Post KC Thoughts

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Bigtinylittle

The constant rain made it difficult really evaluate much, but here are some of my thoughts:

1. Beat me up for this, but I think Slaton is a bit overrated. Yes, he is the best we have had under Kubiak, but to me a RB should be judged primarily on how much sucess he has when everyone in the building knows it's going to be a running play. Slaton is not the kind of back to go to in that situation. Brown showed that he IS that kind of back. I think it is going to be very important for Brown to stay healthy if we are going to have a strong red zone attack.

There are many types of RBs. There isn't one mold, and to use one criteria to judge them is foolish. If all you want is a RB who gets a yard when "everyone in the building knows it's going to be a running play", then nobody would want a guy like Brian Westbrook or Marshall Faulk. But thankfully they give you 50+ roster spots and you are allowed to use multiple RBs.

In other words, league rules allow us to use Slaton just like last year. We run him in the space created by our great passing attack. We run him in the middle of the field for tough yards out of 3 WR sets where the defense is spread. We let him help in the passing game by catching screens and flares. We even split him out wide to create mismatches on LBs and Safeties and then watch him catch 40 yard TDs.

And then league rules allow us to use a different RB in the red zone when things get crowded. There is no reason why one should not support the other. And no reason why we should try to shoe horn a guy into every role when we don't have to. So I agree that it would be big for us if Brown is healthy (or if Foster can be that guy), but I don't see how this downgrades Slaton in any way outside of Fantasy Football.