Redskins vs. Texans: Can Arian Foster be stopped?
September 16, 2010 - 09:24 AM
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- The Texans' Arian Foster is either the guy you wish you drafted or the guy you should have traded after one week. (Photo: Associated Press)
The Houston "Potential Sleeper Team Since 2008" Texans' Arian Foster got the country's attention in Week 1, especially if you play fantasy football. A season debut of 231 yards and three touchdowns will do that.
Combined with a surprising takedown of the AFC champion Indianapolis Colts, the Texans are all of a sudden looking like as much of a challenge as Dallas, if not bigger.
The Cowboys managed 103 yards rushing against the Skins, putting the Skins' rush defense in the middle of the pack in the NFL at No. 16. For a larger sample size, that's exactly where they ended the 2009 season.
Are you confident the Skins can keep Foster from repeating his performance from last week?
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Dan Rowinski
The Colts were 24th in the league in rushing against last year and have never been great against the ground game, especially without Bob Sanders, who is out indefinitely after arm surgery. Betty White, even without the Snickers, could slice them up this year. Now, if all holds to last year's patterns, the Redskins were a quarter better than the Colts last year (50th percentile against 25th percentile). If this very unscientific logic holds up, then Foster would theoretically run for 173.25 yards against the Redskins. In Redskins Land, this would be pretty much an epic disaster. Yet, I think Foster is for real. Maybe not 173.25 yards for real, but good. I will peg him this week at 110 to 125 yards and at least one touchdown while pushing the 30 carry mark once again.
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