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Checking The Pulse: What RB(s) Would You Rather Have In 2011 Than Arian Foster?

We already asked the question as it relates to Matt Schaub. We now turn our attention to running back, where Jonathan Wells, James Allen, Tony Hollings, Domanick Davis, Stacey Mack, Wali Lundy, Chris Taylor, Darius Walker, Ron Dayne, Samkon Gado, Vernand Morency, Ahman Green, Chris Brown, Ryan Moats, and Steve Slaton (among others who I can't recall right now) once roamed.

For the 2011 season, what running back, aside from Arian Foster, would you rather have in the backfield for your Houston Texans? Note that the question is specifically phrased with the 2011 season in mind; I'm not talking about who'd be best in three or five years. Note further that we're not talking about what it'd take to get said RB(s); assume that you'd simply be swapping Foster out for another RB, with no other pieces changing and contract terms not being an issue. Essentially, the question is: Who do you believe is a better RB than Arian Foster as we move toward the 2011 season?

Pointless exercise? You bet! Don't let that stop you! The list of RBs I'd rather have for the 2011 Houston Texans awaits your ridicule after the jump.

Star-divide

The list is a lie. There is no running back I'd rather have than Arian Foster in 2011.

Not Chris Johnson? Adrian Peterson? Maurice Jones-Drew? Cecil Sapp? No, no, no, and close, but no. They're not superior to Arian Foster as we head into 2011.

Agree? Disagree? Ready to defend Cecil Sapp's honor? Spread the word in the Comments below.

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Lorenzo White....

just kidding……uh NOONE!

GO TEXANS!!!!

Our time will come...

by Texanmaniac on Jan 28, 2011 1:32 PM CST reply actions  

nice tags

That list of former Texans RBs makes me want to throw up.

by cubic on Jan 28, 2011 1:36 PM CST reply actions  

Hahahaha

Yes. I got sick. And Jonathan Wells took me back.

by arianbrotherhood on Jan 29, 2011 1:47 PM CST up reply actions  

Hmm....I really can't think of anyone.

Maybe Adrian Peterson……different run style though.

none….whatevs.

We should strive to live like the moon. Vibrant, not as our own light, but as the carriers of something greater than us. - Arian Foster

by Schlauton on Jan 28, 2011 1:39 PM CST reply actions  

Ha

That still makes me laugh.

by Ethan Matz on Jan 28, 2011 11:15 PM CST up reply actions  

Funny thing

Titans want to release/trade Vince Young….Saints are now talking about getting rid of Reggie Bush….and people criticized us for taking Mario. Hmm.

by arianbrotherhood on Jan 29, 2011 1:49 PM CST up reply actions  

Funny Thing

Titans want to release/trade Vince Young….Saints are now talking about getting rid of Reggie Bush….and people criticized us for taking Mario. Hmm.

by arianbrotherhood on Jan 29, 2011 1:49 PM CST up reply actions  

Maybe we could snag Reggie if he somehow hits free agency

I could see him as a pretty good 3rd down back to replace Slaton. Of course he’d come at a much cheaper price

Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid

by The Night Owl on Jan 29, 2011 9:35 PM CST up reply actions  

The price tag will be way too high

for a glorified punt returner/3rd down back

I'm a man!! I'm forty!!

by Hydroshock on Jan 30, 2011 2:43 PM CST up reply actions  

Cecil Sapp

I’ll defend his honour. Back in Madden ‘09, he was unstoppable. I’d sub him in in short yardage and he’d easily pile up the yards. Miss those days.

:p

by CanadaGoose on Jan 28, 2011 1:58 PM CST reply actions  

Madden season '07

Ron Dayne for 1132 yds, 14 tds

just proving that anything is possible in Rookie mode. ; )

I'm a man!! I'm forty!!

by Hydroshock on Jan 28, 2011 2:07 PM CST up reply actions  

Rookie mode is so much fun

Playing Franchise mode, you can easily put up 60 and 70 points on the Titans and Colts four times a season. Delicious.

by cubic on Jan 28, 2011 3:17 PM CST up reply actions  

that's nothing

I’m up near 90 points a game every game in the 2017 season of Madden 11.

