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Arian Foster to be limited week 4 per the Mothership.

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Just red this on the theredzone.org:


Houston Texans running back Arian Foster practiced today according to Nick Scurfield of Houstontexans.com. Head coach Gary Kubiah said of Foster, "He’s fine. He should be ok heading to the rest of the season now, hopefully."

Kubiak added, "It doesn't go from nothing to everything... We've got to bring him along the right way."




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Isn't this the exact opposite of what Kubes said before week 2? Didn't he say there's no limitations once he Arian plays. Either he's ready or he's not, there is no in between?
 
Maybe he meant they won't limit the playcalling and what they will actually do with Arian when he's in, but the snaps will be limited.
 
I see OD V2.0 coming with Arian's hammy. I sure hope not, but it sure looks like it which again would be very consistent with Doc Jean's prediction/prognosis. Dammit.
 
I'm guessing they are going to limit his reps, not the playcalls. The hammie can be tweaked at any point this season. 20+ touches a game isn't going to increase the likelihood it gets worse.
 
Sounds to me as if we are making sure Arian doesn't have a season like he had last year $$.

I doubt Kubiak is going to risk losing his job because of a little cash. The only reason Foster has missed time is because of his hamstring, has nothing to do with money.
 
Head coach Gary Kubiah said of Foster, "He’s fine. He should be ok heading to the rest of the season now, hopefully."

Kubiak added, "It doesn't go from nothing to everything... We've got to bring him along the right way."
Foster woke up this morning and said something along those lines....confused feelings about everything but nothing - it was in strict haiku form of course. Kubiak immediately made Foster room with malcontent James Davis. Expect Davis to tweet something profound shortly, but don't expect him on the game day roster.
 
Save Foster for the red zone. That seems to be where they need him the most.

Red Zone moments should be a great time for Gary Kubiak to head to the bathroom and take a leak, IMO. He's the one fugging everything up down there, IMO.

Gets cute, forgets that Dennison knows what the hell he's doing. There's a total and complete "stylistic" disconnect from Dennison's style of moving the ball down the field vs. Kubiak's selections near the goal line.

You guys watch. Notice the style between the 20s and then watch the offense BOG DOWN near the goal line. There's plenty of real estate in the entire end zone, so being on the 5 or the 10 should not be a death sentence to this offense. Yet it is.
 
Just seen on NFL Network where Kubes said he don't see no reason why he couldn't play the full games, starting this week. He had plenty of time to rest the hamstring no reason why he couldn't go back to his usual self at running the ball.
 
Save Foster for the red zone. That seems to be where they need him the most.

THIS!!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

He clearly is the difference from first to worst (in the RZ).... That said, him playing in Miami was asinine. Ben Tate surely could've gotten that job done and given Arian an extra week of rest so he might've gone v. the Saints.. Well? :thinking:

In any event, they need to use AF wisely. Hammy's are tricky!!!!
 
Nothing wrong with giving him a lighter workload for the next few weeks. Come to think of it, I would say that even if he was fully fit. We can thank Ben Tate for that.
 
Just seen on NFL Network where Kubes said he don't see no reason why he couldn't play the full games, starting this week. He had plenty of time to rest the hamstring no reason why he couldn't go back to his usual self at running the ball.

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Please don't tell Kubiak he's not a doctor. It may be true, but he doesn't take kindly to things like that. You've already seen what happens when he thinks he is a coach.:tiphat:
 
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Please don't tell Kubiak he's not a doctor. It may be true, but he doesn't take kindly to things like that. You've already seen what happens when he thinks he is a coach.:tiphat:
Somebody make me a CnD for head coach soap, please.
From all evidence provided, you just can't make definitive statements about hammies, like you can a broken bone or torn ligament.
Sounds like Kubes might be getting a bit nervous. Any word on Ward's ankle?
 
Red Zone moments should be a great time for Gary Kubiak to head to the bathroom and take a leak, IMO. He's the one fugging everything up down there, IMO.

