Hell it's not that hard to hand off to Foster or Tate.

The Italian Farker: Hell it's not that hard to hand off to Foster or Tate.

Considering your friends over here in the South have been doing that for years and we can tell you they'll just sit on you in the box, good luck.

In other news, the Titans are now the likely AFC South winners.

Schedules before Week 17 rematch in Houston:

Houston (7-3): @Jax, Atl, @Cin, Car, Indy
Tennessee (5-4): @Atl, TB, @Buf, NO, @Indy, Jax

Even with Leinart, I think Houston has at least 2 wins in there, so, they are at worst 9-6 at that point.

Tennessee I think goes probably 3-3 in some configuration... so, that is 8-7.

I'm not sure who'd get the tie breaker if Tennessee wins, but, I think Tennessee needs to be 4-2 or 5-1 to catch Houston most likely, and I'm not sure they are stable enough to do that.

ouch

dletter: Even with Leinart, I think Houston has at least 2 wins in there, so, they are at worst 9-6 at that point.

Tennessee I think goes probably 3-3 in some configuration... so, that is 8-7.


So you're thinking Houston will beat Carolina but you don't think they'd beat Indy?

I'm confused because the only reason for you to give us their Week 16 record is if they were playing each other on Week 17.

Farking Atlanta got a break there. Balls.

I've pretty much been the biggest Leinart apologist for the last five years. I still think it could've worked in AZ and I hope it works in Houston.

whizbangthedirtfarmer: Lost Thought 00: Leinart redeem himself, leads them to a SB loss, gets a giant contract from Seattle, then reverts back to his old self.

Seattle doesn't want anything to do with him. They brought him to Seattle last summer, checked him out, and, from what I remember, either didn't offer a contract, or only put forth a token one. The whole Pete Carroll is rebuilding USC thing is kind of played out. He's been pretty impartial.

That said, I think if Andre Johnson gets back soon, Leinart will have a better time than he did in Arizona. He didn't really have much of a chance there: no running game, and Fitzgerald and Boldin were still developing.

Huh? They were both pro bowlers. Now I don't think Matty was treated fairly but its not because of his receivers.

First of all, nothing that has come from the Texans has said Shaub is out for the season. Only that the injury is "significant." Moreover, as bad as the injury is, it came at the best possible time:

1. The upcoming bye week will lessen the missed number of games no matter how many actual weeks are missed
2. With Andre Johnson getting back, we will finally have the same starters together again from last years prolific offense to put around Leinart
3. Not only are Foster and Tate the best RB duo in the league, but Ward looked like he was back in his 1000 yard season in the few carries he did get. Shaub himself has only been throwing around 15 passes a game
4. Quite frankly, everyone knew this was this was going to be a run-heavy offense since Johnson went out. They are still third in rushing yards per game
5. The revolution of the defense means Leinart wont have to score much anyway; As much as Leinart lost in Arizona, he didn't exactly have a stellar defense to back him up

Looking at the rest of the season, there is no reason they should lose to Indy, Carolina, Jacksonville or Tennessee. So at worst they are 11-5. If they don't have Shaub by playoffs they won't make noise, but they will be there.

KarlMaldensNose: Wookie Milson: Leinart? That's just cvrazy talk. Suvrely thevre has to be somebody else out thevre.

You shut your whore whovre mouth!!

FTFY

I never thought that Leinart was as bad as people have made him out to be. I guess we'll see.

buckeyebrain: jaylectricity: I'm confused because the only reason for you to give us their Week 16 record is if they were playing each other on Week 17.

farking bye weeks. How do they work?

F*cking reading comprehension. How does it work?

Learn to read before attempting snark.

"To come in and here that today," Johnson said, "it was kind of like, 'Wow.' Now you're hearing rumors that it's possible he could miss the rest of the season and things like that. So it's kind of like, where did all of that come from?"

Et tu, Associated Press?

Already been said, but it's really not the end of their world. Houston has a strong defense, great running attack, and Leinart isn't the worst guy to have to throw in there. Plus they're 1 1/2 games up on Tennessee with a head to head win already & are 3-0 in the division (vs. 1-2 for the Titans), so just beating Jacksonville, Indy, and Carolina should be enough.

jaylectricity: So you're thinking Houston will beat Carolina but you don't think they'd beat Indy?

I'm confused because the only reason for you to give us their Week 16 record is if they were playing each other on Week 17.

read his post again, please.

Personally, I would like the opinion of the man who got the Texans Superbowl Champions tattoo.

SuperChuck: whizbangthedirtfarmer: Lost Thought 00: Leinart redeem himself, leads them to a SB loss, gets a giant contract from Seattle, then reverts back to his old self.

Seattle doesn't want anything to do with him. They brought him to Seattle last summer, checked him out, and, from what I remember, either didn't offer a contract, or only put forth a token one. The whole Pete Carroll is rebuilding USC thing is kind of played out. He's been pretty impartial.

That said, I think if Andre Johnson gets back soon, Leinart will have a better time than he did in Arizona. He didn't really have much of a chance there: no running game, and Fitzgerald and Boldin were still developing.

Boldin was a veteran when Leinart got there and Fitzgerald has been great from day 1. There's no way they were holding Leinart back.

While the last part is true, Leinart had an okay year in his rookie year (not spectacular, but some good games and some bad ones) under Denny Green. Whisenhunt came in and installed his offense and instead of trying to work around the talents of his players just expected Leinart to become a deep passer and then basically accused him of not trying when Leinart couldn't do it. It's kind of well-noted that Whisenhunt (a former late-round draft pick) didn't like Leinart from day one.

He has a much better chance of being successful with Kubiak.

I don't think he'll be great, but he should be serviceable, which will be nice after everyone acting as though he was worse than JaMarcus Russell.

"To come in and here hear that today," Johnson said, "it was kind of like, 'Wow.' Now you're hearing rumors that it's possible he could miss the rest of the season and things like that. So it's kind of like, where did all of that come from?"