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Looking back at March 22, the day Matt Schaub was acquired by the Texans, I'll never forget the haunting words of one member of the Falcons organization: "We just traded the wrong quarterback."

Little did he or anyone in Atlanta understand just how prophetic those words would become.

While many Texans fans were protesting the trade and demanding that owner Bob McNair, general manager Rick Smith and coach Gary Kubiak undergo drug tests for giving up too much, some close to the Falcons lamented a trade that cost Atlanta such a popular, promising player.

Still another member of the Falcons called Schaub "phenomenal" and predicted the Texans would make the playoffs. Talk about needing a drug test.

But the fact is that just about everyone who had worked with Schaub in his first three seasons praised his work ethic, sense of humor, intelligence and toughness.

Now, 11 days from the opener against Kansas City, McNair, Smith and Kubiak don't look so foolish for trading two second-round picks and swapping first-round positions in the draft.