Open QB competition

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Bill O'Brien officially names Ryan Fitzpatrick as the Texans starting quarterback.</p>&mdash; Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/statuses/478955573157715968">June 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>O'Brien: He earned it with his preparation and his accuracy <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Texans&amp;src=hash">#Texans</a></p>&mdash; Randy McIlvoy (@RandyMcIlvoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandyMcIlvoy/statuses/478955638555283456">June 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>O'Brien on Case/Tj: they both are battling it out with Savage. with all 3 we need more consistency. Really good teammates <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Texans&amp;src=hash">#Texans</a></p>&mdash; Randy McIlvoy (@RandyMcIlvoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandyMcIlvoy/statuses/478955933985296384">June 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Andre faints

 

He'd have to get up off the couch first.

 

I am incredibly excited.

 

What a shocker.

 

Fitz + Derek Newton = look out AFC defenses.

 

really

Rocket River

 

I'm really surprised that a QB that was hand picked by the Texans coach was chosen to be the starting QB after an "open" competition by the same head coach.

Ryan Fitzpatrick named Texans Starter

 

As long as Fitz doesn't turn the ball over and is a game manager we should be okay. Let the defense and running game carry you.

 

i like fitz more than schaub.

 

Would you have said that at this time last year?

Rocket River

 

Dreams do come true.

 

I have been so excited about OBrien, but he could turn out to be as big a bust as Kubiak. Then Uncle Bob will extend him two or three times over a ten year period of fan misery. Oh please spare us of that. His choices of QBs raise serious questions. Was Fitz the best available? Savage?

 

When I first saw this I was hoping they had named the QB that they are going to cut rather than just naming Fitz the starter. knowing who is going to be the #2 IMO is more interesting.

 

yep, schaub's collapse began 2 years ago.

 

Me too. Though, I will say Fitz at this time last year, my argument would have been Fitz' highs are higher than Schaub and his lows are lower. After last year, there is no getting lower than Schaub's lows.

 

well at least our pick 6's will have some zip on it....

 

Schaub was actually pretty good a few years ago. Fitz has never been good.

 

Best case scenario is that they don't expect anywhere near as much from Fitz as they did from Schaub and he manages to be safe with the ball and let the team win with the running game and defense.