Arian Foster wow

[G.K.Trey]

I disagree with this. Foster looked good the last two games of last season also, totaling 242 yards and 3 TDS in wins against MIA and NE. I think it has more to do with the fact that Kubiak lost faith in Slaton and wanted to have two options at RB going into 2010.

I will agree with a lot of this. Foster was no slouch coming out of college. The main things that brought his draft stock down were a slow forty,

fumbling problems and an ankle injury from the Senior Bowl. After his junior year he was being looked at as high as a second rounder by some scouts. I remember being stoked when the Texans signed him and Jeremiah Johnson of Oregon after the 2009 draft.

 

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He was undrafted , so that does make him a "slouch" coming out of college, otherwise someone would have taken him at some point. I would think consevatively 25 rb's were drafted that year.

Edited September 13, 2010 by G.K.Trey

[Ziachild007]

I disagree with this. Foster looked good the last two games of last season also, totaling 242 yards and 3 TDS in wins against MIA and NE. I think it has more to do with the fact that Kubiak lost faith in Slaton and wanted to have two options at RB going into 2010.

I will agree with a lot of this. Foster was no slouch coming out of college. The main things that brought his draft stock down were a slow forty,

fumbling problems and an ankle injury from the Senior Bowl. After his junior year he was being looked at as high as a second rounder by some scouts. I remember being stoked when the Texans signed him and Jeremiah Johnson of Oregon after the 2009 draft.

 

He was undrafted , so that does make him a "slouch" coming out of college, otherwise someone would have taken him at some point. I would think consevatively 25 rb's were drafted that year.

 

 

Ryan Grant, Priest Holmes and WIllie Parker must have been slouches too. Like it was previously stated, he finished at Tennessee as the 2nd all time rushing yardage leader in school history.

Edited September 13, 2010 by Ziachild007

[forever in debt to mo lewis]

Amen brother. One of the other owners in my league is trying like hell to get me to trade him Brandon Marshall for A. Foster, I reminded him of his fumbling issues in the latter half of last year and how Kubiak benched him due to his fumbles. So Foster owners enjoy it now cuz the 1st time he puts it on the turf Steve Slayton will be there to pick up the pieces. The Colts run D is the equivalent of your High School football's freshman team, ok maybe the JV squad. My sister could put up 100+ yards on the Indy Defense. I have been sayin it for years that the only reason that Indy is even relevant is cuz of Peyton without him they are a 3-13 team no questions asked. Will the real Colts Defense please stand up?????

 

im looking at that and thinking...this guy must have two really good starting backs...to where he can afford to move foster for a potential 1 receiver....i love marshall....but looking at your roster...i think you can afford to move marshall for rb depth(im guessing since you have forte and addai...its ppr....either way i dunno if id feel too good about those backs....unless you really think forte is going to keep catching 90 yard td passes).....in a ppr format...maybe marshall for foster isnt a great move...but still a good one....in non ppr...i think it is......and depending how floyd looks tonight....you might easily be able to move floyd into that 2 spot to replace marshall....and replace floyds spot with a waiver wire guy.....

 

there were some gaping holes in the 2nd half....but there was one play where foster was about to run into some guys and made a huge cut left into a gaping lane.....it was a great cut and showed great vision.....not a bad move for a guy that goes as big as he is.....he had a real feel for the flow of that play when the lane he was looking for was filled

Edited September 13, 2010 by forever in debt to mo lewis

[Randall]

I disagree with this. Foster looked good the last two games of last season also, totaling 242 yards and 3 TDS in wins against MIA and NE. I think it has more to do with the fact that Kubiak lost faith in Slaton and wanted to have two options at RB going into 2010.

 

 

I read last year the team played better when he started and wanted him to remain the starter. Picking Tate may have thrown us off more than those closer to the team.

 

I offered Foster(took him as a rookie because before his last year in college he was a highly rated NFL prospect) for a late round rookie LB this year but was turned down.