All-Pro/Madden mode, no less!

Sadly, the only remaining actual Texans on the roster are Cushing and… Winston?!?!

by grungedave on Jan 28, 2011 4:11 PM CST up reply actions  

just traded Schaub to the 9'ers for a the 12th pick in the 2nd and 3rd rounds

Won me two super bowls so I hate to see him go, but his cap number was bankrupting me.

I'm a man!! I'm forty!!

by Hydroshock on Jan 28, 2011 6:19 PM CST up reply actions  

Edit his position to kicker before his contract expires

Then sign him to a league minimum deal, and finally switch him back to QB. Voila! You’re now the shrewdest owner in your franchise mode!

by Cut Block on Jan 29, 2011 5:36 AM CST up reply actions  

You could do this to every player on your roster

Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid

by The Night Owl on Jan 29, 2011 9:36 PM CST up reply actions  

That's something they should really fix.

"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir

Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Go Packers! I'll be rooting for you as hard as I was rooting for the Giants in 2007.

by Cassieper on Jan 29, 2011 9:58 PM CST up reply actions  

hmm

never thought of that

I'm a man!! I'm forty!!

by Hydroshock on Jan 30, 2011 2:44 PM CST up reply actions  

so lame

Where is the fun in that?

by grungedave on Jan 30, 2011 9:09 PM CST up reply actions  

Where's the fun in having to hire an accountant...

just to get your players under the cap on a video game? I mean, if you’re playing a franchise with others, that’s one thing.

Don’t hate the player…

by Cut Block on Jan 30, 2011 9:13 PM CST up reply actions  

Rookie Mode?

I can’t believe you wasted any moment of your life on rookie mode let alone a whole season. Improve your skill by playing on all-madden then come see me on xbox live. stupidicious.

Fight On, Fight On, Til You Have Won! Sons of Washington! Rah! Rah! Rah!

by HailToTheRedskins on Jan 29, 2011 2:30 PM CST up reply actions  

If I was a Texans fan,

I’d want Steven Jackson over Foster, and that’s it.

"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir

Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Go Packers! I'll be rooting for you as hard as I was rooting for the Giants in 2007.

by Cassieper on Jan 28, 2011 2:01 PM CST reply actions  

STL completely wasted him.

"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir

Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Go Packers! I'll be rooting for you as hard as I was rooting for the Giants in 2007.

by Cassieper on Jan 28, 2011 2:14 PM CST up reply actions  

and yet

He only knows one way to play, and I love that about him. If anyone ever had an excuse to mail it in it would be S Jacks, but he runs every down like it’s his last.

I'm a man!! I'm forty!!

by Hydroshock on Jan 28, 2011 2:27 PM CST up reply actions  

I wish the media would drool over him.

He deserves it.

"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir

Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Go Packers! I'll be rooting for you as hard as I was rooting for the Giants in 2007.

by Cassieper on Jan 28, 2011 3:44 PM CST up reply actions  

He does

but I still wouldn’t take him over Foster

I am totally optimistic about the Texans new season - at least until the first of the 4 or 2 (if any) preseason games

by Barryfromtexas on Jan 28, 2011 3:45 PM CST up reply actions  

He's kinda like AJ in that respect

He gets his props in the media for being a great player, but he’s never really gonna get his due until he gets to the tourney. Sadly enough, that’s been enough to keep some guys out of the Hall.

I'm a man!! I'm forty!!

by Hydroshock on Jan 28, 2011 6:24 PM CST up reply actions  

Bernard Pollard disagrees

He sees S Jack as someone who deserves to have the piss knocked out of him.

by pattymcgee on Jan 29, 2011 3:08 PM CST via mobile up reply actions  

BANNED!!

