@ Jake - Case Keenum to start Sunday for the Texans

[Moristans]

Depending upon the system a team can implement, I think running back can be one of those filler positions. Other than true impact players like Peterson who get entire offenses built around them, you're just as likely to get a Danny Woodhead who was really just a starting role player for NE.

I mean, even if Foster was still healthy, how effective was he going to be with every starting QB throwing pick 6's or fumbling inside the 10? You put 8 in the box, go one on one with the wide outs and dare Houston to beat you through the air.

A successful running game is critical to Kubiaks shitty Gulf Coast offensive scheme, as Noodle-arm Schaub can't throw long passes. Success was predicated on the running game opening up screens and play-action. So our system really requires a RB to work at all, and all the teams had figured us out anyway. Our O-line sucking hasn't helped either.

Foster is certainly a top tier QB (not Peterson tier but on that next level), but the amount of work he's had in the past seasons might be wearing on him.

I like Foster, but, like you said, it's like he was being used to set up a craptacular passing game which Shaub couldn't even run without giving the other team an automatic 6 points every game. Meanwhile, in comes Case Keenum who, judging by his performance, probably could have at least thrown a screen pass, or a 10 yard out or two, without the drama will probably be the next on injured reserve because you don't have the hope of a running game any more.

Yeah, yer screwed.