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But would Tate have mattered? I'd wager most of the reason Foster wasn't effective in the second half is because everyone on the Jax defense knew he was going to get the ball. If it were Tate in there instead of Foster, I think they'd still know the run was coming.Does anyone else think Kubiak should've went more with Tate in the Jags game today? Was Tate hurt? He only got 5 carries and averaged over 5 yards a pop. Foster obviously wasn't very effective today.
Tate is a more physical runner than Foster and tends to get more yards after contact. Platooning them would've at least kept Foster from taking such a beating. Foster will be hot-tubbing with Leinart after he gets out of the ice.But would Tate have mattered? I'd wager most of the reason Foster wasn't effective in the second half is because everyone on the Jax defense knew he was going to get the ball. If it were Tate in there instead of Foster, I think they'd still know the run was coming.
I told my friend that Tate's second half fumbilitis in a couple of games was keeping him on the sidelines. Kubiak wanted to escape with a win and trusts Foster more in holding on to the ball despite fumbling it twice this game
So we protected the lead by playing the RB that gave them 7 points in the first few minutes?
I thought Tate looked like the better runner today.
And Foster was chewing up more clock than yards. We needed 1st downs as badly as we needed to run down the clock. The effort we saw today won't cut it against either the Bengals or the Falcons. Both are very good against the run.I don't think he was hurt. Foster only rushed 22 times today. The running game just wasn't as successful today as we're used to.
I completely agree with everything you said, but what about Tate? He disappeared for no apparant reason. Why go with a 1 headed turtle when you have a Godzilla like 2 headed turtle? Tate had better success in his limited carries and runs more downhill than Foster.I think Kubiak was already looking for a reason to go "turtle" before Leinart went down. After he was hurt you just knew he was going to try to make it to the end with his ten point lead. I get why that's the more sensible approach but I think he dialed it a little too far down and guaranteed that Yates would see some 3rd and long situations by doing that.
I hope he's planning on doing something else next week because we aren't going to beat anyone the rest of the year running Arian Foster like we did today with no passing threat at all.
That's the question we're all asking. As usual, you're behind the times. LOLWhy didn't Tate see the field after early in the 3rd quarter? He was the more effective running back today. Either he was injured and nobody knew to ask about it or Kubiak got so conservative late in the game that his poor heart couldn't take the thought of a 2nd year running back getting the ball instead of a 3rd year back. My guess is that Kubiak will make some comments tomorrow about correcting the running back rotation from Sunday.
If Tate is injured... man, that would really be a little too much!
By the way, I am very concerned about AJ. He did not look good... No explosiveness. Hopefully, he's just a little atrophied and out of shape. But, piecing the CnD posts on his surgery and the performance today can lead one to some unhappy conclusions.
That's the question we're all asking. As usual, you're behind the times. LOL
From my small computer screen, I couldn't see AJ very well, so I have no input as to why he didn't look better. Maybe Jax doubled him so much that they dared us to beat them any other way. If so, mission accomplished.
Ben Tate carried the rock just five times for 26 yards in the Texans' Week 12 win over Jacksonville.
Coach Gary Kubiak told the CBS crew before the game that the Texans intended to get Tate "12 to 15 carries," but game flow didn't allow for it. With Matt Leinart injured in the second quarter and the offense moving slowly throughout, Arian Foster wound up with 29 touches and Tate only had five. Expect a few more opportunities against the Falcons in Week 13, but Atlanta's tough run defense will render Tate a low-end flex option only. He needs the Texans to blow out opponents in order to be a worthwhile fantasy play.
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From Rotoworld. I know, it's their fantasy section, but........
Ben Tate carried the rock just five times for 26 yards in the Texans' Week 12 win over Jacksonville.
Coach Gary Kubiak told the CBS crew before the game that the Texans intended to get Tate "12 to 15 carries," but game flow didn't allow for it. With Matt Leinart injured in the second quarter and the offense moving slowly throughout, Arian Foster wound up with 29 touches and Tate only had five. Expect a few more opportunities against the Falcons in Week 13, but Atlanta's tough run defense will render Tate a low-end flex option only. He needs the Texans to blow out opponents in order to be a worthwhile fantasy play.
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That just doesn't make sense to me. I agree with everyone else, Tate is a different runner than Arian & at times is the better match up. Unless we were going to be throwing the ball to Foster out of the backfield, Tate should have got more touches.
Was he the better or more effective runner yesterday? I don't know about that. But he is & will always be a more punishing runner.
Use that to your advantage. They're stacking the box, Tate might not get a yard or two, but at least you pop someone in the mouth.
I think he's fine. Seems like a game planning issue to me. I'd be more concerned if Ward got carries in the second half and Tate got none.
On a related note, Barwin seemed to come off gimpy after he chased Gabbert out of bounds on a play in the third quarter and I saw a lot of Braman after that. I did see Barwin back in several series later, but I was worried for a while. Did anyone else notice this?
That just doesn't make sense to me. I agree with everyone else, Tate is a different runner than Arian & at times is the better match up. Unless we were going to be throwing the ball to Foster out of the backfield, Tate should have got more touches.
Was he the better or more effective runner yesterday? I don't know about that. But he is & will always be a more punishing runner.
Use that to your advantage. They're stacking the box, Tate might not get a yard or two, but at least you pop someone in the mouth.
Probably injured. Normally he gets ~15 carries.
It just doesn't stop. This team will keep on getting more and more injuries until theres barely anyone left
Depends on the game. When we hosted Jacksonville earlier this year, Tate only got 5 carries. And BTW, it took Foster 33 carries to get to 112 yds. Jacksonville plays the run very tough.
That's the question we're all asking. As usual, you're behind the times. LOL
From my small computer screen, I couldn't see AJ very well, so I have no input as to why he didn't look better. Maybe Jax doubled him so much that they dared us to beat them any other way. If so, mission accomplished.
They doubled him at least some of the time, but when healthy that wouldn't have stopped him.
On AJ's first reception of the game (From Yates) there were 4 defenders around him. Yates put it into a small window ..... right on the money.
What? How can you get an "off" game from 5 rushes? 5 rushes are closer to a non game than an off game.Hopefully, Kubes learned something from it.It was just an off-game in my opinion. I wouldn't look much into it.
What? How can you get an "off" game from 5 rushes? 5 rushes are closer to a non game than an off game. Hopefully, Kubes learned something from it.