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Wait Mode: D'Onta Foreman Waiting for His Chance to Help the Houston Texans
.........................The door is open but nothing is set in stone for Foreman’s return and there is be no real indication from head coach Bill O’Brien when the second-year running back will return to the field. The Texans welcomed back Foreman to the practice field after the bye week and now over a month of practice time, there has been no defined role for him.
Foreman discussed his situation today and how he is waiting for opportunity to contribute on game days.
“At the end of the day, it’s football,” Foreman said of waiting for his chance. “I’ve been running. Like I said, I’ve had a lot of weeks of practice under me. I’ve done a lot of cutting, a lot of catching the ball. I’ve just got to go put it together. At the end of the day, like I said, I haven’t been tackled, so I know that will be something different for me. Whenever they give me the opportunity to go out there and do what I do, then I feel like I’ll be ready.”
With Foreman returning late in the season and O’Brien protecting his team from unnecessary contact in practice sessions, health is paramount this late in the season.
As a running back, Foreman needs that get used to the physicality of the game once again but that will not happen in practice during the week.
“I haven’t been taken to the ground in a while, so I think that will be one thing,” Foreman said of the
lack of contact. “Me protecting the football is a big thing, definitely with me not being tackled to the ground in a while. That’s something that I have to look forward to – making sure that I have the ball and do what I do from there.”.............................
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Contact with strong resistance is the only way to test and assess a player following an Achilles repair. It is at that time that most players will prove themselves..............or eventually "fall off the map."