TOW 4: What's Wrong With Matt by Sage Rosenfels

In light of Matt Schaubs recent failures as quarterback of the Huston Texans, Sage Rosenfels shares perspective from his experience at the position.  Sage Rosenfel played in the NFL for eleven years, two of them in Huston with Schaub.  In his times he had similar problems to Schaub although over the course of his career he was mainly a backup.  From this experience he talks about what is wrong with Schaub and what is to blame for his week start.  He chalks another one up to mental pressure saying that once a player starts to mess up the problems snowball until it is almost impossible to recover.  He addresses all of these facts in an effort to show many, likely male, big time football fans, or atleast Huston fans, a new view of what is happening.  With the quick drop in Schaub’s skill level from one year to the next, throwing three quarters of the picks of last year in less then one fifth of the games, many questions are quickly raised, one of the biggest being should Huston start on the quarterback search.  Although not trying to take a position on the issue, Rosenfels offers many opinions on the issue including the fact that he does not think there really is an issue with Schaub.  Rosenfels appeals to his own experience I an effort to help him prove his point.  Rosenfels speaks on how, during his second season with the Texans, he fell into a rut.  During his first start of four that season he lost the game in the final few minutes based partly on an aggressive dive followed by two pics.  After that he was unable to regain his confidence, making his year hell.  This technique really helps him get across his point because it shows he knows what he is doing because he has been there before.  This shows that he is one of a small number of people with the experience to talk giving him the right to speak.