[CaptainHook]

Colts defense flat gave up at the end of the third quarter. They didn't want to tackle him any more. Embarrassing. The Colts have be known to do this from time to time. In 2006 against the Jags. Last year against the Dolphins wildcat. Disgusting effort.

 

I don't think other defenses the Texans face will lay down like that.

[Randall]

Colts defense flat gave up at the end of the third quarter. They didn't want to tackle him any more. Embarrassing. The Colts have be known to do this from time to time. In 2006 against the Jags. Last year against the Dolphins wildcat. Disgusting effort.

 

I don't think other defenses the Texans face will lay down like that.

 

 

No but in those I hope they throw to him more.

 

 

He was undrafted , so that does make him a "slouch" coming out of college, otherwise someone would have taken him at some point. I would think consevatively 25 rb's were drafted that year.

 

 

Ryan Grant, Priest Holmes and WIllie Parker must have been slouches too. Like it was previously stated, he finished at Tennessee as the 2nd all time rushing yardage leader in school history.

 

 

Interesting story on this from Peter King

 

Who is Arian Foster?

 

In 2007, Ryan Grant entered the year as training-camp filler for the Giants and ended up a major playoff factor for the Packers. In 2008, Steve Slaton, a late-third-round pick, rode a hot spurt to finish sixth in the NFL in rushing. Last year, Cleveland's Jerome Harrison basically had a fantasy season down the stretch, running for 286 yards in Kansas City and, for the season, outrushing Joseph Addai with 25 fewer carries.

 

This year, the breakthrough running back could be the Texans' Arian Foster. On the road for much of the past month, I bet I got approached by 50 fans asking me for fantasy advice. (No! Don't take it!) I had a few pet names -- running back Ryan Mathews (easy), and wideouts Mike Wallace (all-around) and Denver receiver Eric Decker (touchdowns). But the guy who could have more value than all of them is Foster.

 

The 2009 undrafted free agent out of Tennessee has grabbed the starting job with no strings, and with the fleet Ben Tate on IR after a preseason injury, I expect Foster to put up silly numbers in an offense that fits him perfectly. He's the kind of one-cut-and-get-upfield runner the Denver disciples running Houston's offense (coach Gary Kubiak, offensive coordinator Rick Dennison) love, and at 6-1 and 225, he has the kind of power to break tackles and keep the chains moving.

 

Very interesting story. Foster was a star running back at Tennessee when, after his junior season, he petitioned the NFL to see where he was likely to be drafted. Second round, the answer came back. Foster decided to stay at Tennessee for the 2008 season. Disaster ensued. It was Philip Fulmer's last year, the program collapsed, Foster fumbled too much, and his stock dropped. At Senior Bowl practices after the season, he pulled a hamstring. He couldn't run at the combine, wasn't ready to run at his pro day and, rushing to get healthy so he could work out for teams before the draft, never allowed the hammy to get healthy. Consequently, he failed to run a decent 40.

 

On draft weekend, figuring he wouldn't get picked as the seventh round wound down, he had four teams interested in him as a free agent: New Orleans, Houston, Tampa Bay and the Jets. As he got on the phone with each, his girlfriend, Romina Reinhart, went online and found the depth chart of each team to see what the competition would be like.

 

"Oh, she's a good one,'' Foster said, laughing. "She was working hard, finding each depth chart. I'm on the phone with the Saints, and she's got their running backs lined up. What it came down to, and not to put anybody down because I respect everyone's ability, is that I thought I had the best chance with Houston. When I was growing up in San Diego, I idolized Terrell Davis. He was the same kind of diamond-in-the-rough back as me coming out of college, and he went to the Denver system and it was a great fit for him. I think that system fits my style. Zone-blocking, use your vision as a back, get a feel for the defense, get upfield. That's the kind of runner I am.''

 

Foster earned a spot on the Houston practice squad, and when injuries and Steve Slaton's fumble-itis hit late in the season, he was promoted. In the final two games of the season, he rushed for 216 yards and thrust himself into the Texans' 2010 plans. "Just before OTAs started up again,'' he said, "we all got letters from the team with the schedule. And Coach Koob [Kubiak] wrote in my letter, 'The biggest jump for a player in the NFL comes between year one and year two.' That struck me to my core. So I came in focused to become better at every aspect of my game. Everyone wants someone to believe in him, and I feel with me that's Coach Koob.''

