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Texans Injury Update: Dan Orlovsky, Matt Leinart Ready if Matt Schaub Out vs. Jets

If needed, Dan Orlovsky said he's ready. So is Matt Leinart. With starter Matt Schaub hospitalized on Tuesday night and Wednesday with a bursa sac injury, Orlovsky and Leinart -- the Houston Texans' No. 2 and No. 3 quarterbacks, respectively -- each said they would be ready if Schaub can't play against the New York Jets...

Matt Leinart Joins Texans

Matt Leinart, the NFL's biggest-name out-of-work former Heisman Trophy winner and top-10 draft pick, found a job on Labor Day. Leinart, released Saturday by the Arizona Cardinals, agreed Monday to a one-year contract to play backup for the Houston Texans, his agent confirmed to the Associated Press. Terms of the deal...

Youthful Texans Open Camp With Optimism, Questions

HOUSTON -- The Houston Texans start the year once again as the young team with a lot of promise and a lot of questions. Despite fielding the youngest starting offense and defense in the league in 2009, they finally finished with a winning record for the first time in their franchise's history at 9-7, barely missing the...

Attention Dan Orlovsky Collectors: Holy Grail Is Here

Eighteen months ago, Dan Orlovsky was just an NFL backup quarterback. The Lions selected him in the fifth round of the 2005 draft and he spent the first two-and-a-half years of his career milling about on the sidelines as Joey Harrington and Jon Kitna took weekly beatdowns in the name of team pride. Share Then in...

Rex Grossman Named No. 2 Texans QB; Matt Schaub Described as 'Day-to-Day'

Who says the fourth preseason game means nothing? Backup quarterback Dan Orlovsky (with large multi-year contract) looked inconsistent with poor touch in limited minutes against Tampa Bay. Third string quarterback, Rex Grossman (vet minimum, one year contract) threw two touchdown passes, and more importantly showed much...

Dan Orlovsky News From the Web

05/01/12 Fantasy Football 2012: The 20 Best NFL Backup... Source: Bleacher Report Here's my top-20 ranking of fantasy football's best NFL backup quarterbacks right now, regardless of their No. 2 or 3 standing with their current teams.
04/30/12 Athletic budget records, data kept from student... Source: Daily Campus - Southern Methodist Univ. - Dallas TX Two years ago, The Daily Campus published a story reporting that the SMU athletic department's deficit had climbed to $93 million since 2004, a fact student reporters discovered through documents on the Faculty Senate website.