Gets cute, forgets that Dennison knows what the hell he's doing. There's a total and complete "stylistic" disconnect from Dennison's style of moving the ball down the field vs. Kubiak's selections near the goal line.

You guys watch. Notice the style between the 20s and then watch the offense BOG DOWN near the goal line. There's plenty of real estate in the entire end zone, so being on the 5 or the 10 should not be a death sentence to this offense. Yet it is.

Any facts to back up this claim? Very presumptive post.
 
Somebody make me a CnD for head coach soap, please.
From all evidence provided, you just can't make definitive statements about hammies, like you can a broken bone or torn ligament.
Sounds like Kubes might be getting a bit nervous. Any word on Ward's ankle?

In line with the pattern of minimizing, this is what was reported the day after his injury:

Derrick Ward: Ankle Injury Not Serious

RotoWire.com Staff - RotoWire.com Sep 12, 12:28 pm EDT


Update: Ward, who left Sunday’s game after rolling his ankle, said he could have continued to play had it been necessary, the Houston Chronicle reports.

He has a high ankle sprain and it would typically not be wise to return before 4-6 weeks, especially for a RB.
 
Just red this on the theredzone.org:


Houston Texans running back Arian Foster practiced today according to Nick Scurfield of Houstontexans.com. Head coach Gary Kubiah said of Foster, "He’s fine. He should be ok heading to the rest of the season now, hopefully."

Kubiak added, "It doesn't go from nothing to everything... We've got to bring him along the right way."




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Isn't this the exact opposite of what Kubes said before week 2? Didn't he say there's no limitations once he Arian plays. Either he's ready or he's not, there is no in between?

Based on AF's hamstring and what he's told the coaches I'm sure that's why he's changing his tune so to speak.
 
Any facts to back up this claim? Very presumptive post.

Just watch, that's all I am asking.

Watch Kubiak when the ball is being moved down the field fairly effortlessly between the 20s, and watch Kubiak when we get near the goal line...there's as big of a poker "tell" in NFL coaching as you'll ever get...and guys like Sean Payton sure as hell play better poker than guys like Sparano. Right? Right.

Body language, how much he chatters into his headset, amount of interaction with the guys on the field, etc. You just know that Dennison is laying down his sheet and Kubiak has taken back the controls...and so do opposing d-coordiators who are smart enough to watch and gamble on it. It's why Kubiak has a 1-18 record vs. teams who eventually have a winning record--They know what our tendencies are near the goal line. It's poker.

Watch the way the offense itself operates between the 20s. Gets near the goal line, and those guys are automatically "eff'ing up" what got them all the way to the 5-yard line to begin with?????? I don't buy it.

Competing styles + designer of offense is the head coach = Kubiak wants to make the "critical" calls near the goal line.

Look, I'll throw in the factual evidence to my claims about this:

The halfback pass vs. the Jags was called on a FIRST DOWN play within the 10-yard line or so...and after the game Kubiak admits it was his call.

And because he admitted to calling that paticular play, in that particular game, it wasn't too much later in that same season that he also opened up in an interview and said, "We all discuss the game plan leading up to the game, but on game day I can intercept any call from the o-coord and change the call if I want to. But we all have buy-in leading up to the game. But I can change the call if I want to. But....like I said, we all have a voice on things. And I can change the call." I am paraphrasing and using sarcasm for added effect, but he was grilled after the Jax game as to why such a call would be made by his o-coordinator like it was in the Jax game. He chose to man up and admit things because of that one play. He wasn't going to duck the blame and let it land on someone else.

I mean, LOL. I'm not exactly making up stories up here. Out of all the things that I try to read the tea leaves on, this one (IMO) is logical.

Just watch. IMO, Dennison's lack of control near the goal line is adversely affecting us. Kubiak can't stand not being on control when it gets down to the part where we score points...he has built a powerful arsenal on offense and he can't move his troops once they've hit the beaches.

And this, IMO, is where the "The Texans are soft" tag comes into play. My apologies to Mr. Lombardi, by the way, because he is right. There's a "toughness ceiling" that the Texans cannot consistently break through.
 