We should strive to live like the moon. Vibrant, not as our own light, but as the carriers of something greater than us. - Arian Foster

by Schlauton on Jan 28, 2011 2:04 PM CST up reply actions  

You must be a Texans fan

….you spend all your time posting here

I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.

by Rip Jersey on Jan 28, 2011 2:11 PM CST up reply actions  

Get a certain person ousted,

and you won’t have that problem ;-)

"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir

Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Go Packers! I'll be rooting for you as hard as I was rooting for the Giants in 2007.

by Cassieper on Jan 28, 2011 2:15 PM CST up reply actions  

aint happening... but wishful thinking

id say peterson and jackson and thats it.

but for the long term i wouldnt take anyof them, as peterson and jackson have been around the block

by AllenOU on Jan 28, 2011 2:20 PM CST up reply actions  

Yeah.

I’d take Foster first if you’re talking long-term. The “only next year” argument is what makes me take Jackson.

"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir

Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Go Packers! I'll be rooting for you as hard as I was rooting for the Giants in 2007.

by Cassieper on Jan 28, 2011 2:21 PM CST up reply actions  

You should be asking why the Colts can't have one of those guys

but instead, here you are….

I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.

by Rip Jersey on Jan 28, 2011 2:36 PM CST up reply actions  

I'm not sure what the first part of your sentence

has to do with the second.

"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir

Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Go Packers! I'll be rooting for you as hard as I was rooting for the Giants in 2007.

by Cassieper on Jan 28, 2011 3:46 PM CST up reply actions  

think about it as you post on a Texans blog

I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.

by Rip Jersey on Jan 28, 2011 4:26 PM CST up reply actions  

Are you trying to say that you don't like me posting here?

"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir

Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Go Packers! I'll be rooting for you as hard as I was rooting for the Giants in 2007.

by Cassieper on Jan 28, 2011 7:16 PM CST up reply actions  

damn phones

Rip doesn’t like anyone posting. Anywhere.

by Cut Block on Jan 28, 2011 11:47 PM CST up reply actions  

I've noticed that.

"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir

Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Go Packers! I'll be rooting for you as hard as I was rooting for the Giants in 2007.

by Cassieper on Jan 29, 2011 9:24 AM CST up reply actions  

I'm ignorant to the issues on the Colts blog

I take it there’s some kind of know it all authoritarian douche over there? I keep reading little jabs about it but haven’t put 2 and 2 together yet, and I’m too lazy and uninterested to go visit.

what’s up?

I'm a man!! I'm forty!!

by Hydroshock on Jan 28, 2011 6:28 PM CST up reply actions  

Pretty much.

Not the kind of thing I like to get into here in respect of people who are tired of hearing about it.

"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir

Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Go Packers! I'll be rooting for you as hard as I was rooting for the Giants in 2007.

by Cassieper on Jan 28, 2011 7:17 PM CST up reply actions  

That pretty much sums it up.

Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid

by txknight on Jan 28, 2011 11:16 PM CST up reply actions  

Nobody!

But I’d trade Ward, Slaton, and throw in Kareem Jackson and…uh…Trindon Holliday for Adrian Peterson. C’mon Minnesota, surely ONE of those will pan out! Ahh, imagine the backfield of Foster and Peterson.

by JBal on Jan 28, 2011 2:44 PM CST reply actions  

You are kidding -

Right?

Who would I take over the best back in the NFL ?

I wouldn’t trade him for anyone

I am totally optimistic about the Texans new season - at least until the first of the 4 or 2 (if any) preseason games

by Barryfromtexas on Jan 28, 2011 2:46 PM CST reply actions  

OMG

I fell out of my chair!

Too funny!

I am totally optimistic about the Texans new season - at least until the first of the 4 or 2 (if any) preseason games

by Barryfromtexas on Jan 28, 2011 3:38 PM CST up reply actions  

Agreed.

Jamaal Charles MAY at least make me think about it, but everyone else? Arian Foster with no hesitation…just like him when he sees a running lane.

