Week 9 QB projections • HOU Stats
QB Dan Orlovsky, Houston Texans
HT: 6-5, WT: 236, Born: 8-18-1983, College: Connecticut, Drafted: Round 5
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Stats and Week 9 Projection
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Week 9 Injury Status and Other News
He was not listed on Friday's official injury report.Week 9 Matchup Info
at Indianapolis Colts (Tough matchup) - Matt Schaub is ripping up the league right now, with 108/154 for 1295 yards, eight TDs and four interceptions in his last four games - he's tied with Drew Brees and Brett Favre with 16 TDs this season, friends (188/283 for 2342 yards, 16 TDs and seven interceptions to date). Those numbers put him at fifth-best fantasy QB in points per game over the last four weeks and sixth-best fantasy QB in the land this year.Last week, against Buffalo, wasn't Schaub's shining moment of 2009, however - Schaub tossed 25/34 for 268 yards, but had zero TDs with two interceptions on the day. However, thanks to the emergence of Ryan Moats, the Texans still won easily 31-10. As usual, Andre Johnson (despite his bruised lung) led the team with 10 targets for 6/63/0, while little-known David Anderson was second on the team with three targets for 3/51/0. However, the entire passing offense took a major hit when Owen Daniels (40/519/5 receiving this year) was lost for the season due to a torn ACL in his knee. Joel Dreesen (25/225/2 receiving in his five-year career) will try to fill Daniels' big shoes this week.
Indianapolis brings one of the best pass defenses in the land to this dance - the team averages 180.1 net yards allowed per game (seventh in the NFL), with just three passing scores allowed in seven games (first in the NFL in this category). They have seven interceptions and 20 sacks generated so far (fifth in the NFL in the latter category). Last week, Alex Smith was held to the season average (19/32 for 182 net yards, one TD and one interception thrown) -Marc Bulger bumbled to 14/26 for 117 net yards, zero TDs and two interceptions vs. Indianapolis two weeks ago.
Houston's high-flying passing attack lost a key contributor last week, and will be making adjustments on the fly. They'll have to do all this in Lucas Oil Stadium's howling throng, with one of the league's best pass defenses pressuring Schaub (although Houston's line has only allowed 14 sacks this year, tied for 11th in the NFL - David Carr can only wish he'd had such protection as the Texans' starter). This looks like a tough matchup to us.