 

Pretty interesting that Foster's on a nickname basis with his boss. Anyway, Foster's a bright kid. Majored in philosophy. Takes pride in expressing himself thoroughly and intelligently. And he realizes that the worst thing he could do now is to feel like he's accomplished something.

"History tells us that any pinnacle you're on, you'll eventually come down,'' Foster said. "My mentality as long as I'm in the NFL will be, I've never arrived. I'll always have a blue-collar attitude in a white-collar world.''

 

In six days, he'll have a lot to do with whether the Texans can slay the almighty Colts in the season-opener. Foster's come a long way, but don't tell him that.

 

 

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writ...l#ixzz0zRUt1qpf

Edited September 13, 2010 by Randall

[giantsfan]

Colts defense flat gave up at the end of the third quarter. They didn't want to tackle him any more. Embarrassing. The Colts have be known to do this from time to time. In 2006 against the Jags. Last year against the Dolphins wildcat. Disgusting effort.

 

I don't think other defenses the Texans face will lay down like that.

You are funny on this Captain. I fully understand where you are coming from since you are a Colts fan, but you are acting as if Foster is a # 4 RB scrub who had a good day against a bad D.

 

If he had 120 and 1 I'd say that is possible in terms of a lucky day and awful D, but the kid had 230 and 3. Now YES the Colts D was a joke. And YES this will be his best game by far. BUT I have not seen many (if any) come on here and say Foster is a top 5 stud. Seems like most, like me, see him as a low # 1/high level # 2 RB...that is all.

 

You want to give the guy 0 credit and act like you and I could have run for 230 and 3 against the Colts yesterday.

 

I think your disgust with the Colts yesterday is clouding your ability to say sure Foster won't do that again or be a top stud, but the kid has game and is a solid RB.

[Capt. Stanky]

Amen brother. One of the other owners in my league is trying like hell to get me to trade him Brandon Marshall for A. Foster, I reminded him of his fumbling issues in the latter half of last year and how Kubiak benched him due to his fumbles. So Foster owners enjoy it now cuz the 1st time he puts it on the turf Steve Slayton will be there to pick up the pieces. The Colts run D is the equivalent of your High School football's freshman team, ok maybe the JV squad. My sister could put up 100+ yards on the Indy Defense. I have been sayin it for years that the only reason that Indy is even relevant is cuz of Peyton without him they are a 3-13 team no questions asked. Will the real Colts Defense please stand up?????

 

I'm sorry, but after reading this I couldn't help but feel that you're just jealous you don't have Foster in any leagues. Do you really think that if and when Foster fumbles Kubiak will go back to Slaton? Isn't one of the main reasons Kubiak lost faith in Slaton because of his fumbles? It sounds like you're just trying to think of reasons not to trade Marshall for him. No one is saying that he's going to blow up every week, but he doesn't have anyone to threaten his touches, and to me that makes him a low end #1 RB. This could all change based on how he does over the next few games, but based on what the Houston coaches were saying about the kid, the moves he displayed in the preseason and the day he had yesterday the kid looks about as legit as they get.

 

Do I sound like someone who owns Foster in 4 out of 5 leagues? You better believe it. I will defend him all day long

Edited September 13, 2010 by Capt. Stanky

[BGB]

I'm sorry, but after reading this I couldn't help but feel that you're just jealous you don't have Foster in any leagues. Do you really think that if and when Foster fumbles Kubiak will go back to Slaton? Isn't one of the main reasons Kubiak lost faith in Slaton because of his fumbles? It sounds like you're just trying to think of reasons not to trade Marshall for him. No one is saying that he's going to blow up every week, but he doesn't have anyone to threaten his touches, and to me that makes him a low end #1 RB. This could all change based on how he does over the next few games, but based on what the Houston coaches were saying about the kid, the moves he displayed in the preseason and the day he had yesterday the kid looks about as legit as they get.