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Jan 28, 2011 3:03 PM CST reply actions  

But you can't have only charles

He wouldn’t hold up alone

by AllenOU on Jan 28, 2011 3:10 PM CST via mobile up reply actions  

No one really knows that...

Todd Haley’s never really seen if he could or not.

Still….Charles has been pretty good in a limited role….he’s the only RB in the league that I’d at least give a thought to.

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Jan 28, 2011 4:06 PM CST up reply actions  

just think about...

how beastly a Foster/Charles backfired tandem would be. Though I don’t think I’d give up Foster for any back in the league.

by SCTexan on Jan 29, 2011 1:55 PM CST via mobile up reply actions  

I would rather have nobody else

Arian Foster is a BEAST!!! End of story.

Who was the first to see a cow and think "I wonder what will happen if I squeeze these dangly things and drink whatever comes out?

by Antho10000 on Jan 28, 2011 3:20 PM CST reply actions  

Still laughing

You can tell we need real news when this question is asked. Absolutely no one over Foster. On the madden note, just finished madden ’10 season and Foster had over 2k yards in all-pro mode, the whole offensive line was voted to the pro bowl, Schaub set NFL records, and Amobi was a beast, if only it were reality! EEEWWWW still sucked tho, so there may be some hope. Sigh, please no lockout!

by rowdytexan81 on Jan 28, 2011 3:20 PM CST reply actions  

I wonder what madden will do for the lockout season?

Madden: Lockout Season! It’s still 60 bucks and the same thing as last year!!!!!!!!!!

We should strive to live like the moon. Vibrant, not as our own light, but as the carriers of something greater than us. - Arian Foster

by Schlauton on Jan 28, 2011 3:40 PM CST up reply actions   2 recs

That is marketing at its best

I am totally optimistic about the Texans new season - at least until the first of the 4 or 2 (if any) preseason games

by Barryfromtexas on Jan 28, 2011 3:41 PM CST up reply actions  

My guess

It will just randomly freeze up and stop gameplay — so the same thing mine does now

by Jason Brown on Jan 28, 2011 4:06 PM CST up reply actions  

My madden 07 would do that on the original xbox.

To get through a game I would have to save like every two plays. Once I got a 47 yard TD scramble with my QB (who is as slow as hell) and I forgot to save and it froze. Needless to say, I was pissed.

We should strive to live like the moon. Vibrant, not as our own light, but as the carriers of something greater than us. - Arian Foster

by Schlauton on Jan 28, 2011 4:35 PM CST up reply actions  

Glad to know it's not just mine that freezes

Damn marketing. I think they put a chip in there so that when a new one comes out, all old ones must freeze up so people go out an buy the new one.

Peyton, I can eat Oreos faster than you!!!!

by mknkachow on Jan 28, 2011 5:45 PM CST up reply actions  

On a side note

i dont really care for madden 11

by Ivan A on Jan 28, 2011 6:07 PM CST up reply actions  

It's already down to ~$27 on Amazon

was thinking about trading in mine for a gift card there. The last game I played in franchise mode pretty much turned me off to it. The other team had a rash of injuries and by some weird rationale decided to start their punter at LT, and I’m thinking “Oooooh I’m gonna get some sacks (finally)”. Nope. Their punter was constantly knocking the shit out of my guys and just treated Mario/Tamba Hali/Sergio Kindle like rag dolls.

Not to mention I average something like this per game:
- 1.2 interceptions by D-Lineman
- 2 challenges that were obvious on screen but the game doesn’t recognize
- 1.3 ignorances of actual NFL rules
- 3 passes that hit my WR in the head rather than trying to catch the ball
- 2 TD’s against me where the game freezes while the ball is in the air and ends up an easy TD

by Jason Brown on Jan 29, 2011 2:09 PM CST up reply actions  

HAHAHAHA!

+1

I'm a man!! I'm forty!!

by Hydroshock on Jan 28, 2011 6:32 PM CST up reply actions  

Foster is big strong fast and YOUNG

and has shown he can shoulder the full load. No one. There is no one else I would take.