Based on AF's hamstring and what he's told the coaches I'm sure that's why he's changing his tune so to speak.

I'm thinking it has more to do with conditioning and being in "game shape" more than the hammy. If we run Foster to death in the first half, I'm not sure he's in sufficient game shape to be productive in the second half.

Just like I'm more than half-way convinced that Tate ran out of gas in the Saints game. He just wasn't the same in the fourth qtr as he was in the first half when he was breaking of 8-9 yd runs regularly.
 
Red Zone moments should be a great time for Gary Kubiak to head to the bathroom and take a leak, IMO. He's the one fugging everything up down there, IMO.

Gets cute, forgets that Dennison knows what the hell he's doing. There's a total and complete "stylistic" disconnect from Dennison's style of moving the ball down the field vs. Kubiak's selections near the goal line.

You guys watch. Notice the style between the 20s and then watch the offense BOG DOWN near the goal line. There's plenty of real estate in the entire end zone, so being on the 5 or the 10 should not be a death sentence to this offense. Yet it is.

I can't really agree with this GP, I take the view that Kubiaks biggest strengths between the 20's; great play action, ZBS Running, slow developing passing plays, all become a weakness down in the red zone due to shortened field.

All of a sudden the O-line becomes a weakness because their cohesion as a unit over time and agility don't come into play when they need the big push, therefore we don't have the time available to let plays develop, Schaub is out of his comfort zone in that situation, and also they go away from the play action because they don't trust the O-line to keep the heat off for long enough to get it done.

Foster, of course, negates a lot of those problems, because he's so freaking good, but these problems existed before Foster and it seems haven't gone away, its just that he can get around them.
 
Just seen on NFL Network where Kubes said he don't see no reason why he couldn't play the full games, starting this week. He had plenty of time to rest the hamstring no reason why he couldn't go back to his usual self at running the ball.

I would feel more confident hearing this if they would have sat Foster the first three weeks of the season rather than using him against the Dolphins and it flaring up again. Four solid weeks of rest rather than two weeks / play / tweak it and sit again. I just have this sick feeling in my stomach that this issue is going to bother him again. Of course, it could just be the supreme nachos I had last night at Minute Maid Park.
 
Glad to hear Foster is in for the Pittspuke game. Hope he has a monster game.

On a side note: When the Texans signed Vickers, I imagined a smash mouth red zone running game. Where has Vickers been? Has he even gotten in a game? He was great last year paving the way for Hillis, kinda expected the same results for you guys.
 
Glad to hear Foster is in for the Pittspuke game. Hope he has a monster game.

On a side note: When the Texans signed Vickers, I imagined a smash mouth red zone running game. Where has Vickers been? Has he even gotten in a game? He was great last year paving the way for Hillis, kinda expected the same results for you guys.

James Casey, the converted TE has overshadowed him, his blocking is more than passable and his ability out of the backfield is unbelievable for the position, he got 130 yds and a TD on 6 touches from the FB position last week, you can't argue with that.
 
James Casey, the converted TE has overshadowed him, his blocking is more than passable and his ability out of the backfield is unbelievable for the position, he got 130 yds and a TD on 6 touches from the FB position last week, you can't argue with that.

Thanks welsh texan thats the info I was looking for. Casey has probably surpassed all of Vickers carreer stats in one game. LOL
 
I'd love to have Vickers in the game sometimes and line Casey up as the second TE or even out on the edge as another WR.

I don't think I've seen Vickers in the game at all on offense. Maybe not paying attention.
 
Save Foster for the red zone. That seems to be where they need him the most.

(Keep in mind that I don't believe he should be in the game at all) But if he is placed in short yardage goal line type of situations in particular, and is unable to find a clear hole........and is forced to power run his way against a bunched up Steelers' D, he is at even greater risk to further injure his hamstring. His hamstring will be placed under extreme conditions as it will be applying maximal concentrated contraction of the muscle against maximal resistance........................

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My opinion, Foster is done for the season.

