With Matt Schaub out of commission for at least the next four weeks the Texans needed someone to back up new starting QB Sage Rosenfels.  They decided to sign 29-year old Craig Nall to serve in that role.  Nall has played in 7 games (0 starts) in his NFL career and he has completed 30 of 48 passes (62.5%) for 402 yards with 5 TD passes and 0 interceptions (123.8 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 10 times for 11 yards (1.1 ypc).  This was a solid move for the Texans as Nall has played well in limited action in his NFL career.

The Texans have lost linebacker Zach Diles for the season due to a fractured tibia that he injured last Wednesday in practice.  This is a bad break for both Diles and the Texans as he was playing very well this season.  Diles played in 8 games for the Texans this season and he made 66 tackles (leads team), had 1 interceptions and he defensed 2 passes.

The Texans will be without QB Matt Schaub for the next four or so games with a torn MCL.  This will likely hurt the Texans a little bit as Sage Rosenfels is sometimes sloppy in protecting the football.  Schaub has played in 7 games for the Texans this season and he has completed 154 of 227 passes (67.8%) for 1,762 yards with 10 TD passes and 8 interceptions (91.0 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 20 times for 54 yards (2.7 ypc).  Sage Rosenfels will be the starting QB for the next few games and it will determine whether this was a lost season or not for the Texans.  Rosenfels has played in 2 games for the Texans this season and he has completed 42 of 62 passes (67.7%) for 470 yards with 3 TD passes and 2 interceptions (92.8 QB Rating).  He also has carried the ball 4 times for 16 yards (4.0 ypc) this season.  It will be interesting to see how well Rosenfels plays as he seems to talk a pretty good game.

The Texans have waived running back Chris Taylor with a injury settlement.  Taylor played in 3 games for the Texans this season and he carried the ball 14 times for 37 yards (2.6 ypc).  Taylor finishes his career with the Texans having played in 7 games in which he carried the ball 42 times for 160 yards (3.8 ypc) with a TD run.  He also caught 3 passes for 40 yards (13.3 avg).  The Texans really liked Taylor’s potential but he could just never stay healthy enough to make a impact with them.

The Texans were playing from behind most of this game and they just didn’t have enough to win in the end.  Matt Schaub started this game and he was 11 for 16 for 139 yards with 1 interception before leaving the game with a injury.  Sage Rosenfels replaced Schaub and he rallied the troops completing 21 of 29 passes for 224 yards with 2 TD passes and 1 interception.  Owen Daniels was the star in the passing game for the Texans last Sunday as he caught 11 passes for 133 yards (12.1 avg).  Steve Slaton was also busy in this game rushing for 62 yards on 16 carries (3.9 ypc) and he also caught 8 passes for 56 yards (7.0 avg).  The Texans finished up with 389 yards in this game but it just wasn’t enough to beat the Vikngs.  The Vikings rushed for 177 yards on 35 carries (5.1 ypc) in this game and that really hurt the Texans.  The Texans fell to 3-5 on the season with this loss.