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Yes or No will Arian Foster finish in the top ten rb's of 2010? (1 Viewer)

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I'm voting YES!

Foster is in a high powered offense that will give him plent of scoring chances. If Steve Slaton can put up 1,200 yards and 10td's in 2008 in an offense that isn't any where near as good as the current team Foster's numbers could explode.

Assuming Foster stays healthy he is a lock for a top ten rb finish. He could make a run at the top 5. You could get 1st round value in the 3rd or 4th round in this years draft.

 
I'm voting YES!Foster is in a high powered offense that will give him plent of scoring chances. If Steve Slaton can put up 1,200 yards and 10td's in 2008 in an offense that isn't any where near as good as the current team Foster's numbers could explode.Assuming Foster stays healthy he is a lock for a top ten rb finish. He could make a run at the top 5. You could get 1st round value in the 3rd or 4th round in this years draft.
He is going to finished tied for 12th with Matt Forte in most PPR scoring formats. Next.
 
No. Great situation but that isnt everything. Talent isnt there.

He will be somewhere in the rb 14-18 range

 
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Nope. Kubiak strikes after a bout of fumblitis for Arian and <insert running back name here> takes over and looks great... because their offense is great.

 
No. Great situation but that isnt everything. Talent isnt there.He will be somewhere in the rb 14-18 range
Why would you say that the "talent isn't there"? I haven't seen any proof to back up that statement.
I dont know, I just dont see a major talent. Good enough to be a solid starting rb in a great offense but im not seeing a major talent. Powerful kid with good size and adequate speed, but has not shown me anything makes me say "wow, this kid is special"
 
I just don't see the talent or the pedigree. He's going to fumble, and get pulled.. he will drive owners nuts.

From before he entered the NFL:

http://www.milehighreport.com/2009/3/19/75...aft-between-the

Arian Foster, Tennessee: Projected 7th round: The big question I have is whether Foster can cure his fumble-itis, but if he can, he would be a tremendous pickup as a last pick in the draft or better yet, a UFA. He runs with a power style, yet has the quickness to one-cut and go. He could play with more power though, and he could also get better at reading his line, but in the meantime, his leg-churn and forward lean should help him contribute where needed.

http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2009/4/21/8465...ts-arian-foster

After last year's Clawfiasco compounded with the severest case of fumblitis, it should surprise no Volunteer fan that Arian's draft stock has slid so far. Players who are either late round prospects or fated to be undrafted do not get much attention at this time of year, and the guy who very nearly got the all-time rushing title at Tennessee has fallen into exactly that group.

The end of the season hasn't been the end of the draft slide for Foster, either. His pro workouts have been unstellar. Having run around 4.7 in the 40 and having dropped his weight to around 215, he is now neither the quick back nor the big back that teams tend to look for. The further you dig into his profile, the harder it gets to see him drafted: fumble problems, pterodactyl VEEK!!!, decreased speed, decreased weight, and last season in general all add up to a bad taste in the mouths of NFL scouts. As I've said before, the scouts look for any reason you might fail in the NFL because their jobs depend on it; when a guy busts, the scouts need to be able to make the case that you couldn't see it coming. Foster's rap sheet is about as far removed from "can't see it coming" as you can get.

 
He won't in PPR leagues. If he stays healthy, he has the offense and opportunity to do it in a non ppr league.
Could not disagree with this statement any more....In a PPR league he has WAY more of a chance since historically the RB in this offense catch a ton of screen passes and get a lot of receptions.
 
No,

Derrick Ward just signed in Houston. Like usual, there will always be another in a long line of Kubiak RB's. No different than his mentor Shanarat.

Foster is FF fools gold.

 
No,Derrick Ward just signed in Houston. Like usual, there will always be another in a long line of Kubiak RB's. No different than his mentor Shanarat.Foster is FF fools gold.
IIRC, Houston had Foster and Slaton and no one else on their roster at RB, so they needed to add someone.
 
History says there will be 4 or 5 RB's that finish in the top 10 this year that weren't there last year. I think Foster has a decent shot, in that offense, to be one of the new faces.

 
History says there will be 4 or 5 RB's that finish in the top 10 this year that weren't there last year. I think Foster has a decent shot, in that offense, to be one of the new faces.
Agree. He's the starter on an offensive juggernaut. Slaton and Ward aren't too imposing a threat. If healthy, and if he doesn't have an fumble problems, he has a shot. I would guess it's just outside of the top 10.
 
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I just don't see the talent or the pedigree. He's going to fumble, and get pulled.. he will drive owners nuts.