He might be good in a month if he just sat his happy butt on the bench, but he won't... This crap will go on all season. He will be questionable for every game....until it pops, that is.
 
I'm thinking it has more to do with conditioning and being in "game shape" more than the hammy. If we run Foster to death in the first half, I'm not sure he's in sufficient game shape to be productive in the second half.

Just like I'm more than half-way convinced that Tate ran out of gas in the Saints game. He just wasn't the same in the fourth qtr as he was in the first half when he was breaking of 8-9 yd runs regularly.

I went back to glance at RB carries for most of the upper-rated teams in the league last week. I found no single RB that carried the ball 19 times like Tate did. This is no longer a league that can expect to have individual RBs carry 20-35 times a game. Today, a RB is lucky to "stay" together for 15-20.

I would be curious for someone to look at how the stats fare for this last weeks RB carries and how they are distributed.
 
(Keep in mind that I don't believe he should be in the game at all) But if he is placed in short yardage goal line type of situations in particular, and is unable to find a clear hole........and is forced to power run his way against a bunched up Steelers' D, he is at even greater risk to further injure his hamstring. His hamstring will be placed under extreme conditions as it will be applying maximal concentrated contraction of the muscle against maximal resistance........................

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So Doc, how would you play this if you were in charge? Would you PUP him? (If that were possible at this stage of course.)
 
My opinion, Foster is done for the season.

He might be good in a month if he just sat his happy butt on the bench, but he won't... This crap will go on all season. He will be questionable for every game....until it pops, that is.

I agree. And if there is any blame associated with this, it's Foster's.
 
So Doc, how would you play this if you were in charge? Would you PUP him? (If that were possible at this stage of course.)

He needed gentle rehab and total rest away from any practice for at least 2 weeks when he re-injured his hamstring. Then ease into lighter practice for a week or two.......then let to go all out. It is during the rest period that the muscle does its true healing. What most people don't tend to understand is the principle that you need to heal a muscle before you can expect to strengthen it without injury.
 
He needed gentle rehab and total rest away from any practice for at least 2 weeks when he re-injured his hamstring. Then ease into lighter practice for a week or two.......then let to go all out. It is during the rest period that the muscle does its true healing. What most people don't tend to understand is the principle that you need to heal a muscle before you can expect to strengthen it without injury.

And you're implying that the Texans medical staff does not know this? Just asking. Or what what else is at play here? Is Foster himself being his own worst enemy?
 
And you're implying that the Texans medical staff does not know this?

Speaking only for myself, it seems that in every walk of life, money tends to obfuscate what people know. Everything in the NFL revolves around money. Plenty of players have had their injuries mishandled because of money. While I'm sure the doctors are trying their best to do the right thing, these are people that are employed by the team. And the players often want to return to the field, so they're not going to put up any roadblocks to an early return.
 
And you're implying that the Texans medical staff does not know this? Just asking. Or what what else is at play here? Is Foster himself being his own worst enemy?


Unfortunately, I believe that all parties in their individual ways have been contributing to the problem at different times for different reasons.
 
He has a high ankle sprain and it would typically not be wise to return before 4-6 weeks, especially for a RB.

Where did you hear it was a high ankle sprain? I have heard both Kubiak and McLame state it was not a high ankle sprain (however trustworthy that may be).

There's plenty of real estate in the entire end zone, so being on the 5 or the 10 should not be a death sentence to this offense. Yet it is.

Every coach from pop warner to the NFL disagrees with you.

Just watch, that's all I am asking.

Instead of asking why don't you try doing it. You can't get through a single NFL weekend and not have commentators and former player analysts discuss the difficulties of the red zone. It is pretty obvious why. If you are at the 40 the DB's have to cover 50 yards of real estate. If you are at the 5 they only have to cover 15.

Look, I'll throw in the factual evidence to my claims about this:

I mean, LOL. I'm not exactly making up stories up here. Out of all the things that I try to read the tea leaves on, this one (IMO) is logical.

