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Steve Slaton is a Texan!!

You really gotta love his weaknesses that were listed

Weaknesses:
Doesn't have the size or bulk that you look for...Lacks strength and power...Does not break a lot of tackles...Not much of an inside runner...Marginal blocker...Is not real physical...Very little return experience...Played in a spread offense...May have some minor durability concerns...He might be limited to a situation role in the NFL.
 
False Start On # 69 said:
Wow, that's the post I was looking at. So much for those "weaknesses." :cool:
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don't put too much stock in the draftsperts. Most of them just chortle and spew redundant comments from each others sites as it is nearly impossible to watch 3 or 4 years of game footage for every prospect on the chart (as well as most people don't have a great eye for projecting and evaluating talent - just because you watch a lot of football doesn't mean you have a great scouts eye)....so, much of the draftsperts just parrot each other at the end of the day.
 
Lucky said:
A fine post, to be sure. But, I've got to go with the 3TP post where pete hopes Slaton wrecks his knee.
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True class.

We are a messageboard right? Then I may as well point out how wonderful it is to wish someone injury while not even spelling a simple word like "Shred" correctly
 
bah007 said:
To me, Slaton projects to a poor man's Reggie Bush. Same type of player, but slower, less agile, & worse hands.

I hope I'm wrong about that analysis.

In any case, at least we got an exciting offensive player who can come in & change the pace of the game for us.
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hee. hee.
 
swtbound07 said:
Wasn't a shot at you bah. I like your posts and stuff....it just makes me giggle about how GOOD slaton was.
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Yea, that was certainly the concesus about Slaton coming out. Slaton impressed and surprised EVERYONE. Amazing what he did.

The guy that I think it going to shine in their second year out of this class is Adibi.
 
People are looking at the Slaton pick in the wrong way. Slaton will never be a feature back. Never. Don't expect that.
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Got to love the absolute certainty of a draftnik.

TexansFanatic said:
I just looked up Reggie's stats for his NFL career. I might have missed something, but it looks like his longest rushing carry in two seasons is 32 yards. OUCH! Yeah, I bet Slaton breaks a longer one his rookie year....
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Good bet.

How about this for blown out of the water:

Bush in 3 seasons combined: 7 rushes over 20 yards, 1 over 40
Slaton: 15 rushes over 20 yards, 5 over 40
 
TexansSeminole said:
Yea, that was certainly the concesus about Slaton coming out. Slaton impressed and surprised EVERYONE. Amazing what he did.

The guy that I think it going to shine in their second year out of this class is Adibi.
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You aint kiddin!

I was excited about professor X when we drafted him. Then he got ill. But when he eventually got to play he was the man.

Here is to a healthy Xavier Adibi and the future of the Texans!
 
Vinny said:
don't put too much stock in the draftsperts. Most of them just chortle and spew redundant comments from each others sites as it is nearly impossible to watch 3 or 4 years of game footage for every prospect on the chart (as well as most people don't have a great eye for projecting and evaluating talent - just because you watch a lot of football doesn't mean you have a great scouts eye)....so, much of the draftsperts just parrot each other at the end of the day.
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excluding me of course :thisbig:

think I passed out after getting the Molden pick right :drunk:
 
TexansSeminole said:
I tend to get better information in these forums than from the draftniks or "experts".
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That's because we don't have an audience to appease.

We can put our real thoughts out on the table and have discussions about players that those "experts" can't.

If I miss on a guy, who the hell cares?

If Kiper misses, he has to hear about it every day for a while probably. That is why those "experts" usually tend to have the exact same opinion about every single player.
 
edo783 said:
I could live with him turning out as good a Dunn. In fact, that would probably call for the "Happy dance" :specnatz:
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I'm warming up the dancing shoes! A couple of more seasons like this one and it will be a horrible display of a fat, old, white dude happy dancing. Even this guy is better...:specnatz:
 
J-Russ said:
Strengths:
Excellent speed and quickness with a burst...Great agility, balance and change of direction...Can get outside and turn the corner...Nice vision and instincts...Elusive and very dangerous in the open field..Has very good hands and can be a weapon out of the backfield...A big play threat...Offers value as a return man....Productive.

Weaknesses:
Doesn't have the size or bulk that you look for...Lacks strength and power...Does not break a lot of tackles...Not much of an inside runner...Marginal blocker...Is not real physical...Very little return experience...Played in a spread offense...May have some minor durability concerns...He might be limited to a situation role in the NFL.

Notes:
Is also being looked at as a wide receiver prospect by some..Shared the spotlight with Pat White and was beginning to lose carries to true freshman Noel Devine in 2007...Didn't have a great junior campaign and saw his stock drop...Will never be a pro workhorse but could carve a niche for himself and excel as a 3rd down back.

wtf!

With that said, he seems like a big play-maker. I don't know what else to said.
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Whoever you got this information from just lost all credibility.
 
mexican_texan said:
Whoever you got this information from just lost all credibility.
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pretty accurate to me, hey maybe I lost just all credibilty? can't remember, however you dewelled on the negative only -

Strengths:
Excellent speed and quickness with a burst...Great agility, balance and change of direction...Can get outside and turn the corner...Nice vision and instincts...Elusive and very dangerous in the open field..Has very good hands and can be a weapon out of the backfield...A big play threat...Offers value as a return man....Productive.
 
I've seen you call some good things so I'll let it slide this time. I don't think he's very good in the open field, not that he has too many of those opportunities. He's not bad, but if he could get past that last guy, he'd have a couple 50 yarders to add to his resume.
 
mexican_texan said:
I've seen you call some good things so I'll let it slide this time. I don't think he's very good in the open field, not that he has too many of those opportunities. He's not bad, but if he could get past that last guy, he'd have a couple 50 yarders to add to his resume.
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I don't know who wrote the Steve Slaton bio, could be anybody doesn't matter. based on his work profile @ West Virginia its a fair, but breif overview, of a quality 3rd. RB prospect who was drafted by the right system/team for his talent & was able to give him ample opportunity to showcase his skills. Its easy now to add to his resume of course, he has proven to be durable, downhill north/south runner who can break multiple tackles, can be a feature back not just situational RB & has found his niche here with Kubiak & Houston Texans. excellent pick, great story!

The one thing I can remember harping about was that people gave up on him because he bulked up his Junior year & were saying lost his explosiveness, I defended the move saying he was gearing up for the NFL. He knew he had to get stronger, tougher & make a commitment to withstand the punishment you take as a RB in the NFL. on that point he proved me right :)
 
beerlover said:
I don't know who wrote the Steve Slaton bio, could be anybody doesn't matter. based on his work profile @ West Virginia its a fair, but breif overview, of a quality 3rd. RB prospect who was drafted by the right system/team for his talent & was able to give him ample opportunity to showcase his skills. Its easy now to add to his resume of course, he has proven to be durable, downhill north/south runner who can break multiple tackles, can be a feature back not just situational RB & has found his niche here with Kubiak & Houston Texans. excellent pick, great story!

The one thing I can remember harping about was that people gave up on him because he bulked up his Junior year & were saying lost his explosiveness, I defended the move saying he was gearing up for the NFL. He knew he had to get stronger, tougher & make a commitment to withstand the punishment you take as a RB in the NFL. on that point he proved me right :)
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I think the Cardinals Steve Slaton'd the season in. They had everything wrapped up, so they didn't really play the same late in the season so they could focus on the postseason. Just like SS knew he was going to the NFL, so he stopped trying as hard in WV.
 
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