Nothing against Foster, Dre. As I stated, I am a fan of SEC football. And we both probably agree that Foster faced tougher defenses than Johnson did in the PAC 10. There is just something about JJ I like better.

Now, they could get out there on the preseason and completely prove me wrong. Either way, the team will be better with one of (or both) of them on the field.

I agree with most of your points. But I do want to clear up that this article I wrote is not in any way taking anything away from Steve. This is solely about Slaton’s compliment back. Slaton is the man and will remain there.

I have to agree at some point, enough has to be enough with Chris Brown. But I may be biased, as I never wanted him in the first place.

We have suffered through the team keeping Domanick “whatever his last name is this week” and Ahman Green. Both getting paid to sit on the sidelines and watch. If Brown has as much as turf toe, I want him gone.

Good stuff, Bryan. I wish I had the patience with Chris Brown that you seem to have. But after seven years, my fuse has gotten quite short with excuses.

Like I said, Chris, I probably just love rooting for the underdog. Foster signing that deal probably guaranteed him a sopt on the 53-man roster. I just think JJ will be too good to just hide on the practice squad. But, if he does, we will see him when Chris Brown inevitably goes down.

I think ANY of us would take 150 carries from Brown… that would pretty much mean a fully healthy season if you take Kubiak’s alleged target per game carries for the 2nd back as truth. He said ideally he’d like about ten carries per game from the #2, and if we get 150 from Brown that’s almost a full, healthy season.

Not likely – but I definitely would take a healthy CB over ANY of our other prospective #2 RBs.

Foster’s knee problem is troubling, but he was healthy for his entire senior season, wasn’t he? (I’m actually not sure about that… need to look into it).

The other key for Foster is whether or not you believe the rap that his bad offensive line was the biggest factor for his bad senior campaign. I dunno, I have a hard time believing that.

Sigh. Pre-season is so far away. I’m glad we have such an awesome online community to keep us from drowning ourselves in the tub. (Yeah, I’m pretty close to that).

Tennessee was a pro-style offense up untill last season so all of their players, RBs and linemen included, were recruited for that style of play. The OL on a spread and pro-style offense differs quite a bit, depending on the type of spread. Regardless, it’s understandable why the offense struggled as they were running an offense and had players better suited for another style, not to mention that they had just one offseason to get acclimated to an entire new approach. They should have had enough sense to ease into the transition rather than jump forward with both feet without considering whether they had the players to put in the new system. The new coaches obviously showed they had no real loyalty to veteran players of another coach and Foster paid for it.

Foster did suffer a hamstring injury during Senior Bowl week I believe and his draft status was hurt further by not being able to show what he could do that week as well as the injury possibly hampering his ability to wow in the scouting combine. He posted a 40 time in the 4.6 range with a sore hammy I believe.., that might have scared a few off I guess but for a 230 lb guy it’s really not all that bad all considering. Everything you look at with this guy points to the possibility of him being MUCH better than an undrafted free agent.

He fumbled I think 11 times in 650 rushing attempts, 73 receptions, and 7 returns combined in his career. He had a couple in crucial drives which has gotten them more attention than most backs get for their fumbles. I didn’t see many of his games in college, but i’ve seen it reported that at least a few of those fumbles were botched handoff attempts rather than caused by contact. I’m not saying it’s not something he should work on, I just don’t think it’s as big a problem as its made out to be for him.

Quite depressing. You should post it at:

http://www.crawfishboxes.com/

Would probably bring more feedback over there than here,

Don’t get me started on this year’s Astro team. They’re a hell of a lot further away than Zobrist or ten freaking Zobrists.

i know that…we traded zobrist and actually i believe another dude for huff…i have zobrist on my team so ive been reaping the benefits but everyday i now remeber that he could be a stro and coulda been our future SS

If that’s the case it would be Foster for sure. Johnson has always struggled with pass protection while Foster was above average for a college RB. Personally I think Johnson is the better rusher of the two, but Foster is definately the more well rounded. The biggest problem I have with Johnson is his instincts to juke and jitter a little too much and kick inside runs outside. That works in college but in the NFL, and especially in this system, you have to just put your head down and force your way through the hole that’s there otherwise a 2 yard gain turns into a 2 yard loss. I think he could learn to be a one cut runner, but Foster is already there. So if I had to put money on one or the other making the team, i’d go with Foster just because he has less to learn/improve on in order to be effective in Houston’s offense.

And Coach Kubiak has also stated he wants to carry three QB’s this year.

He’ll reward good fan blog writing.

Depth at RB is a problem that most good teams have. The argument has progressed from “Who is going to back up Steve?” to “Who isnt going to make the 53 man roster.”

Thats a good problem to have.