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Official Arian Foster - All Foster news, all the time (2 Viewers)
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Darryl Talley
Footballguy
So no TD? That hurts to be honest.
ahartig
Footballguy
Great results after a dysmal first half. Such a pity he couldn't grab that first half catch that turned into an interception. Just rewatched that play and he would have easily ran that in for a TD..... Oh well. I'll take 16+ points in 0.5 ppr from my new RB1.
He did look more sluggish than Blue on quite a few run plays, I'm hoping 10 days off and some full participation in practice will help. A pretty easy schedule for the next 3 weeks before their bye also helps:
jax
Miami
Titans
He did look more sluggish than Blue on quite a few run plays, I'm hoping 10 days off and some full participation in practice will help. A pretty easy schedule for the next 3 weeks before their bye also helps:
jax
Miami
Titans
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Yep, I didn't really need him last week, but I loved the 20 PPR points tonight. Teamed with Gore, made for a nice Thursday night, which is normally bad for FF. The other great part is he now has a week and a half to rest/get back in shape. If their D keeps playing like this, Foster is going to be great in PPR.
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sho nuff
Footballguy
SproutDaddy
Footballguy
Can he sustain this much work over the course of the season with that injury history? As a former dynasty owner I don't see it..
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
Still quite good but he looks slower. You can see that he's lost a step right? Maybe as he gets into game shape he'll get it back but I have some doubts and when you couple it with his injury history I wouldn't be so sure.
I don't know that he's lost a step. He looked to me like a guy who's running a bit tentatively because he just had groin surgery 2 months ago. I would be tentative too if I recently had my crotch violated. My guess is that when he is confident that the repair is 100%, he'll start running 100%. Wouldn't be surprised if we see a lot more burst next week. I was not discouraged at all by Foster's performance tonight.
32 Counter Pass
Footballguy
WooHoo! Hang on for a roller coaster ride on Arian express where every play could be explosive or lead to an injury. I don't know if I can take it! 
Henry Ford
Footballguy
6th round pick, I'll take tonight.
shady inc
Footballguy
Not a bad ppr night. Did not look explosive. The was a run he bounced out to the left, and looked like if he turned on the jets he could have gotten around the corner. Instead, he was just kind of jogging and tries to spilt two defenders and just kind of fell over. Hopefully the longer break before the next game gets him even healthier.
Don't think he's 100% yet, but I did like seeing the passion. He looked like he wanted to play and be in the game which is a good thing.
Don't think he's 100% yet, but I did like seeing the passion. He looked like he wanted to play and be in the game which is a good thing.
pantherclub
Footballguy
I agree with this post. One thing that I saw that was a bit concerning was that he took some massive shots unnecessarily and he came up slow a few times without being hit. This might be a proverbial "sell high" before the inevitable happens again.
ghostguy123
Footballguy
He will be fine until Houston is 2-9 and they either shut him down or drastically cut his workload.
Shutout
Footballguy
Obviously rusty but otherwise everything I expected.
Welcome back, Arian Foster. If they stick with Hoyer, Hopkins and maybe Strong/Shorts, etc can give him some breathing room to run (and quite honestly, I think there were 2-3 runs tonight where if he didn't have the rust, he would have blown through). The acceleration through the line just wasn't there.
Probably worth keeping in mind that the defense was an absolute no show tonight. If they play anywhere close to what we think they can, there should be better situations for Foster. I'd say we can expect routine 20+ days from him going forward.
Welcome back, Arian Foster. If they stick with Hoyer, Hopkins and maybe Strong/Shorts, etc can give him some breathing room to run (and quite honestly, I think there were 2-3 runs tonight where if he didn't have the rust, he would have blown through). The acceleration through the line just wasn't there.
Probably worth keeping in mind that the defense was an absolute no show tonight. If they play anywhere close to what we think they can, there should be better situations for Foster. I'd say we can expect routine 20+ days from him going forward.
Koya
Footballguy
I'm still waiting for Fred Taylor to come back from his week to week "of the bone" tear in '00 (or was it '01?)
mphtrilogy
Footballguy
i turned it off at halftime, i thought i saw a tweet from schefter that said he was out for the rest of the game for a concussion, turned out it was a fake account, and i was really happy to see a productive night.
I'll take it.. but he is a rollercoaster ride for sure...
I'll take it.. but he is a rollercoaster ride for sure...
Raiderfan32904
Footballguy
Glad I started him last night. Wasn't sure as he didn't do much last Sunday and TNF games are usually clunkers. I've been holding Foster for so long. Now, I'm looking to sell sell sell Mortimer!!!
Banger
Footballguy
agreed...I thought the same. If he catches that very catchable ball that went for an int he likely scores on that play or the next two touches inside the 5 and he ends up with a very solid night. He's one of a very few 3 down goal line backs that will dominate the touches. As long as he can stay on the field he'll put up numbers like last night with sporatic td's. Very happy with my 8th round pick.
zamboni
Footballguy
That is also an overriding concern to me. The Texans are a bad team - was hoping they would have won last night to keep pace in the division and at least give the impression they are still in it.
If the losses pile up, at what point does the team decide not to further risk their franchise RB in a lost season?
Banger
Footballguy
when has that ever happened? the guy is paid millions to play football. People spend thousands to buy season tickets...you can't just tank. People's jobs are on the line...from the GM to the coach..regardless of your record you have to go out there every week and put your best product on the field and try and win games.
