Comments on: Arian Foster injury has barely slowed Texans down

By: rogerbrad

rogerbrad — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:20:57 +0000

I’ve said since training camp to leave Foster on the bench until week 4. With the continued re-injuries I now say week 5. We have Tate so we can afford to do that and not end up losing Foster for the season.

By: batterychucker

batterychucker — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:12:39 +0000

Here’s the story – Foster told Kubiak at halftime that his hamstring felt “a little tight”. Kubiak decided not to take a chance and pulled him. Foster did not want to miss the entire second half, he just wanted to let Kubiak know what was going on. He actually wanted to come back into the game later in the half, but Kubiak kept him out. It’s the safest option to keep Foster out, but Foster did not “aggravate his hamstring” or “re-injure it”.

And as for Foster not having his usual burst, you are aware that his first run was a 14 yard gain on first down, right?

By: thekingdave

thekingdave — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:58:15 +0000

@KIR

Do you have that exact post copied and pasted on your comp, word for word? That’s like the 9th time I’ve seen that from you. Pathetic.

By: robcypher

robcypher — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:18:59 +0000

I have Foster on two of my fantasy teams. Thankfully, I somehow also have Tate on those teams (and one other) as a FA pickup before Week 1, so he’s been a pleasant surprise so far.

By: texanfan4life

texanfan4life — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:53:40 +0000

This is a great sign of the team that we are becoming…we lose last years NFL leading rusher and our season isn’t completely lost?!! It is great to finally have a little depth on our team for once in 10 years!! But i don’t want to push it and have Shaub go down….Noone in Houston wants to see Leinhart on the field!

By: txtuff

txtuff — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:22:38 +0000

Foster said he took himself out of the game because it got tight, Kube said he took him out because of fatigue. Whats the real story? I’m not sure but everybody from the team was also saying he wasn’t set back any. That leads me to believe its a combo of both fatigue and maybe the hamstring tighting up at halftime. So I’m not worried about him coming back in full force soon. Once he does the Texans will have a awesome one two punch!

By: namestim

namestim — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:20:41 +0000

anactualnflowner says: Sep 19, 2011 10:05 AM
“…They probably just cost themselves another 3 weeks. Plain stupid.”

Another 3 weeks of what? Ben Tate rushing for 100 yards and the offense not missing anything with Foster being out?

By: anactualnflowner

anactualnflowner — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:05:23 +0000

Shame on the Texans for twice jumping the gun on Arian Foster’s injury. When the Texans are 100% sure that his hamstring injury is gone they need to sit him another two weeks because if this happens again it will be a huge red flag on all of their resumes. I’m not even a Texans fan and I’m kinda pissed about it. They probably just cost themselves another 3 weeks. Plain stupid.

By: matthewb57

matthewb57 — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:41:03 +0000

Yeah Charles got his extension last year. First Madden 12 didn’t get it right and now here. Either way charles is making bank sitting on the sideline this year.

By: KIR

KIR — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:39:00 +0000

How’s that bright idea to play out your minimum 500k rookie contract seem now after leading the entire NFL in rushing yards last year? Dude has lost MILLIONS!

By: texansfan78

texansfan78 — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:17:10 +0000

We are very lucky to have a backup RB like Tate and Ward. Both of those guys can get it done and will be great compliments to Foster.

By: slickster35

slickster35 — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:09:27 +0000

Jamaal Charles already has a new contract.

Does ANYONE do research on this site?