HOUSTON — Houston quarterback Matt Schaub is out indefinitely with a “significant” right foot injury and will miss at least the Texans’ next game in two weeks.
Coach Gary Kubiak said Monday that Schaub was injured on a quarterback sneak coming out of the end zone late in the second quarter of Houston’s 37-9 victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday. Schaub stayed in the game but threw only three passes in the second half.
Kubiak said the team was bringing in a specialist from Indianapolis to evaluate Schaub, and the quarterback would fly to Charlotte, N.C., this week to undergo further examination.
Joby Branion, Schaub’s agent, did not immediately return a phone message.
“He’s got a significant foot injury, he’s going to miss some time,” Kubiak said. “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.
“It’s disappointing,” Kubiak said, “but we’ll go to work and try to do the right thing by Matt.”
The Texans (7-3) have won four in a row and share the AFC’s best record with the Steelers heading into their bye week. Kubiak said sixth-year veteran Matt Leinart will start at Jacksonville on Nov. 27.
Leinart, the 2004 Heisman Trophy winner for Southern California, re-signed with the Texans in the offseason after not taking a snap in 2010. He turned down other offers to return to Houston because he was comfortable with Kubiak and his offensive system.
Houston ranks eighth in total offense this season (396.2 yards per game).
“Your time’s going to come, and you’ve got to be accountable for when that opportunity comes,” Leinart said. “They know that I work hard and I study hard and I’m prepared very well.”
Kubiak has been increasing Leinart’s repetitions in practice, and he’s confident Leinart is ready.
“The key is the whole team rallying around him, and playing well as a team,” Kubiak said. “Matt doesn’t have to go win a game, the team has to go win a game.”