Just watch. IMO, Dennison's lack of control near the goal line is adversely affecting us. Kubiak can't stand not being on control when it gets down to the part where we score points...he has built a powerful arsenal on offense and he can't move his troops once they've hit the beaches.

Wait so one incident from two years ago proves your point despite the fact that in between the Texans had one of the best red zone offenses in the league. Great evidence there. Skipping last year and trying to deny a basic football fact like it is easier to move between the 20's than in the red zone shows there are no limits on the contortions you will go through to criticize Kubiak.
 
Wait so one incident from two years ago proves your point despite the fact that in between the Texans had one of the best red zone offenses in the league. Great evidence there. Skipping last year and trying to deny a basic football fact like it is easier to move between the 20's than in the red zone shows there are no limits on the contortions you will go through to criticize Kubiak.

Every coach has his weaknesses. I think Kubiak's is making kute kalls instead of dancing with the one who brung him.

He's the one who admitted he can change the call if he wants to, not me. Go call him up and talk to him about all this. All I'm doing is saying "What would happen if an o-coord for the Texans could really be an o-coord for the Texans and not have his calls intercepted at various times and overridden???"

I don't go all out "hater" on Kubiak, either. I always preface that he is a builder of a great offense, and identifier of good talent to fit the offense, but the game day stuff is iffy.

If we're talking about the issue of "going all out and hating," well then...I know the perfect example of that, sir. Carry on......:tiphat:
 
He's the one who admitted he can change the call if he wants to, not me. Go call him up and talk to him about all this. All I'm doing is saying "What would happen if an o-coord for the Texans could really be an o-coord for the Texans and not have his calls intercepted at various times and overridden???"

I don't go all out "hater" on Kubiak, either.

Yeah you did go all out hater above. Look at that bolded word. It displays your attitude to Kubiak. He didn't admit anything. He is the head freakin' coach and the guy who designed the offense. Of course he can change the call. More importantly every HC in the league can and does particularly on their side of the ball. Yet another example of how far you will contort to criticize Kubiak.
 
Yeah you did go all out hater above. Look at that bolded word. It displays your attitude to Kubiak. He didn't admit anything. He is the head freakin' coach and the guy who designed the offense. Of course he can change the call. More importantly every HC in the league can and does particularly on their side of the ball. Yet another example of how far you will contort to criticize Kubiak.

Remember the one offseason when he said something to the effect of "Kyle Shanahan has done a great job calling plays, and they'e all sort of got me on-board with reducing the amount of time I spend on that...so that I can be more of a head coach next year"? I don't want to have to go dig it up, but I will try and find it where it was quoted and discussed on here.

The point is that, IMO, he doesn't trust his o-coord enough. His knee-jerk reaction is to take over because he thinks he knows best. That's part of an arrogance and an abandonment of restraint that ends up getting us things like halfback passes on FIRST DOWN when within 10 yards of the end zone on the road vs. Jacksonville. It doesn't make sense for a President to call up a general and try to alter the battle plan when the battle plan was going nicely to begin with...and that's what head coaches do when they try too hard to be o-coordinators on game day.

Look, I've got 9,000+ rep points on here and none of those 9,000 from you. You're the only person who follows me around, bagging on my posts for a living, just stop and feel satisfied with yourself that you "really nailed old GP again!'. You're making your points. I'm making mine. Anything else?
 
Yeah you did go all out hater above. Look at that bolded word. It displays your attitude to Kubiak. He didn't admit anything. He is the head freakin' coach and the guy who designed the offense. Of course he can change the call. More importantly every HC in the league can and does particularly on their side of the ball. Yet another example of how far you will contort to criticize Kubiak.

You're herding cats here, Cak. I would also assume that Kubiak was not intercepting and changing the calls last season when we were #5 in RZ efficiency? :vincepalm:
 
Where did you hear it was a high ankle sprain? I have heard both Kubiak and McLame state it was not a high ankle sprain (however trustworthy that may be).