From before he entered the NFL:

http://www.milehighreport.com/2009/3/19/75...aft-between-the

Arian Foster, Tennessee: Projected 7th round: The big question I have is whether Foster can cure his fumble-itis, but if he can, he would be a tremendous pickup as a last pick in the draft or better yet, a UFA. He runs with a power style, yet has the quickness to one-cut and go. He could play with more power though, and he could also get better at reading his line, but in the meantime, his leg-churn and forward lean should help him contribute where needed.

http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2009/4/21/8465...ts-arian-foster

After last year's Clawfiasco compounded with the severest case of fumblitis, it should surprise no Volunteer fan that Arian's draft stock has slid so far. Players who are either late round prospects or fated to be undrafted do not get much attention at this time of year, and the guy who very nearly got the all-time rushing title at Tennessee has fallen into exactly that group.

The end of the season hasn't been the end of the draft slide for Foster, either. His pro workouts have been unstellar. Having run around 4.7 in the 40 and having dropped his weight to around 215, he is now neither the quick back nor the big back that teams tend to look for. The further you dig into his profile, the harder it gets to see him drafted: fumble problems, pterodactyl VEEK!!!, decreased speed, decreased weight, and last season in general all add up to a bad taste in the mouths of NFL scouts. As I've said before, the scouts look for any reason you might fail in the NFL because their jobs depend on it; when a guy busts, the scouts need to be able to make the case that you couldn't see it coming. Foster's rap sheet is about as far removed from "can't see it coming" as you can get.
looks like someone missed him at his draft, but thanks for these year and half old gems.
 
I just don't see the talent or the pedigree. He's going to fumble, and get pulled.. he will drive owners nuts.

From before he entered the NFL:

http://www.milehighreport.com/2009/3/19/75...aft-between-the

Arian Foster, Tennessee: Projected 7th round: The big question I have is whether Foster can cure his fumble-itis, but if he can, he would be a tremendous pickup as a last pick in the draft or better yet, a UFA. He runs with a power style, yet has the quickness to one-cut and go. He could play with more power though, and he could also get better at reading his line, but in the meantime, his leg-churn and forward lean should help him contribute where needed.

http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2009/4/21/8465...ts-arian-foster

After last year's Clawfiasco compounded with the severest case of fumblitis, it should surprise no Volunteer fan that Arian's draft stock has slid so far. Players who are either late round prospects or fated to be undrafted do not get much attention at this time of year, and the guy who very nearly got the all-time rushing title at Tennessee has fallen into exactly that group.

The end of the season hasn't been the end of the draft slide for Foster, either. His pro workouts have been unstellar. Having run around 4.7 in the 40 and having dropped his weight to around 215, he is now neither the quick back nor the big back that teams tend to look for. The further you dig into his profile, the harder it gets to see him drafted: fumble problems, pterodactyl VEEK!!!, decreased speed, decreased weight, and last season in general all add up to a bad taste in the mouths of NFL scouts. As I've said before, the scouts look for any reason you might fail in the NFL because their jobs depend on it; when a guy busts, the scouts need to be able to make the case that you couldn't see it coming. Foster's rap sheet is about as far removed from "can't see it coming" as you can get.
looks like someone missed him at his draft, but thanks for these year and half old gems.
No, didn't miss him. He went before where I valued him. I don't have favorites, and I don't have "do not drafts," there are only value plays and reaches. My drafting is purely clinical and surgical, emotions don't get the best of me.
 
He could finish top 10 but I don't think he will. 15-20 seems like the right area. A lot of his value is based on pure speculation. How many touches will get in that offense? How about when Slaton (who looked pretty explosive even with the toe) is healthy? There are safer bets for the top 10 other than Foster.

CJ, MJD, Rice, Gore, Jackson, Deangelo, Mendenhall, Mathews, Grant, Benson

 
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If he stays healthy and doesn't fall out of favor, then sure. A feature back in a top offense is tough to find these days. We'll see if he's actually featured all year long though.

 
No.

The only way I see it happening is if a significant amount of the top guys get injured and miss time. Foster is just as much of a risk to having that happen to him. Guys I think are near locks to outperform him pending injury:

Johnson

MJD

Peterson

Gore

Rice

D. Williams

Turner

Charles

Benson

Addai

That's 10 right there and there are a slew of others just as likely to move into the top 10 if any of these guys under perform/get injured:

Jackson

McCoy

Mendhall

Wells

Mathews

Grant

Best

R. Brown

Harrison

Portis

Spiller

Foster is somewhere among this group above and probably at the bottom half of it IMO. I don't like those odds. Solid RB2 but not a RB1. I guess the best way to state it is I think Foster has just as good a chance falling outside the top 20 as he does of rising into the top 10.

