Rick Smith fucked up. Giving Schaub that monster extension for just being a game manager was the move that has this team fucked, we could have saved much more money and signed a guy with just as much talent as Schaub.
In the last 18 games, Colts have beaten us, Seattle, Green Bay, and SF, they are clearly the front runners of the division now.
If we cut Schaub after the season, we will have the cap hit in 2015. JJ Watt is going to be the highest paid defensive player in history. So it's going to be hard to sign any big names in the next couple years, but that's the whole we put ourselves in with the Schaub contract.
Also, this Ed Reed signing is turning out to be a bust, I think he duped us by not telling us about his injury, he doesn't look 100% at all and will probably continue to get injured. Quinn would have cost much less and could have done a lot more.
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Originally Posted by TheDon
You are wrong on a few points. First Rick Smith DID NOT give Kubiak an extension, it was McNair who gave them BOTH extension. He offered them longer ones but Kubiak elected to take less years thinking that he was going to the Super Bowl and would get paid off big time. Now it seems his contract may run out just as we get rid of him.
Taking a cap hit on Matt is not going to be that bad. What we are scheduled to pay him next year and his cap hit are within 500,000 of each other so we will be basically hit with the same amount no matter what happens.
The Ed Reed thing was the wrong move and I have to wonder who wanted that deal. McNair, Smith or Kubiak.
The real key to next year is if the team tanks will Smith have the authority and the balls to let Kubiak go. I think it is a sure thing that we are drafting a QB next year and it will be a good year for it. Experts expect as many as 6 QBs to be taken in the first round with at least 4 of them looking to be real stars.
People seem to forget that when it came time to replace David Carr that the Texans were in the middle of an unfortunate run who no really good QBs were coming out of college. 2006, 2007 were terrible years for QBs. The trade for Schaub was the best we could do.
I know what about Yates and Case, at best they are career back ups. Neither are QBs of the future for anyone.