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Disappointment is a tough word to use repeatedly, but in the case of the Texans it is not used enough. Constantly hearing about how this is our year, this is when ‘We turn the corner’, quickly becomes ‘Wait till next year’ after a mere 2 games, and no home game yet. Inept quarterbacking for this franchise is the number 1 problem, Mittens Carr was a bust and Schaub looks less durable than Elijah Price from Unbreakable. Here this week’s Schaub scouting report:

· Questionable arm strength, as evident by the Can-of-Corn he threw to Andre Johnson, which after being air born for 10 seconds, was intercepted and returned 100 yards for a touchdown. I wonder if he is confused and is somehow throwing with his non dominant arm, maybe he is really a lefty and is trying to lull the league to sleep waiting to unleash it, at the right time. Look at the picture above, he looks in pain knowing he has to throw it.

· Pocket presence is lacking, he seems never to feel a linebacker or defensive lineman coming to lay the Terry Taylor Five-Arm on him, or a wicked Lariat, he just accepts it and waits for the next concussion, top notch. I mean far be it for me to question a man that wants to re-learn how to tie his shoes someday or enjoy eating soup with a straw. Just move up in the pocket, it doesn’t seem that hard, I can feel when other people are around me without seeing them, I’m no Matt Murdock, but my god, just have a sense, he seriously looks like he is trying to do long division before he throws the ball.

· Leadership, it seems that people are quitting on him. As witnessed by the normally sure handed Andre Johnson, repeatedly dropping balls in that were throw his way, or it may just simply be a case that Andre was amazed that a ball made it out of Schaub’s hands and past the line of scrimmage, I mean I was amazed, I was amazed he left the field on his own power. He has lost his teammates, a change will have to be made to salvage the season, and save Schaub’s role in the NFL as a decent backup.

The state of the Texans is not bright, after beating at the hands of Pittsburgh in week 1, and beating by Hurricane Ike on its stadium, and now another five finger slap from the Titans, I’m not sure where the Texans go from here. Here is a list from Scout.com for the prospects for next year’s draft by position.

Quarterbacks
1. Tim Tebow, Florida (Jr.)
2. Matthew Stafford, Georgia (Jr.)
3. Nate Davis, Ball State (Jr.)
4. Cullen Harper, Clemson
5. Curtis Painter, Purdue
Running Backs
1. Beanie Wells, OSU (Jr.)
2. C.J. Spiller, Clemson (Jr.)
3. Marlon Lucky, Nebraska
4. P.J. Hill, Wisconsin (Jr.)
5. Arian Foster, Tennessee
Wide Receivers
1. D. Heyward-Bey, Mary. (Jr.)
2. Percy Harvin, Florida (Jr.)
3. Brandon Gibson, Wash. St.
4. Brian Robiskie, OSU
5. Greg Carr, Florida State
Tight Ends
1. Cornelius Ingram, Florida
2. Travis Beckum, Wisconsin
3. Brandon Pettigrew, Ok. St.
4. Chase Coffman, Missouri
5. Bear Pascoe, Fresno State
Offensive Tackles
1. Andre Smith, Bama (Jr.)
2. Michael Oher, Ole Miss
3. Ciron Black, LSU (Jr.)
4. Alex Boone, Ohio State
5. Phil Loadholt, Oklahoma
Offensive Guards/Centers
1. Duke Robinson, Oklahoma
2. Herman Johnson, LSU
3. Alex Mack, California
4. Jeremy Perry, Oregon State
5. Cedric Dockery, Texas
Defensive Ends
1. Tyson Jackson, LSU
2. George Selvie, USF (Jr.)
3. Greg Hardy, Ole Miss (Jr.)
4. Greg Middleton, Indiana (Jr.)
5. Michael Johnson, Ga Tech
Defensive Tackles
1. Fili Moala, USC*
2. Sen’Derrick Marks, Aub. (Jr.)
3. Dorrell Scott, Clemson
4. George Hypolite, Colorado
5. Terrance Taylor, Michigan
6. Demonte Bolden, Tenn.
*Moala is still likely to go pro in 2008.
Linebackers
1. Rey Maualuga, USC
2. James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
3. Brian Cushing, USC
4. Marcus Freeman, Ohio State
5. Sean Lee, Penn State
Safeties
1. Taylor Mays, USC (Jr.)
2. Myron Rolle, Fla. State (Jr.)
3. Courtney Greene, Rutgers
4. Michael Hamlin, Clemson
5. Nic Harris, Oklahoma
Cornerbacks
1. Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio State
2. Mike Mickens, Cincinnati
3. Vontae Davis, Illinois (Jr.)
4. Alphonso Smith, Wake Forest
5. Jairus Byrd, Oregon (Jr.)

We know that we will have a high draft pick, we always do sadly, but do we go for a real QB, or a real RB, or just once again pick from Defensive Tackles with questionable football motors or smarts. Or trade down for an Offensive lineman that would have been available later in the draft, just because we are putting our stamp on bad first round picks, like if we don’t sneak in a bad pick here people might think we know what we are doing. I can tell you this, Felix Jones sure is looking good and we easily could have had him. But credit does go out to Steve Slaton for being the first running back for the Texans to make it through a whole game and actually have valve, getting 118 yards and TD. But outside of him, who looked good yesterday, certainly not Kubiak, who had a questionable decision going for it on 4^th down in the red zone early in the 3^rd quarter when you were down by 12, then prompting the same decision to be made 1 possession later, which would have cut the lead to 6. Instead we got predictable offense, run when 8 are in the box, pass when your QB has a 5^th grade arm, bust out some RB screens on 3^rd down that you can tell the run before they leave the huddle, I mean is it that hard to mix it up. If you as a fan knows what is coming, image the excitement that a linebacker has when he has seen it on film all week and gets paid to crush people. After 3 weeks of the NFL, it looks like I am officially ready for Ron Artest.