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Daily Affirmations

Sep 18, 2007 2007 Season, Andre Johnson, Demarcus Faggins sucks, Owen Daniels is a big ol' Pimp, Peyton Manning's lovelife, Teams that aren't the Texans, The Schaub Experiment

I can’t think of a moment where I would not be a little upset to read that Andre Johnson was injured. Possibly fifteen minutes after he retires following a Hall of Fame career, he could sprain his knee and I would not be overly upset. Though, by then, we will probably have found a way to include retired players in fantasy football scoring, so it would still be a problem. Sayeth the Kubes regarding AJ’s knee:

I would say that he is doubtful for that football game. We’ll know more in the next couple of days. There was no swelling, but there’s definitely a sprain there. It’s a concern right now.

That’s the good news and the bad news. We feel fortunate. Andre is going to be fine. Is he going to be fine in one week? Or is he going to be fine in four weeks? We’re still in the evaluation stage. We don’t know.

Obviously, when your next game is against the reigning champs (and the other undefeated AFC South team), you would like to have your All-World WR at 100%. That, however, is not going to happen.

And, you know what? We still have a chance to win. Granted, it’s not as good as it would be with a healthy AJ, but it’s still fairly decent. And that, my friends, is the biggest difference between having Matt Schaub under center and having Johnny Whitegloves taking snaps. Schaub gives us a chance to win every single time out. He avoids sacks. He makes good decisions. He doesn’t get flustered and fall to the ground in a puddle of his own tears and pee. You know, he does all the things a good NFL QB is supposed to.

He is also accurate and adept at spreading the ball around, which is the biggest reason we still have a chance. If Schaub just takes what the defense gives him–and, let’s be honest, the secondary of the Colts is not exactly fantastic–he should be able to move the ball. There likely won’t be any 70-yard TDs, but there is no reason to think that he can’t get 8 or 10 at a time to Jones, Walter, and the Owen Daniels Express, not to mention Leach and Batman.

Of course, it’s not scoring on the Colts that will win the game for us so much as preventing them from scoring. Given that Petey will have to “cover” either Harrison or Wayne… well… um… that might be a problem unless Mario turns into Adebisi on Ugoh.

All that said, the fact that I could wake up this morning, see that Johnson was doubtful for Sunday, and not break down in a cold sweat while picturing a 77-0 drubbing says a lot about this current Texans team and, more importantly, about Matt Schaub. Now, if you’ll excuse, I have about 30 Manning-Chesney posts to write between now and Sunday.