No love here for Slaton?

[KJ3]

Originally Posted by Mike

I am excited about the future of Slaton. Duane has looked OK so far all things considered and Okam played pretty well last week. I would love to se Adibi on the field for one of our OLB's.

to the bolded- don't you think 18 carries is probably asking just a little too much out of the guy? i know we don't have a lot of options but i would like to see a future for slaton.

i didn't see okam get in last week, any elaborations on his game?

[nunusguy]

You're right PK, the rooks performance in Nashville has been under reported and under appreciated. I say 3 cheers for Steve Slaton !
And maybe most important was that he played with heart. He's already kinda
looking like an offensive version of D-Rob. Small but hits like a truck. Which is cause for concern, because as with D-Rob I'm already worried about his durability because of his size. And as we know, nobody takes as much punishment as running backs.
But just imagine, we've got us a guy who can run over a defender at the goal
line AND bust a tackle and break it off for a 50 yard run. I dunno if we ever had that here ? Of coure the only possibile comparison was Dominick, but he didn't have the long-ball capability of Slaton.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by KJ3

don't you think 18 carries is probably asking just a little too much out of the guy?

I would be concerned only if it looked like he lost something as the game wore on especially since speed is a key element to his game. As just an overall workload though, I don't have any big concerns. Slaton averaged more carries than that in college.

2006 - 13 games, 248 rushes (19.1/gm), 27 receptions - 21.1 touches/gm
2007 - 12 games, 211 rushes (17.6/gm), 26 receptions, 3 KORs - 20.0 touches/gm

I think he would be more effective if the Texans let Taylor (or some other bigger inside rusher currently not rostered) carry the ball 5-6 times per game. I think it might make Slaton look and feel even faster when he does carry the ball. Then let Darius Walker spell Slaton on a limited basis if a breather is needed or an injury occurs.

Otherwise, I'm kinda hoping Slaton has 20 touches per game from here out this season.

[KJ3]

ah, great points and i agree about taylor too-let him use his size as a diversion from slaton. are you surprised at all that a slaton hb/taylor fb set hasn't been used? do you think we'll see that sometime this year? while it may let a little blocking go with leach substituted out i think it gives the threat of multiple runners at one time. might be tough for a defense to figure out if done wisely.