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Texas RB - Arian Foster


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Foster has been practicing with the first team all of camp, I wouldn't really consider him a sleeper.

 

 

You may not have but did you think with Tate there he would remain the starter? A 2nd round pick gets every opportunity to get the job. I thought by week 8 and before the playoffs Tate would probably get the job.

 

You had to think fantasy playoffs didn't you?

 

I see what you are saying his being the starter but thought it was only temporary.

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Barring any unforseen circumstances (trades, etc) and knocking on wood profusively - I think Foster will have a great year. Something along the lines of 1200 - 1500 total yards and 10 TDs would be my guess.

 

**Disclaimer - I added him late last year and also drafted him this year as my RB2

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You may not have but did you think with Tate there he would remain the starter? A 2nd round pick gets every opportunity to get the job. I thought by week 8 and before the playoffs Tate would probably get the job.

 

You had to think fantasy playoffs didn't you?

 

I see what you are saying his being the starter but thought it was only temporary.

 

watching the Texans last season, when Foster was given the chance, he played very well. Now it's a moo point, but I think he could have held off Tate for awhile, at least this season.

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You may not have but did you think with Tate there he would remain the starter? A 2nd round pick gets every opportunity to get the job. I thought by week 8 and before the playoffs Tate would probably get the job.

 

You had to think fantasy playoffs didn't you?

 

I see what you are saying his being the starter but thought it was only temporary.

 

 

2nd round picks: Brandon Jackson and JJ Arrington.

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ESPN's Paul Kuharsky confirms that the Texans "definitely" consider Arian Foster to be their starting running back this season.

 

Steve Slaton will "ideally" be utilized as a change-of-pace back, primarily on passing downs. This is how we've seen the Texans backfield shaping up for some time now, and it makes all the sense in the world. Foster is a big back with solid all-around skills while Slaton struggles to run inside and has concerns about a heavy workload. Foster should be locked in as a low-end RB2 in fantasy drafts this year.

Aug. 20 - 3:00 p.m. ET

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ESPN's Paul Kuharsky confirms that the Texans "definitely" consider Arian Foster to be their starting running back this season.

 

Steve Slaton will "ideally" be utilized as a change-of-pace back, primarily on passing downs. This is how we've seen the Texans backfield shaping up for some time now, and it makes all the sense in the world. Foster is a big back with solid all-around skills while Slaton struggles to run inside and has concerns about a heavy workload. Foster should be locked in as a low-end RB2 in fantasy drafts this year.

Let's not push it.

 

Love him as RB3 though.

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watching the Texans last season, when Foster was given the chance, he played very well. Now it's a moo point, but I think he could have held off Tate for awhile, at least this season.
What do cows have to do with Foster?

You know, a "moo" point. It doesn't really matter what cows have to say so if a point is inconsequential or meaninglees then that point is "moo".

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Arian Foster - RB - Texans

 

Texans coach Gary Kubiak believes that starting running back Arian Foster is "becoming a hell of a football player."

 

We heard rumblings of Foster's lackadaisical attitude late last year, but he's put them to bed while earning the complete trust of Houston's coaching staff. "The way he practices and prepares, the way he goes about his business with blitz pickup, he's going to be a good one," added Kubiak. "He did a 360. ... Something clicked. He's doing everything we're asking him to do."

Aug. 20 - 10:42 p.m. ET

 

Source: houstontexans.com

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I am also hearing that Chris Henry (former Titans 2nd round pick) is turning heads. NFL Sirius interviewed DeMeco Ryans and asked him his thoughts on the Houston RBs and he said Foster and Henry and did not mention Slaton at all. Henry certainly has the size and skills to be a starter.

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This is from the story listed above. This is what I heard too after the draft-he wasn't a committed football player.

 

 

 

 

Turning the corner: Running back Arian Foster will play in the first two quarters along with Steve Slaton. He's looking to follow up on a promising performance at Arizona, where ran for 31 yards on just four carries (7.8 average).

 

Kubiak thinks Foster, who ran for 216 yards in the final two games of the 2009 season, has turned a corner in his young career.

 

"Arian is becoming a hell of a football player," Kubiak said. "The way he practices and prepares, the way he goes about his business with blitz pickup, he's going to be a good one if he keeps going.

 

"He did a 360. It's amazing. Bottom line, he comes out of school and there is a knock against him. We battled him for half a season for some of those standards and he did things. There's come a point that he was going to listen or it wasn't going to happen. Something clicked. He's doing everything we're asking him to do."

 

Foster went undrafted out of the University of Tennessee in 2009 and spent the first half of his rookie season on the practice squad.

 

"I got a chance to get a feel for what this league is all about at first a little bit," he said. "That's kind of how my personality is. I kind of play background until I figure out what's going on. Once I figured out what's going on, I saw how professionals handled their business, and you really see that this is a business and you're a businessman, you've got to handle your business as a businessman. Sorry for using ‘business' so much, but it's the truth, man. Guys like Andre Johnson, the way he handles his business inspires me. So I try to operate like he does. No tolerance. No excuses. Just go to work."

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ESPN's Paul Kuharsky confirms that the Texans "definitely" consider Arian Foster to be their starting running back this season.

 

Steve Slaton will "ideally" be utilized as a change-of-pace back, primarily on passing downs. This is how we've seen the Texans backfield shaping up for some time now, and it makes all the sense in the world. Foster is a big back with solid all-around skills while Slaton struggles to run inside and has concerns about a heavy workload. Foster should be locked in as a low-end RB2 in fantasy drafts this year.

Aug. 20 - 3:00 p.m. ET

 

so the Texans can turn over the ball on the goal line

:wacko:

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