Texans feared losing Schaub for season
Kubiak says QB might be able to start throwing again this week
By JOHN MCCLAIN 2008 Houston Chronicle
Nov. 17, 2008, 10:42PM
Coach Gary Kubiak admitted for the first time Monday the Texans were worried that quarterback Matt Schaub had suffered a season-ending knee injury at Minnesota.
In the 28-21 loss to the Vikings on Nov. 2, Schaub was hit low two times by defensive end Jared Allen, who was fined $50,000 by the NFL. Schaub left the game with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee.
Kubiak said a day later that Schaub would be out for two to four weeks. While giving an update on Schaub at his weekly news conference Monday, Kubiak disclosed the team’s concerns that the quarterback might not return this season.
“I’ve been told today that they expect him to throw this week, so that’s very positive,” Kubiak said. “(That) doesn’t mean he’s going to be moving around.
“I think they’ll bring him out there at some point this week and let him throw the ball around (and) set his feet. I guess I’m beginning to feel more confident that he’ll play this year, but we’ll see.”
That’s the first time anyone with the Texans expressed concern that Schaub might be lost for the season.
“I think we were concerned a little bit about a week after the injury,” Kubiak said. “He made a lot of progress this past week. You’re talking about six weeks, so I’m sure hoping that a couple of weeks from (now), we’re very close to getting him back on the field.”
Schaub didn’t share Kubiak’s initial concern that he might be lost for the season.
“To be honest with you, I wasn’t worried a whole lot,” Schaub said Monday. “I wasn’t too concerned because I knew how much of the season remained.
“They (coaches) worry about things like that. As a player, I just worry about getting myself as healthy as I can so I can get back on the field as soon as possible.”
Schaub, 27, whose left leg was placed in a walking cast to immobilize his knee, is confident he’ll return, but he knows nothing is guaranteed.
“There was a struggle early on, just getting over the impact of the initial hit,” Schaub said. “But after I really got after the rehab the first two weeks, it started to come around, and I feel pretty good about where I am.
“We’re happy with the progress I’ve made so far, and if I continue to make progress, I think I’ll be in pretty good shape.”
If Schaub makes it onto the practice field, he’ll do light throwing from a flat-footed position.
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Texans feared losing Schaub for season
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