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23	'09	'08	'07
Games	16	11	11
Attempts	583	380	289
Passing Yards	4770	3043	2241
300 Yard Games	9	4	1
Rushing Yards	57	68	52
Pass Touchdowns	29	15	9

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Season Schedule

Week 1 - Sep 12

IND @ HOU
Week 2 - Sep 19

HOU @ WAS
Week 3 - Sep 26

DAL @ HOU
Week 4 - Oct 03

HOU @ OAK
Week 5 - Oct 10

NYG @ HOU
Week 6 - Oct 17

KC @ HOU
Week 7 - Oct 24

bye
Week 8 - Nov 01

HOU @ IND
Week 9 - Nov 07

SD @ HOU
Week 10 - Nov 14

HOU @ JAC
Week 11 - Nov 21

HOU @ NYJ
Week 12 - Nov 28

TEN @ HOU
Week 13 - Dec 02

HOU @ PHI
Week 14 - Dec 13

BAL @ HOU
Week 15 - Dec 19

HOU @ TEN
Week 16 - Dec 26

HOU @ DEN
Week 17 - Jan 02

JAC @ HOU

Week 1 - Sep 13

NYJ 24 @ HOU 7
Week 2 - Sep 20

HOU 34 @ TEN 31

357 pass yards

4 TDs

4 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 3 - Sep 27

JAC 31 @ HOU 24
Week 4 - Oct 04

OAK 6 @ HOU 29
Week 5 - Oct 11

HOU 21 @ ARI 28

371 pass yards

2 TDs

5 rush yards

2 TDs
Week 6 - Oct 18

HOU 28 @ CIN 17

392 pass yards

4 TDs

-1 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 7 - Oct 25

SF 21 @ HOU 24
Week 8 - Nov 01

HOU 31 @ BUF 10
Week 9 - Nov 08

HOU 17 @ IND 20
Week 10 - Nov 15

bye
Week 11 - Nov 23

TEN 20 @ HOU 17
Week 12 - Nov 29

IND 35 @ HOU 27
Week 13 - Dec 06

HOU 18 @ JAC 23
Week 14 - Dec 13

SEA 7 @ HOU 34
Week 15 - Dec 20

HOU 16 @ STL 13
Week 16 - Dec 27

HOU 27 @ MIA 20
Week 17 - Jan 03

NE 27 @ HOU 34

Week 1 - Sep 07

HOU 17 @ PIT 38

202 pass yards

1 TDs

4 rush yards

1 TDs
Week 3 - Sep 21

HOU 12 @ TEN 31

188 pass yards

0 TDs

12 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 4 - Sep 28

HOU 27 @ JAC 30

307 pass yards

3 TDs

24 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 5 - Oct 05

IND 31 @ HOU 27
Week 6 - Oct 12

MIA 28 @ HOU 29

379 pass yards

1 TDs

15 rush yards

1 TDs
Week 7 - Oct 19

DET 21 @ HOU 28

267 pass yards

2 TDs

1 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 8 - Oct 26

CIN 6 @ HOU 35

280 pass yards

3 TDs

-2 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 9 - Nov 02

HOU 21 @ MIN 28

139 pass yards

0 TDs

rush yards

TDs
Week 10 - Nov 09

BAL 41 @ HOU 13
Week 11 - Nov 16

HOU 27 @ IND 33
Week 12 - Nov 23

HOU 16 @ CLE 6
Week 13 - Dec 01

JAC 17 @ HOU 30
Week 14 - Dec 07

HOU 24 @ GB 21

414 pass yards

2 TDs

0 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 15 - Dec 14

TEN 12 @ HOU 13

284 pass yards

1 TDs

7 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 16 - Dec 21

HOU 16 @ OAK 27

255 pass yards

0 TDs

10 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 17 - Dec 28

CHI 24 @ HOU 31

328 pass yards

2 TDs

-3 rush yards

0 TDs

Week 1 - Sep 09

KC 3 @ HOU 20

225 pass yards

1 TDs

-1 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 2 - Sep 16

HOU 34 @ CAR 21

227 pass yards

2 TDs

3 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 3 - Sep 23

IND 30 @ HOU 24

236 pass yards

1 TDs

5 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 4 - Sep 30

HOU 16 @ ATL 26

317 pass yards

1 TDs

19 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 5 - Oct 07

MIA 19 @ HOU 22

294 pass yards

0 TDs

6 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 6 - Oct 14

HOU 17 @ JAC 37

259 pass yards

0 TDs

6 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 7 - Oct 21

TEN 38 @ HOU 36

23 pass yards

0 TDs

rush yards

TDs
Week 8 - Oct 28

HOU 10 @ SD 35

77 pass yards

0 TDs

rush yards

TDs
Week 9 - Nov 04

HOU 24 @ OAK 17
Week 11 - Nov 18

NO 10 @ HOU 23

293 pass yards

2 TDs

7 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 12 - Nov 25

HOU 17 @ CLE 27

256 pass yards

2 TDs

7 rush yards

0 TDs
Week 13 - Dec 02

HOU 20 @ TEN 28

34 pass yards

0 TDs

rush yards

TDs
Week 14 - Dec 09

TB 14 @ HOU 28
Week 16 - Dec 23

