Not as much as you think. Coming from a native Houstonian, he bats around .500 with his Texans predictions. It’s not a surprise really, the Texans are a very tight lipped organization.

Certainly there will be teams that overpay. Skins, Jets and Dolphins. But why not add some more action into the mix if you are the agent.

Usually, whatever McClain says, expect the opposite. Ask any Houstonian.

I agree. Not gonna happen.

The Texans do not need Manning. All they need is to stay healthy.
If the Texans had a healthy Matt Schaub and Mario Williams, then we very likely would be referring to them as Super Bowl champions .

No doubt in my mind that the Texans would have beat the Ravens and Patriots with Schaub on the field
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woulda shoulda coulda…..nice try though obnoxious guy……

I can’t wait for this to be finished.

Flynn looked pretty good running around outside the pocket, the Texans should try and make a run at him. I know it won’t happen because of the stupid salary cap but one can dream.

Schaub gets hurt and misses significant time every year; last year when we needed him most. Matt Leinart can piss off and TJ Yates looked like a rookie against the Ravens in the playoffs. Houston, we have a problem, and it’s at QB. Rest of the squad is solid…

The only team that may truly fit the description is SF and they still need a WR or two. Even SF should stay away unless it seriously thinks Smith is not the answer. Manning there makes sense because SF has already drafted Kaepernick who could use another year or two of seasoning before taking over from PM.

Washington uses the same offense.

“The biggest reason: The Texans have a quarterback in Matt Schaub. They are confident Schaub will return from his foot injury, whereas no one really knows if Manning will play again. ”

In 5-seasons he has finished 16 games just twice, and in one of those years the team had a 6-10 record. Schaub is in the final year of his contract and could be cut or traded with minimal cap considerations (they’d save money and wont have to deal with any dead cap in future years).

They’d actually be pretty stupid not to do their due dilligence on Peyton Manning.

Also Peyton might not exactly be rapid, but Matt Schaub isn’t exactly the most athletic QB around. Also, if you get a shot at a QB as good as Peyton you change your offense to make the most of his skills. You don’t walk away because he doesn’t quite fit what you were doing last year.

If Peyton is healthy and can prove to the Texans that his neck injury has healed it would make a lot of sense for the Texans to sign Manning.

Not least because they could probably trade Matt Schaub to Washingon where he could play for his form co-ordinator, Kyle Shanahan, and continue to play in the system that he has already had success in.