michael Vick's injury gave Austin native Nick Foles an opportunity in his second season, and he's been exceptional with 19 touchdown passes, no interceptions and a four-game winning streak. So the common theme among winners is stability at quarterback. If you don't believe it, ask the Packers and Bears. Barring injury, Case Keenum will have 10 games to audition for the Texans' starting quarterback job next season. They're 0-6 in his starts, but they've lost by 3.6 points a game. Keenum needs Kubiak Keenum's best chance to be the starter next season would be if Kubiak were retained. A new coach would insist on drafting a quarterback, probably in the first round depending on how the prospects are rated when the scouting process is finished. Interestingly, when Kubiak has been on the sideline - not in the press box or having to watch the Arizona game at home - Keenum is 39-of-72 for 751 yards and four touchdowns, with one interception and a 103.4 rating. Without Kubiak on the sideline, Keenum is 64-of-118 for 682 yards and four touchdowns, with two interceptions and a 75.6 rating. Whatever decision the Texans make on their quarterback for 2014 and beyond must be the correct one. If they decide they want to draft a quarterback - and don't expect them to sign a high-priced veteran - expect them to use a high pick. It's way too early to tell who that quarterback will be if they do indeed take that route.
I really hope McClain's views aren't the same as the owner's. He forgets that our team hasn't been good since halfway through last year, our hot start carried us into the playoffs then. And our two division wins are in years when our entire conference blew up their teams and rebuilt from the ground up, and yet we still already got passed by ALL of them this year. Those two playoff wins, sure they were nice, but they were still against a Rookie QB the first year, and then against that same QB the next year again. His point as to only having one terrible year? What about all the disappointing seasons prior to Wade Phillips coming in? And now it's even beyond the point where that helps as we are sitting dead last in the league and still have the #3 defense in yrds allowed.
I don't think the Jets are stupid enough to fire Rexy. If they do, bring him in!!! Dude won with Sanchez and he was a rookie!!! His scheme with our defense could be scary, and he loves to run the ball and we've got a couple of good ones.
McNair is senile if he thinks fans will tolerate Kubiak being brought back. If he thought fans booing Schaub's injury was ugly, he hasn't seen anything yet.