I must not fear .Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain

by nolander on Jan 28, 2011 3:40 PM CST reply actions  

Hehe look at Vonta Leach having some fun!

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-pro-bowl/09000d5d81df5fd1/HULA-rious

We should strive to live like the moon. Vibrant, not as our own light, but as the carriers of something greater than us. - Arian Foster

by Schlauton on Jan 28, 2011 3:43 PM CST reply actions   1 recs

simple

Barry Sanders. I hear he’s a free agent, too.

by grungedave on Jan 28, 2011 4:09 PM CST reply actions  

if you're gonna go old school

Earl Campbell? I mean come on….it’s Houston.

Peyton, I can eat Oreos faster than you!!!!

by mknkachow on Jan 28, 2011 5:46 PM CST up reply actions  

No thanks.

Sanders all the way.

"Eff you mothereffer!"

-Bernard Pollard-

by Jordann on Jan 28, 2011 9:07 PM CST up reply actions  

I have this nasty feeling he takes a step back next year...

But I still can’t justify taking anybody else. I can count the number of RBs I’ve witnessed play better than Arian in 2010 on one hand, and it’s pretty much limited to just Barry and LT in his prime. We had the best running back in football last year, bar none. Now don’t become lazy and entitled, you magnificent bastard.

by Nashmeister on Jan 28, 2011 5:49 PM CST reply actions  

We have had

Some back luck with 2nd year guys

I do not expect it from him as technically this was his 2nd year :)

I am totally optimistic about the Texans new season - at least until the first of the 4 or 2 (if any) preseason games

by Barryfromtexas on Jan 29, 2011 7:33 PM CST up reply actions  

It's a hard question to answer

The only real weak area of Foster’s game is pass protection, and to get an improvement on that you’d be giving up alot in the run or pass game…

If we could get Clinton Portis from 5-6 years ago, I think he’d be an upgrade over Foster now for this offense… Portis has been one of the better blocking RBs out of the backfield for years, is a strong inside runner who could make tacklers miss as well as run through them. Foster I think has a chance to be a bigger version of Portis if he can learn to pick up blocks better, he threw Schaub to the wolves quite a bit last year in pass protection, minus the goofy “look at me!” attitude.

by Bryan72076 on Jan 28, 2011 6:04 PM CST reply actions  

This kind of nasty?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrCWvcXGX1U

"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir

Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Go Packers! I'll be rooting for you as hard as I was rooting for the Giants in 2007.

by Cassieper on Jan 28, 2011 9:46 PM CST up reply actions  

Realistically brodney pool or Eric weddle

Or a traffic cone.

Oh wait, not to safeties yet…. It’s all I can think about…. And sluts

by AllenOU on Jan 28, 2011 10:14 PM CST via mobile reply actions  

Stephen Jackson is the short list

and I still would be hesitant on that choice. Adrian Peterson would have been the obvious choice if he didn’t have such a bad case of fumbilitis

Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid

by The Night Owl on Jan 29, 2011 12:08 AM CST reply actions  

Peterson fumbled like...

once this year.

I must not fear .Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain

by nolander on Jan 29, 2011 1:06 AM CST up reply actions  

Really, I knew he had that weighted ball thing, and I barely heard anything about fumbles.

Mainly cause all you heard about was, Brett FAVRING FAVRE taking pics of his FAVRING dick. That and how terrible the Vikings season was.

We should strive to live like the moon. Vibrant, not as our own light, but as the carriers of something greater than us. - Arian Foster

by Schlauton on Jan 29, 2011 1:31 AM CST up reply actions  

This Arian Foster quote just made me laugh so hard I shot coffee out of my nose onto my computer at work. Philosopher RB fail.

Definitely Foster. Not only can he run, read blocks, and have the patience to wait for holes to form… He reads Nietzsche.

by RayFinkle1985 on Jan 29, 2011 9:10 AM CST up reply actions  

Make jokes about Cecil Sapp, will you?...

