Sage being dealt to Vikings(Deal done announcement Friday)

WHAAAT?? When his stock is down, why in the world would we trade him?

 

I strongly suspect Rosenfels and his agent pushed hard for a trade. He badly wants to start and believes he can succeed in that role.

Should he learn to quit going for broke and attempting to make home run plays beyond his ability....it's possible.

But whatever pick we get for him will probably be needed for a roll of the dice QB. It'll be a wash.

 

I don't understand the logic of trading him NOW, when his stock is at a low-point? And if anything, his value for US is still at a high-point given the fact that we have yet to have a full season where Schaub stays healthy. I take it they are either planning on moving Brink/Boyd along quickly, or we're thinking of drafting a QB with one of our lower picks. I also see them taking the pick they get with this trade (probably a 5th) and packaging it with a higher round pick, and moving up maybe? Although we still have yet to be penalized for this training camp fiasco, so maybe this is the front office's way of hedging that loss of a draft pick. I don't know....there are a lot of angles, but in the end, I don't really understand the timing. Maybe it will become clearer on draft day.

 

Wow, first the Rockets learn they will be without McGrady now the Texans will be without Sage.

Two of the most vilified players (of late) in the city both gone the same week. It's almost like the city of Houston is cleaning out it's sports closet.

These things always happen in 3's. What will the Astros do?

 

If this trade does go through, you will see the Texans definitely take a Qb in the middle rounds. There's talk that McGee (A&M) and Hoyer (MSU) have looked very good and both of those guys had minimal success with their respective programs. So it could be a case of their talents not being showcased due to the lack of talent surround them.

 

Well, I hope we get a 4th for him.....

I guess our backup will be Brink, but I also read in the Chron article that they will be looking for a veteran QB....

On TexansTalk, someone heard on the radio this morning that Weaver might be cut.

Sucks that we signed a bust, but getting rid of him would wipe the slate clean on getting that pass rusher opposite Mario in the draft.

 

if we get a 4th rndr as the chron claims might be the pick.. i would be ecstatic

 

Move.





(given what they've done this off-season, it's probably not a bad choice)

 

Oh damn that means were going after Kurt Warner lol

 

Maybe Drayton will announce that he's selling the team.

 

Good point. I guess the Astros are safe.

 

who is our backup now?

 

Right now, Alex Brink.

 

The Vikings must still have game tape from 2007. I think Sage for a 4th is great. At this point I don't think his value will go up at all.

 

We will probably sign Chris Nall, given he has been signed twice to back up Sage when Schaub went down, so he will at least know the system and won't require too much retraining while Kubiak tries to develop someone younger.

I do agree with you, this is a risk given the uncertainty of Matt Schaub's health but in the game of football, you never know what is going to happen.

 

I say bring back David Carr, he can succeed with the Houston Texans.

 

Are you being a realist there or is that a hint of sarcasm?