Fair warning, this is a topic that probably NOBODY wants to hear about anymore. 

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, QB Matt Schaub of the Houston Texans is done for the season with a Lisfranc injury to his foot. 

Everyone knows that this is most likely coach Gary Kubiak's last chance to make the Playoff or he's out, and this is yet another huge blow that adds to Houston's injury woes this season. 

The Texans first dealt with hamstring problems with star RB Arian Foster, then Mario Williams went down for the season with a pectoral injury. A hamstring injury has also forced the Texans to be without star WR Andre Johnson for six weeks though he might return against Jacksonville following a bye week. 

That said, this injury to Schaub might be the one that finally cripples the Texans and their chances to finally break into the Playoffs. The Texans defense this year has improved by leaps and bounds with new coordinator Wade Phillips as well as the additions of guys like CB Johnathan Joseph and DE J.J. Watt. Their offense has even been able to survive without Foster and Johnson due to players like Ben Tate and Kevin Walter stepping up into their roles. But it always hurts when your QB goes down, especially for an extended period of time. 

With Schaub done for the season, the offense now gets turned over to backup QB Matt Leinart. Since being drafted 10th overall by the Arizona Cardinals in 2006, Leinart hasn't done much to impress. Seriously... this guy lost his job at one point to the 2010 version of Derek Anderson. That's brutal. 

Houston coaches were saying that they were impressed with him in the pre-season. Houston does run the ball more than any other team in the league, so at least the offense won't be totally reliant upon the play of Leinart. Maybe he'll only have to make short, manageable throws while only taking minimal chances. Maybe he can succeed as an NFL QB afterall. But what if he doesn't?

Even with a great running attack and a great defense, Houston can't be too confident with Leinart stepping in, and the situation will only get worse if he struggles. So, here's where that whole "F Word" part comes into play - Favre. Yes, the man we've all grown very tired of hearing about, Brett Favre. 

Sure, the ol' gunslinger is currently "retired," but this is a very favorable situation for him to step into with Houston. It wouldn't surprise me, or many others I'm sure if Favre were to step into a starting role mid-season. I actually think that's probably the ideal situation for him to comeback again. The Texans are a winning team, are definitely top tier on both sides of the ball this season, but now they might be in desperate need of a QB. A partial season in Houston with a high-powered offense and a chance to make a deep Playoff run. As much as I hate to admit it, it makes total sense if Houston and Favre are both up to the task. 

Matt Leinart never had a chance, even when chances were repeatedly handed to him. The 2004 Heisman Trophy winner was the tenth overall pick of the 2006 NFL Draft, a draft considered a weak quarterback class. Vince Young and Jay Cutler headline the group, followed by career backups like Tavaris Jackson, Charlie Whitehurst, Kellen Clemens, Brodie Croyle, and Bruce Gradkowski.

Leinart has outperformed all except Young, Jackson, and Cutler, but not by much in cases like Gradkowski. Not the results the Arizona Cardinals were looking for, so they signed 2007 Pro Bowler Derek Anderson after Kurt Warner retired. Anderson was a sixth round draft pick in 2005 now on his third team.

As I predicted upon his signing, Anderson has won the starting job as quarterback of the Cardinals. Now Leinart is crying to the media exclaiming the Arizona coaches never gave him an explanation as to why they went with someone other than him.

Welcome to the NFL Prima donna, a world that sometimes touches a reality many of Earth experience.

Leinart was known as the pretty boy in college, a guy who some were trying to put in the category of future Hall of Famer Tom Brady as far as good looks combined with winning games. He led his Alma mater, USC, to a BSC Championship and AP Championship and some NFL scouts thought his game would translate to the pros.

Unfortunately, like many Heisman winners, his game soon was shown to not have what it takes to be an effective NFL player. Even in the modern where rules are heavily slanted to the quarterbacks favor. Some will say his party boy attitude early in his career derailed his progress, but the real reasons run deeper.

One huge reason is his lack of an NFL arm. The Cardinals run an offensive system where a strong arm with accuracy is needed to succeed. Leinart has neither. To have Anderson, coming off a terrible 2009 season, and a not much better 2008, replace him as he learns a new system on the fly speaks volumes.

Leinart wants a reason, and perhaps the truth will set him free. He was an overrated, overhyped college athlete surrounded by immensely talented teammates. The best comparison to him might be Todd Marinovich, a weak armed lefty drafted in the first round by the Los Angeles Raiders in the 1991 draft. The 6'4" Marinovich, an inch shorter than Leinart, was a USC product who partied his way out of the league after just two years.

Though it appears likely Leinart is destined to be playing his last year in Arizona this season before embarking on a journeyman career bouncing around the league, some think his skill set better fits the dink/ dunk game of the West Coast offense.  It is forseeable he ends up in Seattle next year, rejoining college coach Pete Carrol, though it is improbable he could unseat incumbent Matt Hasselbeck or even move on top of Charlie Whitehurst in the depth chart.

Perhaps not all is lost for Leinart. There certainly no guarantees Anderson excels or even stays healthy a full season. It is likely he will be given yet another chance to redeem himself. What he does with it, if given the chance, is also unknown. Yet all signs point to disappointment. 

Something he has been since entering the NFL.