Quote:Matt Schuab fell off because the offensive line and defense deteriorated drastically. Schaub needs a clean pocket, a strong running game and defense to be a competent QB; he doesn't possess the arm talent or athleticism to compensate for those deficiencies. He was exposed for what he was last year, a QB that can't produce if the pieces around him aren't elite; he's an older version of Andy Dalton. That's what's so impressive about Andrew Luck, that guy will produce no matter how good the talent is around him, Blake Bortles (at UCF) showed similar qualities, that's what makes a true franchise QB, a guy that can elevate the level of play of everyone around him.

 

It's true.

 

I recall comparing his ability as a QB with Gabbert's ability and was summarily dismissed.

 

He might be a bit better than Gabbert because Gabbert seems to even be regressing as he goes on, but Schaub never has been and never will be even an above average QB. With the level of talent the texans enjoyed that Schaub never even threw for 30 TDs once during that time is telling.

 

He got plenty of yards, but yards always have been and always will be practically meaningless in a league where teams often just try to keep things in front of them and wait for the field to become compressed as teams get close to the red zone.

 

What matters with QBs is how they perform in the pressure moments of games and Schaub has always come up short in those times.

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