HOU 15 @ IND 38

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Matt Schaub

Houston Texans

2009 Review

matt schaub collage

Matt Schaub's theme song of 2009 should be Stevie Wonder's "For Once in My Life." Because for once in his life, Schaub stayed healthy. Before last season, the one big knock against him was that he was more fragile than the Mona Lisa- hence the nickname “Glass Joe” (Mike Tyson’s Punch Out). However, in 2009, he finally proved his critics wrong by turning in a full 16-game season that was nothing short of spectacular. He led the Texans to their first winning season as a franchise with a 9-7 record, yet just missed out on the playoffs. Schaub also ended up leading the league in a number of statistical categories and was at his best when the team needed it most, winning his last four games of the season, including the final game where he outdueled Tom Brady and the Patriots to secure a winning season. With Andre Johnson in the fold with him for at least the next few years, the sky’s the limit for this kid.

matt schaub 2009 stats

~ Ranked first in the league with 583 attempts

~ Set career bests in regular season wins (9), completions (396), attempts (583), completion percentage (67.9%), yards (4,770), passing TDs (29), yards/attempt (8.2), yards/game (298.1), and QB Rating (98.6)

~ Set Houston Texans franchise records in nearly every major QB statistical category (it helped that he got sacked much less than David Carr).

top-10 passing yards all-time QB

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2010 Fantasy Outlook

Schaub will have all the confidence in the world as he looks to build on his stunning 2009 season. There will still be plenty of hypercritics out there knocking his injury-riddled past, but as a fantasy owner, the mud-slingers should be ignored come draft day, as Schaub has come to play. He may not crack the fantasy big three of Rodgers, Brees, and Manning, but then again, he just might. He’ll have the necessary weapons to repeat those 2009 numbers, as Andre Johnson and Co. will all still be around. Plus, up-and-coming wide receiver Jacoby Jones will be in a contract year, so his play as a WR3 should be motivated to say the least. Expect at least 4000+ yards and 25+ TDs, with the high probability of quite a bit more.

~ The offensive line did well enough to keep him upright in 2009, and should be able to do so again in 2010. In fact, they allowed fewer sacks in '09 than in '08.

~ After missing the playoffs on a tie-breaker, Schaub and Co. will be motivated to do even better this year

~ Andre Johnson has become the best wide receiver in the game, hands-down

~ Help is coming at the running back position in Ben Tate, and if Steve Slaton fixes his fumbling problem, this area could end up in the top tier for 2010

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Twitter

Schaub does not have a Twitter account. The official Team Twitter account comes through here: Texans Player Tweets

Follow Pyro® on Twitter @pyroman1ac

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Featured Pieces

longest regular season win streaks

Matt Schaub of the Texans picks apart the Bears

Sound FX: Texans mic'd up (Schaub & Cushing)

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Contract

Schaub enters the 4th year of his six-year, $48 million contract he signed to join the Texans. This doesn’t affect our rankings. The remainder of the deal is outlined below:

2010 - $4.5 million (+10 million roster bonus)

2011 - $5.7 million

2012 - $7.15 million

2013 - Free Agent

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Handcuff

Should Schaub go down like he has in the past, Dan Orlovsky would be his handcuff. Although Orlovsky doesn't really know where the end zone ends, so you might want to consider that before handcuffing him.