It’s all fun and games, ’til someone gets hurt….

by Cut Block on Jan 29, 2011 5:34 AM CST reply actions  

Seemed for a minute...

…like an easy task. Not so much. He really was great this year. If I had to, I could see Mendenhall, or one of the other young bucks out there. I am curious how much of Arian’s success is based on pure physical ability and how much is his “feel” for the one cut system. My money is on the latter being the larger portion, which makes it even tougher to imagine someone better for our O. I am just hoping we use Tate enough to reduce wear and tear, but not so much he cramps Arian’s style next season.

by TexSergeant on Jan 29, 2011 9:58 AM CST reply actions  

And for the love of all that is holy...

sign the man to a real contract before he does this again next season and wants some ridiculous contract.

by TexSergeant on Jan 29, 2011 10:06 AM CST up reply actions  

Rbs don't get too crazy money

And if Tate is good, foster won’t be retained if he wants insane money. A four year, 18 million contract with 7 gtd is plenty fair

by AllenOU on Jan 29, 2011 10:41 AM CST via mobile up reply actions  

I don't like signing people after one good year.

Like Darrelle Revis, who will most likely stay good I just don’t think they deserve the big bucks until they prove they can stay the best. Like Andre Johnson

We should strive to live like the moon. Vibrant, not as our own light, but as the carriers of something greater than us. - Arian Foster

by Schlauton on Jan 29, 2011 11:53 AM CST up reply actions  

This is stretching it a bit, but

Foster showed he could do it in the last few games of 2009 and then stepped up and proved that it was no fluke in 2010. Yes, that’s not two full seasons of proof. Barring an injury, I just don’t see how Foster can fail. It’s an opinion, yes. But a full season as the best RB in the NFL is proof enough for me. He showed all the qualities of a premier RB. Think back. He went through some big holes, but give him credit for seeing the holes and blowing through them. He also went through some narrow gaps, breaking arm tackles along the way. When he got past the D-line and LBs and hit the D-backfiled, he juked some good defenders for extra yards. When he was hit, he always seemed to get those three extra yards. He has all the qualities of a premier back. The only way he will slow down would be due to injury. Let’s keep our fingers crossed on that one.

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by Rip Jersey on Jan 29, 2011 1:41 PM CST up reply actions  

I wonder if they could convince him to sign a new deal

with little guarenteed money, but a much higher yearly salary. I would be ok with that, but I wouldn’t want to just hand him 20 million and hope he can reproduce last years success.

I must not fear .Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain

by nolander on Jan 29, 2011 5:24 PM CST up reply actions  

He also never really seemed to take a hard hit directly.

I can’t recall him getting lit up too many times. For that reason I think he could be good for a few more years than many running backs.

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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 30, 2011 7:07 AM CST up reply actions  

Was thinking the same

His running style keeps defenders on their heels and not delivering pounding hits.

I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.

by Rip Jersey on Jan 30, 2011 8:53 AM CST up reply actions  

I once heard a commentator say he reminded them of Marcus Allen with the way he ran.

Might have been the only smart thing a tv commentator said about a Texans player all year.

He also reminds me a bit of Roger Craig.

Which is awesome.

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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 30, 2011 1:20 PM CST up reply actions  

Out of the two, Roger Craig is very close

They both have/had the high knee lift thing going on.

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by Rip Jersey on Jan 30, 2011 1:59 PM CST up reply actions  

Give me Adrian Peterson all day, every day.

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by BravesRaleigh on Jan 30, 2011 12:28 AM CST reply actions  

like Raleigh above me mentioned, i'd take AP in a heartbeat but thats about it.

foster is a little monster but some of that is attributed to the ZBS working along with a high powered passing attack keeping them honest.

AP is literally chiseled out of muscle and is faster. he has, at least for the time being, stemmed his fumblitis. that being said the dude commands the attention of all 11 men on defense because theres not much to worry about with the vaunted vikings “passing game” that they try every so often. Keep in mind that 3 of your offensive linemen suck complete donkey balls.

i think he’d do scary things on a balanced offense. of course Kubiak would probably only give him 10 runs a game as the Passing Bloodlust takes over.

