Schaub Keeps Cool Under Pressure
Texans' Offense Amasses 549 Yards In Last-Second Win: Texans 24, Packers 21
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Monday, December 8, 2008
GREEN BAY, Wis., Dec. 7 -- Matt Schaub certainly didn't look like a guy whose knee wasn't healthy enough for him to play just six days ago.
Schaub returned from a four-game absence to throw for a career-high 414 yards in the Houston Texans' 24-21 victory over the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday. He also led a final drive to set up Kris Brown's 40-yard field goal on the last play of the game.
Schaub's knee even held up under the intense celebration afterward.
"Kris jumped on me and just held on and I said, 'Come on, we've got more guys to celebrate with,' " Schaub said. "It was just excitement, one of those team wins. You just want to go around and give everyone a hug."
After sitting out the Texans' victory over Jacksonville on Monday night, Schaub returned Sunday to play with a brace on his left knee -- but his mobility certainly didn't suffer. He made big plays on rollouts and bootlegs all afternoon, completing passes to eight receivers.
Of course, it's possible that the 3-degree temperature at kickoff might have numbed Schaub's knee to the point where he couldn't feel it.
"All in all, we hung with the cold weather good," said fullback Vonta Leach, a former Packers player who had a key reception on the final drive. "We came down here, put up a lot of yards and a lot of points."
And how: The Texans (6-7) racked up 549 yards of total offense.
Green Bay's third straight loss makes it highly unlikely that the Packers (5-8) will be back in the playoffs this year, even in the mediocre NFC North. And it came in strikingly similar fashion to last Sunday's late-game giveaway to Carolina at Lambeau.
"The big play's kind of something that's been lingering of late," Packers Coach Mike McCarthy said.
It was Green Bay's fifth loss by four points or fewer this season.
"The frustrating part is, it's been right there in front of us," Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "We've had the opportunity to execute and finish those games off and we haven't."