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in the Huddle

Offensive Line

Offensive Scheme

Major Off-Season Moves

2009 NFL Draft

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Strength of Schedule

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Punch Out

Matt Schaub needs only one more injury plagued season to cement the nickname “Glass Joe” as detailed by this awesome 80s video game:

Schaub has been in the league for six seasons, and a starter for three of those. However, during the first two seasons of his role as a starter, he missed a combined 10 games. That's not good news if you tried to target him during draft day. However, his stats while he backed up Vick on the Falcons were incredible. If you remove his rookie season numbers, his TD % (TDs per attempts) on Atlanta was 5.4%. Peyton Manning finished ’08 second overall in TD% with 4.9% for perspective. Schaub flashed a penchant for getting the ball into the end zone as a sub in Atlanta, and this surely factored into Houston’s decision to making a play for him in 2007 (they gave up two 2nd round picks). After his 3rd year as a starter, he finally played a full 16 game season and it looks like the Texans scored on this deal.

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The Leap of Faith

As most QBs do, Schaub struggled a bit in his first year as head signal caller for the Texans. Besides missing five games, he threw an interception (9) for each touchdown (9) and managed a pedestrian 203 yards per game. Despite a change in the sideline signal caller, he improved dramatically in his 2nd season. He was sidelined for five more games in '08, but if you were to spread his key fantasy stats over 16 games in ‘08 you are looking at roughly 4,400 yards and 22 TDs and 14.5 picks good for top nine in the league. His TD% was 3.9% (8th overall for QBs with at least 280 attempts). He validated and exceeded those numbers when he actually played a full 16 game season last year by throwing for 4,770 yards and 29 TDs. Gotta love Andre Johnson.

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Injury Report

Yellow

In his first few season, he was a huge risk to injuries. But he played in all 16 games last year (11 in the 2008 season), so we are moving him to a yellow light. If you draft Schaub, make sure to draft a suitable backup player just in case.

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Breaking News

Pro Bowl: Brady replaced by Matt Schaub expand +

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady pulled out of the Pro Bowl due to multiple nagging injuries to his finger, shoulder, and ribs. He was replaced on the AFC roster by NFL passing yardage leader (4,770 yards), Texans QB Matt Schaub.

Pyro's Take:

Schaub was somewhat of a snub in the first place, and since Philip Rivers also pulled out of the game, Schaub ends up getting the Pro Bowl start on Sunday.
Schaub actually had more yards, more TDs, and a better QB rating than Brady did on the year, and most importantly, his team beat Brady's Patriots head-to-head in the final week of the season.

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Source: www.nfl.com

02:45 PM, 01.27.10

Matt Schaub active as expected expand +

Texans quarterback Matt Schaub (shoulder) is active in Week 14 as expected.

Pyro's Take:

It's safe to keep Schaub as your fantasy football QB today. Make sure you get him in your lineup.

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Source: www.nfl.com

11:45 AM, 12.13.09

Schaub practices in full again Friday expand +

Texans quarterback Matt Schaub (shoulder) practiced in full again on Friday and is being listed as probable on the team's Week 14 injury report.

Pyro's Take:

Schaub is good to go this weekend and should be a QB1 on your fantasy football team as normal.

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Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com

09:15 AM, 12.12.09

Schaub practices in full again expand +

Texans quarterback Matt Schaub (shoulder) went through a full practice yet again on Thursday and barring a setback over the next couple of days, he will be starting this weekend against the Seahawks.

Pyro's Take:

Schaub will be playing on Sunday, and against a poor Seattle secondary, he should be played as a QB1 on your fantasy football team without fail.

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07:00 PM, 12.10.09

Schaub good to go on Sunday expand +

Texans quarterback Matt Schaub (shoulder) went through a full practice with the team today while coach Gary Kubiak said that "he'll be fine... He'll be ready to go."