 

Do I sound like someone who owns Foster in 4 out of 5 leagues? You better believe it. I will defend him all day long

 

I think he is confusing Arian Foster with Steve Slaton. Arian Foster had 1 fumble last season.

[ABearWithFurniture]

Just me but I'd trade Marshall in a heartbeat for him with that lineup..

[Akfatha]

Schaub & AJ owners are all across the nation

 

 

i own schaub, aj and foster! WOOHOO!!!

[Capt. Stanky]

i own schaub, aj and foster! WOOHOO!!!

 

I do think people are looking too much into one game. Schaub and AJ will get theirs. I think this was Houston's coming out party. I will argue that it was probably the most important game in the Texans history. Foster should be money early on in the season. I don't see Kubiak changing things up until teams prove they can stop it. Hence, stop rolling coverage to AJ. When that happens look for some huge numbers from Schaub and AJ.

 

I always thought that the Houston backfield situation was the most intersting one for FF purposes going into the offseason after last year. Slaton put up big numbers in '08. So big that some people had him ahead of CJ going into last year. Any good FF player knew allot of possible FF points were in the Hou backfield. It was just a matter if they were going to have one guy. After the drafting of Ben Tate in the 2nd it looked like the writing was on the wall, and I will admit I was all about Tate after they drafted him. When he couldn't get healthy initially I started to waiver. When he had the season ending injury Foster became "THE GUY" I had to have.

 

I really don't see any reason he won't be top 8 RB the rest of the year, barring injury. I think Houston's offense will rival anyone's this year.

Edited September 14, 2010 by Capt. Stanky

[CaptainHook]

You are funny on this Captain. I fully understand where you are coming from since you are a Colts fan, but you are acting as if Foster is a # 4 RB scrub who had a good day against a bad D.

 

If he had 120 and 1 I'd say that is possible in terms of a lucky day and awful D, but the kid had 230 and 3. Now YES the Colts D was a joke. And YES this will be his best game by far. BUT I have not seen many (if any) come on here and say Foster is a top 5 stud. Seems like most, like me, see him as a low # 1/high level # 2 RB...that is all.

 

You want to give the guy 0 credit and act like you and I could have run for 230 and 3 against the Colts yesterday.

 

I think your disgust with the Colts yesterday is clouding your ability to say sure Foster won't do that again or be a top stud, but the kid has game and is a solid RB.

Reminded me a lot of this game. Ron Dayne ran wild on the Colts on that day.

 

I just don't see the Texans opening up those kind of holes on other teams. I never said he's not a good back. He'll have a decent year. But, yeah, I'd trade high right now.

[TheDude]

I can dig it. Last year I took Chris Johnson and Ray Rice.... this year A Foster was my tageted guy. So far so good.

 

He WRECKING the indy defense. 27 carries - he is the bell cow. MOOO.

 

1-10-IND 25 (8:49) A.Foster left guard for 25 yards, TOUCHDOWN.

1-10-IND 36 (9:31) A.Foster up the middle to IND 25 for 11 yards (A.Bethea, J.Powers).

1-10-IND 49 (10:12) S.Slaton left guard to IND 36 for 13 yards (M.Bullitt).

1-10-HOU 9 (10:38) A.Foster right guard pushed ob at IND 49 for 42 yards (A.Bethea).

 

 

Loved this drive.. probably one of my favorites of all time. He was punishing in that first game... here's to health!!

[CaptainHook]

Loved this drive.. probably one of my favorites of all time. He was punishing in that first game... here's to health!!

How old are you? 5?

 

Edited September 14, 2010 by CaptainHook

[Capt. Stanky]

How old are you? 5?

 

 

If dude is a Texans fan I can totally understand his statement. They haven't had too much to get excited about.

[Big John]

If dude is a Texans fan I can totally understand his statement. They haven't had too much to get excited about.

Skins fan. And registered for longer than 5 years.

[Trots]

How old are you? 5?

 

Bitter much? Sheesh.