The Houston Texans will pick up the $10 million option bonus payment in the contract of Pro Bowl MVP quarterback Matt Schaub, according to a league source.

The option will be picked up as early as Thursday and no later than Friday. Once the Texans officially notify Schaub of this with a letter, the quarterback will be obligated to Houston for the next three seasons at roughly $28 million.

The move comes in the same week they extended head coach Gary Kubiak’s contract through 2012.

Schaub initially signed a six-year, $48 million contract with the Texans in March 2007. The deal also included an option bonus payment of $10 million due no later than five days after Super Bowl XLIV, which will be played Sunday in Miami. With Houston having until the end of next week to do it, they will do it as early as Thursday.

Click here to read the full article – By Adam Schefter of ESPN.com

Considering the circumstances — the terrible opener against the Jets, a road game against the Titans and trying to avoid an 0-2 start — owner Bob McNair thought Sunday’s 34-31 victory over the Tennessee Titans was the best he had seen.

Before the Texans opened their dressing room to the media after the game, the players could be heard cheering when coach Gary Kubiak was talking.

“I gave Bruce Matthews the game ball,” Kubiak said about his first-year offensive assistant. “That’s probably when you heard the roar.

“I told him, ‘Welcome to our side.’ ”

Matthews, who played the last five years of his 19-year career with the Titans, is in his first season as an offensive assistant with the Texans.

Click here to read the full article – By JEROME SOLOMON and JOHN McCLAIN of chron.com

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