The Houston Texans go three deep in quality QBs and that should serve them well this season.  Matt Schaub is the starting QB and he played pretty well in his first season as an NFL starter.  He played in 11 games (all starts) for the Texans last season and he completed 192 of 289 passes (66.4%) for 2,241 yards with 9 TD passes and 9 interceptions (87.2 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 17 times for 52 yards (3.1 ypc).  Schaub has everything you need to be successful in the NFL as his arm in strong enough to make every throw and he’s just mobile enough to buy time in the pocket.  But, the Texans need to keep Schaub upright and that was a problem last season as he missed 5 games due to injury.  Schaub has now played in 49 games (13 start) in his NFL career and he has completed 276 of 450 passes (61.3%) for 3,274 yards with 15 TD passes and 15 interceptions (80.7 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 41 times for 175 yards (4.3 ypc).

Sage Rosenfels has bounced around the league for a while now but he played just as well as Schaub did last season when he replaced him due to injury.  Rosenfels can make all of the throws needed to start in the NFL but he has problems with trying to fit the ball in tight spaces resulting in frequent interceptions.  Rosenfels played in 9 games (5 starts) for the Texans last season and he completed 154 of 240 passes (64.2%) for 1,684 yards with 15 TD passes and 12 interceptions (84.8 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 21 times for 51 yards (2.4 ypc) with 1 TD run.  The Texans feel confident that they would just keep rolling along if Rosenfels in forced into duty this season.  Rosenfels has now played in 26 games (7 starts) in his NFL career and he has completed 235 of 388 passes (60.6%) for 2,725 yards with 24 TD passes and 19 interceptions (82.0 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 34 times for 61 yards (1.8 ypc) with 1 TD run.

The Texans couldn’t believe that #3 man Quinn Gray was willing to sign with them for less than $700,000 bucks, so the Texans jumped at the chance to steal him from the rival Jaguars.  Gray is a hot and cold passer as sometimes he can’t miss while other times he couldn’t throw the football in the ocean from the beach.  But his arm is strong enough to get the job done and he’s mobile often buying himself time in the pocket.  Gray played in 8 games (4 starts) for the Jaguars last season and he completed 80 of 144 passes (55.6%) for 986 yards with 10 TD passes and 5 interceptions (85.6 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 19 times for 57 yards (3.0 ypc).  Last season was the first year that Gray got into the game when it wasn’t mop up time so he proved he can handle the NFL as a starter.  Gray has now played in 11 games (4 starts) in his NFL career and he has completed 101 of 180 passes (56.1%) for 1,252 yards with 12 TD passes and 5 interceptions.  He has also carried the ball 24 times for 84 yards (3.5 ypc) with 2 TD runs.

The Texans picked Alex Brink of Washington State in the 7th round of this year’s NFL Draft and he looks ticketed for the practice squad unless one of the QBs ahead of him gets injured.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE 2008 SEASON:  B