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Texans should give Favre a call
Posted by Mike Florio on November 14, 2011, 8:02 PM EST


A day after the football-following world warmed up to the notion that the Texans may be the best team in the AFC, the Texans’ ability to compete with AFC teams not in the AFC South took a major hit.

And now, with starting quarterback Matt Schaub expected to miss the rest of the year, the job falls to Matt Leinart, a former Heisman winner who hung around campus one year too long, lost his job to Kurt Warner, and then blew his chance to succeed the Hall of Famer by displaying a lack of accuracy that nearly got Larry Fitzgerald killed in the preseason.

Instead, it got Leinart run out of Arizona.

So why in the world would the Texans entrust the starting quarterback job to Leinart, whose coach at USC has shown no interest in a reunion, as they move toward their first playoff berth in franchise history?

Yes, I believe the Texans should call Brett Favre. Though he has become a caricature, the analysis is simple: Would you rather have Favre or Leinart running your offense?

I don’t expect the Texans to call Favre, and I have no idea whether Favre would be interested. But for the past few years there’s been a vague sense that Favre would consider capping his career with a Roger Clemens-style partial season with a contending team that has a clear need.

Many will dismiss the possibility because we’re all sick of Brett Favre the man. But there’s no denying that Brett Favre the quarterback can still bring it. He has shown that he can get up to speed quickly, and if the Broncos can re-tool their offense quickly to suit the unique skills of Tim Tebow, the Texans surely can come up with a playbook that consists of healthy doses of Arian Foster and Ben Tate on the ground, periodic Brett bombs to Andre Johnson, and a smattering of short throws to Owen Daniels and either Foster or Tate.

Coupled with one of the best defenses in the league, and in light of the fact that Houston is a fairly short flight from Hattiesburg, it makes sense.

It makes a lot more sense than trusting Matt Leinart.

Sure, Leinart may dub me a “hater” and use this criticism as motivation, but if the guy wasn’t able to motivate himself when the starting job in Arizona had been handed to him, the kick in the butt that comes from a external slight won’t matter.

And if, as expected, the Texans don’t call Favre, he can blame only himself for allowing issues other than his arm strength and experience and competitiveness influence teams to now avoid him. This could have been his best chance to write the perfect final chapter for his career, walking off into the sunset with a second Lombardi after beating the Packers and Aaron Rodgers.

But the short-term marriage simply isn’t going to happen.

Even though, given the Texans’ alternatives, it should.
 
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It's up to Leinart Favre is done. Plus, it's too late into the season to bring him in.
 
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If this happened just a tad bit sooner, I bet Carson Palmer would've gone for three #1s in a bidding war. Hell, Kitna might've gone for a 3rd rounder to the loser. Leinart and Boller are just that damn bad.
 

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There's not a lot of pressure on Leinart.. I wouldn't be surprised if he played well.

He gets to hide behind a good running game and a defense that is impressive without Mario Williams.
 

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Leinart has to step up or forever be labeled a bust.

He has an ideal situation. Great running game, good offensive line, best WR in football, and statistically, the #1 defense in football. He needs to be a game manager and I think he can do this. He isn't a careless gunslinger that always wants to go deep.

Whoever wrote this is wrong on a few accounts. Matt was all set to go to Seattle. He thought he would be competing with Jackson for a starting job. Carroll informed him that the new OC wanted to go with Jackson and that Jackson is the #1 QB (without a single practice?). Leinart said no thanks and signed a better contract in Houston.

Without getting into the whole "sources" thing here is what happened in Arizona. A huge part of it was Matt partying and not dedicating himself to becoming a NFL caliber QB. The other part was Whisenhunt and Leinart had a "disagreement" about a personal incident and from that point on, Whisenhunt hated Leinart and Matt didn't trust his coach. His "big chance" of taking over for Kurt Warner consisted of 1 pre-season game. Leinart did throw a pass that got Fitzgerald hurt but let's not forget that 2 years earlier, Kurt Warner threw a pass to Bolden that got Bolden's jaw broken. Warner contemplated retiring right then and there. Whisenhunt preached that these things happen and arranged for Bolden to call Warner and tell him everything was okay. After the Fitzgerald incident, Whisenhunt got his wish, and finally convinced management to waive Matt.

So now we will see if Whisenhunt was right about Leinart or if he let his personal feelings cloud his judgement and put the Cardinals in an awful position of having crap quarterbacks in 2010. Personally, I am willing to bet that Matt Leinart will still be a NFL QB in 2012 while Whisenhunt will no longer be a Head Coach.
 
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Leinart has to step up or forever be labeled a bust.

He has an ideal situation. Great running game, good offensive line, best WR in football, and statistically, the #1 defense in football. He needs to be a game manager and I think he can do this. He isn't a careless gunslinger that always wants to go deep.

Whoever wrote this is wrong on a few accounts. Matt was all set to go to Seattle. He thought he would be competing with Jackson for a starting job. Carroll informed him that the new OC wanted to go with Jackson and that Jackson is the #1 QB (without a single practice?). Leinart said no thanks and signed a better contract in Houston.

Without getting into the whole "sources" thing here is what happened in Arizona. A huge part of it was Matt partying and not dedicating himself to becoming a NFL caliber QB. The other part was Whisenhunt and Leinart had a "disagreement" about a personal incident and from that point on, Whisenhunt hated Leinart and Matt didn't trust his coach. His "big chance" of taking over for Kurt Warner consisted of 1 pre-season game. Leinart did throw a pass that got Fitzgerald hurt but let's not forget that 2 years earlier, Kurt Warner threw a pass to Bolden that got Bolden's jaw broken. Warner contemplated retiring right then and there. Whisenhunt preached that these things happen and arranged for Bolden to call Warner and tell him everything was okay. After the Fitzgerald incident, Whisenhunt got his wish, and finally convinced management to waive Matt.

So now we will see if Whisenhunt was right about Leinart or if he let his personal feelings cloud his judgement and put the Cardinals in an awful position of having crap quarterbacks in 2010. Personally, I am willing to bet that Matt Leinart will still be a NFL QB in 2012 while Whisenhunt will no longer be a Head Coach.

All of what cmd said, plus the fact that Leinhart sucks.
 

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Only way I'd call Favre at this point would be if I'd lost the number of a still relevent quarterback...
 

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Favre's probably hoping for a call. He's seen some brunette chicks in the Texans orgnanization he has designs on
 
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