Everything's a secret these days, until someone digs for answers. As soon as Ward was not out there practicing at all for the Saints game, it was pretty evident to me that this wasn't a simple sprain that you inject for pain, tape it up and quickly get back in there within the next week or two. It had to most likely be a high ankle sprain.

Then quietly buried in this little article was the answer........and not by Kubiak or McLame.......


Injuries leave Texans thin at receiver, running back

By JEFFREY MARTIN, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Updated 07:45 a.m., Thursday, September 22, 2011

Running backs Arian Foster and Derrick Ward weren't nearly as fortunate. Foster re-aggravated his left hamstring in the first half against the Dolphins, and Ward, who was knocked out of action against the Colts, revealed Wednesday he has a high ankle sprain.
 
Look, I've got 9,000+ rep points on here and none of those 9,000 from you.

You realize I can see your rep right? And that is not a true statement. What is really astounding is you have played this martyr schtick before and been corrected on it and then repeat it again.

You're the only person who follows me around, bagging on my posts for a living, just stop and feel satisfied with yourself that you "really nailed old GP again!'. You're making your points. I'm making mine. Anything else?

Don't flatter yourself. If anyone made the assertions you made I would have responded.

You're herding cats here, Cak. I would also assume that Kubiak was not intercepting and changing the calls last season when we were #5 in RZ efficiency? :vincepalm:

I know.
 
Kubiak can't stand not being on control when it gets down to the part where we score points...he has built a powerful arsenal on offense and he can't move his troops once they've hit the beaches.

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You are a sad... sad little man.
 
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Every coach has his weaknesses. I think Kubiak's is making kute kalls instead of dancing with the one who brung him.

He's the one who admitted he can change the call if he wants to, not me. Go call him up and talk to him about all this. All I'm doing is saying "What would happen if an o-coord for the Texans could really be an o-coord for the Texans and not have his calls intercepted at various times and overridden???"

I don't go all out "hater" on Kubiak, either. I always preface that he is a builder of a great offense, and identifier of good talent to fit the offense, but the game day stuff is iffy.

If we're talking about the issue of "going all out and hating," well then...I know the perfect example of that, sir. Carry on......:tiphat:

This sounds very much like you're reaching to make your point, but the factual evidence your using to support doesn't really prove any of it.. How could you not recognize that for many teams and for football in general... scoring in the RZ is harder for some offenses for some obvious reasons and for some others it varies.. So when we did so well in the RZ it wasn't Kubes? Or how about whenever we score in the RZ it's cuz Kubiak didn't change the play? :lol:

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Glad to hear Foster is in for the Pittspuke game. Hope he has a monster game.

On a side note: When the Texans signed Vickers, I imagined a smash mouth red zone running game. Where has Vickers been? Has he even gotten in a game? He was great last year paving the way for Hillis, kinda expected the same results for you guys.

Kubiak has a problem designing packages for all his personnel. He only works on the top 10% of the team, everyone else has to fall in line.
 
This sounds very much like you're reaching to make your point, but the factual evidence your using to support doesn't really prove any of it.. How could you not recognize that for many teams and for football in general... scoring in the RZ is harder for some offenses for some obvious reasons and for some others it varies.. So when we did so well in the RZ it wasn't Kubes? Or how about whenever we score in the RZ it's cuz Kubiak didn't change the play? :lol:

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Go check the new thread where in an article about our red zone problems, Kubiak says "I have to call things better."

That's my factual evidence.

And there's 5+ years of film on Kubiak calling red zone plays. Which means teams can scout tendencies.

Wouldn't it be cool if Dennison started calling plays in the red zone, and Kubiak faked it like he (Kubiak) was chattering in the headset but the whole time the call was coming from Dennison?

Look, you guys have fuuuuuun bashing me like I don't know anything.

First it was "You have no proof that Kubiak is calling red zone plays and Dennison calling between the 20's." I suppose now it will be that it's not Kubiak's fault if he has tendencies and is being CORRECTLY scouted by opposing teams' d-cooridnators.

Whatever. Proof is in the puddin'. You guys carry on....:tiphat:
 
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