 
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No. The only way I see it happening is if a significant amount of the top guys get injured and miss time. Foster is just as much of a risk to having that happen to him. Guys I think are near locks to outperform him pending injury:JohnsonMJDPetersonGoreRiceD. WilliamsTurnerCharlesBensonAddaiThat's 10 right there and there are a slew of others just as likely to move into the top 10 if any of these guys under perform/get injured:JacksonMcCoyMendhallWellsMathewsGrantBestR. BrownHarrisonPortisSpillerFoster is somewhere among this group above and probably at the bottom half of it IMO. I don't like those odds. Solid RB2 but not a RB1. I guess the best way to state it is I think Foster has just as good a chance falling outside the top 20 as he does of rising into the top 10.
:lmao:also.. if something happens to DWill, Stewart moves in.
 
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Interesting story 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.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writ.../05/mmqb/1.html

 
I'm voting YES!Foster is in a high powered offense that will give him plent of scoring chances. If Steve Slaton can put up 1,200 yards and 10td's in 2008 in an offense that isn't any where near as good as the current team Foster's numbers could explode.Assuming Foster stays healthy he is a lock for a top ten rb finish. He could make a run at the top 5. You could get 1st round value in the 3rd or 4th round in this years draft.
Yes!Foster is the steal of the 2010 draft. I think ends up putting Michael Turner type numbers up.
 
If he stays healthy and doesn't fall out of favor, then sure it's possible. A feature back in a top offense is tough to find these days. We'll see if he's actually featured all year long though.
The above, with that one amendment, is pretty much my thoughts. He's in a similar situation to Portis and McCoy, but for some reason, people are much more excited about Foster than those two.
 
Foster runs a 4.7 40yd dash not Turner's 4.5, so he's not a fast back, and he's 225 not 245, so he's not a bruiser back, and he's going to put up Turner numbers? Unlikely.

 
Texans RBs have averaged 16.33 TDs Rushing & Receiving over last 3 years (2007-2009).

Foster if healthy, as mentioned in most posts, should have double digit TDs.

In my league last year, 8 of Top 10 RBs had DD TDs (SJax & Ray Rice excluded).

Not counting McGahee (vulture), Turner (injured & 35 yards receiving), LT (lowest yards from scimmage in years)...

...Stewart was only one outside Top 10 (#11).

So again, if healthy & with DD TDs, Foster has excellent odds of being Top 10 RB (at least in my league).

 
no. too many things would need to happen. and namely he has to not fumble, which he is prone to do.

 
"I think ends up putting Michael Turner type numbers up." :shrug: :rolleyes: :lmao: :rolleyes:

Turner? Really? Where'd you pull that from? It's guys like you that are keeping the rest of us from getting value for Foster. He's a 15 to 20 RB this year. Go draft him in the first round if you want. There are less sexy better options IMHO.

 
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ITT: people who drafted Arian over hype him nonsensically, and people who missed out on him act all butthurt and say he will be benched week 5.

 
Foster runs a 4.7 40yd dash not Turner's 4.5, so he's not a fast back, and he's 225 not 245, so he's not a bruiser back, and he's going to put up Turner numbers? Unlikely.
that was 1 timed 40. its not the end all of of his game either.
 
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ITT: people who drafted Arian over hype him nonsensically, and people who missed out on him act all butthurt and say he will be benched week 5.
I drafted him and I'm here to tell you these people talking about him being a top ten back worthy of drafting in the first and second rounds are missing the point. He has a ton of value, but only if you can wait to grab him. With all the hype in the last week or so, some owner (thinking he has an inside scoop) is probably going to take him way too early. I drafted him in the ninth round as a big upside guy. (I got lucky as my draft was before most of the hype started).I certainly hope he puts up top 10 numbers, but I don't see it. I'm expecting RB 20 and I think I got huge value if he does that for me. Just don't be the guy who drafts Foster with your 9th overall pick. You will get laughed at, and rightfully so.
 
ITT: people who drafted Arian over hype him nonsensically, and people who missed out on him act all butthurt and say he will be benched week 5.
Just don't be the guy who drafts Foster with your 9th overall pick. You will get laughed at, and rightfully so.
I don't think anybody is doing that. The question is whether or not he can perform to that range. I drafted Foster in rd 9. I personally feel he can be one of the best RB 3 in my league and may even turn into the starter at some point. I agree with you, he will perform somewhere from 15 to 20 overall RB. But the people going to extremes in either scenario are irritating, hence my comment.
 

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