Attention

CrossCyed noticed.

The NFL knows that Sage had a decent half season. his rating of 84 puts him 16th in the league, ahead of Eli Manning, Vince Young and Marc Bulger, all starters. He won 4 of his 5 starts, and the one loss was to the Colts. He didn't stink.

Houston has a bunch of options: make Sage the starter and trade Schaub, who make 8 times what Sage does; use Sage as trade bait to fill some needs and cross your fingers Schaub doesn't get hurt; or keep Sage the backup and wait for Schaub to get hurt.

Any way you slice it, Sage will get a raise whether he stays in Houston or not. He has shown he can play QB in the NFL behind a decent line. Lots of teams have decent lines but lousy QB's.

Has the Register noticed any of this? Nope. But I'm sure if Brad Banks or Drew Tatemakes an NFL practice squad or gets a start in a CFL game we'll get 6 inches and a photo.

Until Sage appears in a wire story, the Rag won't notice. Typical.

Peterclone