Pyro's Take:

Schaub's MRI was clean and he seems like he should be healthy enough to take on the Seahawks this Sunday. He's a QB1 for your fantasy team this weekend.

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Source: twitter.com

03:45 PM, 12.09.09

Schaub optimistic for Sunday after MRI expand +

Texans quarterback Matt Schaub (dislocated left shoulder) said on Tuesday that after having an MRI on his left shoulder Monday, he’s optimistic he’ll be able to play against the Seahawks in Week 14.

Pyro's Take:

Coach Gary Kubiak was optimistic as well, but we'll see how his rehab goes over the next few days before saying he's a go on Sunday. Check back during the week as Schaub would be a clear QB1 for your fantasy football team going up against the Seahawks defense.

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Source: www.houstontexans.com

12:45 PM, 12.08.09

Schaub dislocates shoulder in loss expand +

Texans quarterback Matt Schaub dislocated his shoulder on the first play of the game yesterday, the same shoulder he had surgery on back in 2007. However, he wasn't going to let it keep him out of the game:
“Same arm, same injury,” Schaub said. “Dislocated in the same spot. I don't think it's quite as severe as the one that happened two years ago.
“I came in, had some X-rays, and they reset it. I went back out there to play.”

Pyro's Take:

That's showing some serious toughness for a guy we had nicknamed "Glass Joe" before the season started (from the Nintendo game "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!").
Schaub will undergo an MRI today, but he doesn't expect the injury to cost him any playing time. Hopefully the fantasy football QB1 is right about that.

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Source: www.chron.com

12:00 PM, 12.07.09

Schaub almost completely healthy expand +

According to coach Gary Kubiak, Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub (ankle) is "98 percent" healthy heading into this weekend's game against the Titans. "He's moving around real good this week," Kubiak said. "I don't see any limitations on him going into this game. He's obviously better than he was last week."

Pyro's Take:

We would hope so, as Schaub really stunk up the place last week against the Jets. With two of his top three receivers hurt this week and going against a tough Titans D, if you have a better fantasy option, we'd go with that.

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Source: www.houstontexans.com

01:00 PM, 09.19.09

Schaub practices for third straight day, will start on Sunday expand +

Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub (ankle) participated fully in practice for the third straight day on Friday and will start under center on Sunday against the Jets.

Pyro's Take:

"Glass Joe" has a good match-up this week and should be inserted into your fantasy lineups without reservation. Might as well get all you can out of the kid before he (inevitably) goes down again.

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Source: blogs.nfl.com

09:00 PM, 09.11.09

Matt Schaub is back on the field practicing expand +

Houston Texans QB Matt Schaub was back on the field practicing with the first team on Tuesday. "He took half the reps today in practice, so he's progressing toward getting ready to go. So it was a positive move forward for him," coach Gary Kubiak said. Schaub's status for Week 1 is still unknown.

Pyro's Take:

After the team announced Rex Grossman as their backup QB to start the season, anyone in Houston who ever saw him play for the Bears just kissed the person next to them after hearing the news on Schaub... as did Andre Johnson owners.

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Source: www.houstontexans.com

05:45 PM, 09.08.09

Matt "Glass Joe" Schaub injured once again expand +

He finished the game with 10 of 14 for 108 yards and an INT and 10 yard rushing.

Pyro's Take:

Did anyone see the play? He got "boo"'d out of bounds, was barely touched, and all of the sudden has a sprained ankle? This guy's chances of chalking up 16 games are as remote as Turtle's chances of landing Meadow Soprano in real life. If I were Gary Kubiak, I would fine Schaub every time he attempted to scramble.

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05:30 PM, 08.31.09

No news means good news for Matt Schaub expand +

The Houston Texans' QB Matt Schaub, aka Mr. Glass, has remained healthy thus far this offseason, and is ahead of where he was this time last year when he was recovering from shoulder surgery.

Pyro's Take:

This is definitely news, because if Schaub can stay healthy, the Texans are a dynamic team. But if he goes down, we hesitate to put our faith in backups Dan Orlovsky and Rex Grossman. So no news means good news for Schaub.

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Source: www.chron.com

12:00 PM, 08.15.09