Look at MJD all those years, he was their franchise back and they won between 2 and 5 games it seemed every year and he was trotted out every week just as Foster will be unless he's injured.
AcerFC
Footballguy
I know what you mean zam, but with Foster and that logic, he would never play. Ever
You have to play your best players. It would be a very tough sell to season ticket holders if you shut him down, because he might get hurt. He gets hurt every game whether he is 100% healthy or not. Its just how hurt he gets that is the issue
IMO of course
Shutout
Footballguy
Its not going to happen because Foster isn't a 26 year old guy. He's closer to the end than being part of the future. With his contract/age, etc, the Texans have more real-life financial incentive to play him and put butts in the seats and sell beer than they do to moth ball him and talk about next season.
Also, in the division, they can be 3-7 and probably only be 2 games out because the Titans and Jags aren't winning many games and the Colts are getting ready to get their asses handed to them in 4 of the next 5.
zamboni
Footballguy
Not saying if he's healthy, but if he gets banged up again and they want to rest him. Not thinking week 11 or 12 either, but maybe as you get to the fantasy playoffs.
He's 29 years old. Next year he will be a dinosaur in Rb age. Plus he is brittle as ****! You think that the texans really care about running him ragged? I don't.
Shutout
Footballguy
This logic never makes sense. You are thinking in terms of your fantasy team. Do you realize someone pays this guy millions of dollars every year in non-fake money to be a part of a real world business that generates millions and millions of dollars and that part of what brings those millions and millions in the door is dependent on having Foster out there generating interest?
When's the last time your boss paid you your salary to sit at home, reasoning that he might overwork you and its better to save you for when you're older and rustier? Foster is still going to be older whether he plays or not.
20 pts without burst. And that was without the team getting inside the five. Add a few TDs and you have a RB1. Not sure what you were expecting.
Shutout
Footballguy
no kidding, especially considering all those guys out there "with burst" are only putting up about 17-18.
I was expecting him to look better than he did. But if your argument is just going to fall back on this "20 points is 20 points!" thing then we are talking about two different things. After all, aren't we trying prognosticate in FF? Looking forward what do you see on the horizon? I simply don't see the same RB, that's all. That's not to say he won't have some fine games ahead but I would not paint the rosiest of pictures after what I saw last night. He doesn't face Indy every week. And we all know he's a risky player to begin with.
And with the QBs they're trotting out there it also gives me concern. I would think some teams are going to key on him. And his schedule after the bye doesn't exactly inspire.
@ Cinci, NYJ, NO (good), @ Buff, Pats
I would look to sell him during that bye week.
Raiderfan32904
Footballguy
my scoring system doesn't know the difference. only knows to put 20 points next my starting RB's name.
VaTerp
Footballguy
Add a few TDs and you have close to THE RB1 in any given week. He was a RB1 last night without the TDs and with minimal red zone opportunities.
I think people are premature in saying his burst is gone. He did seem to lack a little of the burst through the hole of vintage Foster but he's never really been an "explosive" kind of athlete. His strength is his vision, smoothness, and timing on cutbacks. The vision and timing require a certain feel for the game that may take a little bit of time to get back since he's had so little live football action since last season.
But as others have said 20 pts is 20 pts. The fact that he did in his first full game back and with minimal red zone opportunities is nothing but encouraging to me. As long as he can stay relatively healthy, Foster is the RB1 he's consistently been for the last 5 years.
You started Foster the first four weeks? You raise some valid concerns, but you're reaching here.
I have a concern of injury. He's getting older and takes a lot of hits. And has a bit of an injury history. Not at all worried about production.
All players have injury risk and we should be constructing rosters with that in mind. Does Foster have more than others? Absolutely. But that's why he didn't cost a first round or second round pick. Given the number of busts among those that did, I'm pretty happy about the state of things today. He has 10 days rest. Even if his acceleration is gone, if he put up another x games of this type of production, it's worth the investment. Blue had a RB1 game two weeks ago- I feel pretty confident I can get top 20 RB production out of that pair for the rest of the year, with top 5 weekly ceiling. Not a bad flex.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Let me know who the top 5 RBs in your league have been for 2010-2014. He has been top 5 every year but 2013.
Foster has always scored a bunch of TDs. And gets a lot of yardage on the ground and in the air. Last night showed that it's going to be more of the same. The feed him in the running and passing game. Touchdowns are a crap shoot. Good luck predicting them. You can have a guy like Foster, gaining 118 yards in about 3 quarters of work or you can have last week's Jeremy Hill, only gaining 40 yards but getting three touchdowns. TDs are all about opportunities. A pass interference in the end zone that gives you three shots from the one. Or a nice sustained drive that gets you inside the five. I'll take the guy who's a three down back and gets a ton of yardage over the 40 yard guy where you have to pray he gets some red zone touches.
VaTerp
Footballguy
Glad you don't let things like facts get in the way of a good laugh. And not sure why you chose to bold what you did.
Other than 2013 when he missed half the season with a back injury Foster has finished:
2014- #6 Overall, #5 PPG
2012- #3 Ovrall, #3 PPG
2011- #3 Overal, #3 PPG
2010- #1 Overall, #1 PPG
unckeyherb
Footballguy
you started Foster the first four weeks? ugh, you should do more research, he actually didn't play. Honest mistake on your part though. Hope you've weathered the storm cause now you have a guy that routinely puts up top 3-4 points per game. Good luck!
