Texans QB Schaub will play despite shoulder injury

The Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub may feel lucky that the shoulder he dislocated last Sunday was just a non-throwing shoulder. With the throwing shoulder still working, he is expected by the team to play this Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks still.


Schaub was injured on the first play of Sunday’s loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, but he still returned to field in the second quarter and finished the game. Since he could play when freshly injured, the Texans Coach Gary Kubiak has good reason to believe that the quarterback can also play after one week of preparation. So it is very likely the team will have Schaub play in his Texans jersey this Sunday.

Even if Schaub could play, the Texans still have concerns about injury. Running back Steve Slaton is struggling with a right shoulder and neck problem that has caused numbness in his thumb and to miss last Sunday’s game. His playing status will be known after his condition being evaluated by a specialist on Tuesday.

Bengals face potential blackout for Sunday game against Texans

Being 4-1 overall and leading the AFC North, the Cincinnati Bengals emailed a surprising announcement yesterday saying that a local blackout is likely for Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans.


According to reports by the Cincinnati Enquirer, there are still about 7,000 tickets left for Sunday’s game, and the pace is behind the season opener against the Denver Broncos, which had 5,000 seats available with two days remaining. It is just hard to believe that it was so difficult for a 4-1 team to sell out a game. Even the Bengals receiver Andre Caldwell was surprised to know the news. He tweeted on early Tuesday: “WOW we are facing a potential blackout against Houston. Where is the support cmon fans yall gotta do better then that great game this week.”

Coincidently, the Bengals, who has sold out 46 straight regular-season and postseason games, saw its last regular-season game black out on Nov. 9, 2003, when they played against the same team they will face in this Sunday’s game-the Houston Texans.