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by BattleRedHusker on Jan 30, 2011 4:28 AM CST reply actions  

ALL success in football is tied to the role/system/circumstance...

Arian Foster is simply the best in pro football at what he does. As an induvidual, he can achieve no more… and no running back even approached him at toiling in his trade. Chisled physiques and 40 times be damned.

by Cut Block on Jan 30, 2011 5:33 AM CST up reply actions  

wow hes already deemed the best running back?

that is extremely premature.

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by BravesRaleigh on Jan 30, 2011 8:34 PM CST up reply actions  

physique and 40 time be damned?

because.. you know.. physical talent doesnt matter. tell that to AJ. anyways. Foster had the best production this year yes. he is not the BEST running back. like i said, the ZBS plays a significant part in his successes along with opponents not being able to tee off on him like they can on a team like the vikings (who can’t pass to save their lives).

because.. you know.. physical talent doesnt matter. tell that to AJ. anyways. Foster had the best production this year yes. he is not the BEST running back. like i said, the ZBS plays a significant part in his successes along with opponents not being able to tee off on him like they can on a team like the vikings (who can’t pass to save their lives).i don’t know if AP has the vision (which i’m almost certain he does) or the agility (which again, he does) to fit the requirements of a zone block system but since this is hypothetical, i’d take the bigger stronger faster guy in this scenario. and i love foster. foster saved this season from being a 3-13 affair. but can i honestly say he’s better than AP because he produced better numbers THIS year? absolutely not.

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by BattleRedHusker on Jan 30, 2011 10:28 PM CST up reply actions  

hey... fair enough, BRH

I’m glad I got you to expand on that a bit more, because it was beginning to sound as though you were claiming that the system was the only reason AF is effective.

I like Foster’s for his vision and versatility. And for what he has, between the ears. Plus, it’s not like he’s some slow, scrawny little punk. Or that you can’t be the best at your trade, due to lack of seniority haha…

Kind of neat to hear a Husker fan defending a Sooner. Thanks for the reply.

by Cut Block on Jan 31, 2011 1:46 AM CST up reply actions  

There's no doubt he sees/hits the hole well.

But you only need to check out how many yards he gained after he made the cut to know that he’s not just a product of the system. Remember that play he made in that last drive against the Ravens, where he managed to get the first down and get out of bounds?

No way a system back does that.

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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 31, 2011 10:50 AM CST up reply actions  

Or the cut he made against the ravens

where he just planted his foot and went around the CB? Or when he outran Huff….

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by nolander on Jan 31, 2011 5:13 PM CST up reply actions  

dude has a "lower center of gravity" than AP, at that

I’ll trust him before AP, in short yardage situations. Not that AP is a shmuck.

by Cut Block on Jan 31, 2011 8:16 PM CST up reply actions  

AP trucks 'em.....

Foster leaves ‘em grasping for air saying "Where’d WHOOOO gooooo?"

Just my $.02
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by txknight on Feb 1, 2011 10:15 PM CST up reply actions  

Need a damn edit button....

probably ought to read “grasping at air”, not for.

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by txknight on Feb 1, 2011 10:16 PM CST up reply actions  

AP has more flatout speed tho.

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by BattleRedHusker on Feb 3, 2011 1:59 PM CST up reply actions  

hey man, we're all people lol even if OU's red is darker cuz its mixed with poop. :P

also one thing i think foster has in spades over AP is his ability to catch and run routes. i’ve watched AP drop so many (often times important) passes its just sad.

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by BattleRedHusker on Feb 3, 2011 1:58 PM CST up reply actions  

Shady McCoy is in the convo, I think.

I just love that dude, not that I have any problems with Foster whatsoever.

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by beefy on Feb 1, 2011 9:37 AM CST reply actions  

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