Texans Place Matt Schaub On IR, Sign Kellen Clemens

The Houston Texans officially placed QB Matt Schaub on injured reserve, officially ending his season. Schaub suffered a Lisfranc injury and speculation over the last week and a half has been that the team will place him on injured reserve and that's what they did on Wednesday, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The Texans will roll with Matt Leinart as Schaub's replacement but they've also signed Kellen Clemens to the team as added depth.

Some people thought the Texans could be among the team in the running for Kyle Orton, who was released by the Denver Broncos on Tuesday. Houston is 7-3 and has a two-game lead in the AFC South so some figured a guy like Orton, who has starting experience, would make sense in Houston. With the move for Clemens it appears unlikely Houston would put a waiver claim in on Orton.

So the Texans face the final six games of the season with Matt Leinart as their starting quarterback.

Check out SB Nation's Battle Red Blog to see what Texans fans are saying about the move.

Texans quarterback Matt Schaub is still hopeful that he can return this season but admits that he may need surgery that would "probably"  end his season. Head coach Gary Kubiak said that a decision regarding surgery will be made within a week. In the meantime, Schaub continue to visit doctors and deal with the pain. 

"When you look at it, it's pretty colorful and everything," Schaub said, according to the Associated Press. "It's pretty sore and beat up right now. But we're going to search out some other opinions and just do as much as we can to get it right here in the near future to see what can happen."

In addition to bruising, Schaub said his foot is quite swollen. "I'm not one to give in to something like this that easily," he said. "It doesn't look good. My foot is pretty much the size of a cinder block right now."

Regardless of Schaub's long-term future, Matt Leinert will take the reins of the offense against the Jaguars on Nov. 27 following this week's bye. Schaub said he's confident in his teammate.

"This isn't his first rodeo," Schaub said. "He's played some football in this league. He knows how to play the quarterback position."

Leinert, the 10th overall pick by the Arizona Cardinals in 2006, has started 17 games in his career, including just one in the last four seasons. 

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Multiple reports, including those by ESPN's Adam Schefter and CBS Sports' Mike Freeman, have indicated that Houston Texans QB Matt Schaub will miss the rest of the 2011 season with a Lisfranc injury. But Texans head coach Gary Kubiak doesn't agree, telling Sportsradio 610 in Houston that it's the team's opinion that Schaub isn't done for the year. 

Either way, Schaub will miss this weekend's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars and his injury has been described as "significant." When revealing the injury to the media, Kubiak indicated that a decision about Schaub's long-term status would not immediately be made. From NFL.com:

"There's a lot of things reported," Kubiak said. "He's going to be in a boot throughout this week, and then the evaluation process will continue."

At his weekly news conference, Kubiak didn't downplay the severity of the injury:

"He has a significant foot injury and he’s going to miss some time, but we’re going to do everything we can to get it evaluated correctly and see if we can get him back on the football field."

Matt Leinart is expected to start for Schaub this week. Kubiak is putting faith in his back-up to get the job done for as long as Schaub cannot go.

"He's played in big football games in this league, he's played in big football games in college," Kubiak said. "Matt's been around it. The key is the whole team rallying around him, and playing well as a team. Matt doesn't have to go win a game, the team has to go win a game. We'll rally around him and get him ready to go."

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QB Matt Schaub will miss the rest of the 2011 season with a Lisfranc injury, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports. That's basically a fracture of the foot.

Texans head coach Gary Kubiak said on Monday that Schaub had a significant injury and he would miss some time. At that time he also ruled Schaub out for Week 12 but, according to the latest report, he's now out for the season.

This is a horrible blow to the Texans who look like they're en route to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. Matt Leinart will play in place of Schaub moving forward but you can't understate how big of a blow this is to the Texans.

The slightest of silver linings in all of this is that the Texans are coming up on the bye so they'll have two weeks to prepare Leinart to play the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 12.

Schaub is having a terrific season completing 61 percent of his passes for nearly 2,500 yards with 15 touchdowns to just six interceptions.

Check out SB Nation's Battle Red Blog where there's already several hundred comments dissecting the Texans next move at quarterback.