Is something wrong with Steve Slaton? The 2nd year running back out of West Virginia seems to be on the verge of a “sophomore slump“. Just a year ago, Slaton ran 268 times for 1282 yards and 9 rushing touchdowns. Through three games this year, Steve Slaton has just 38 rushes for 127 yards and NO touchdowns. Not a good start. His touches seem to be down a bit and his average yards per carry is down over 1.5 yards per carry. To be fair, the Texans have played some pretty stingy defenses in weeks 1-2-3. The Jets, Titans and Jags are no slouch defensively. Let’s hope Slaton is not going to slump all year and he’s just getting warmed up. My gut tells me he is about the bust out for some bigtime games as they have Oakland and Arizona in the upcoming weeks. The Texans need him to run effectively, thats for sure.

By: Knup on Sep 30th, 2009
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Oh so close. The Houston Texans lost a very important home game to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. Despite being 3 point favorites at our favorite sportsbook, Bookmaker, the Texans lost the game straight up. Defense was lacking this entire game as Maurice Jones-Drew tore up our Texan’s defense. What was the worst running defense coming into the game – surely still is after that.  Matt Schaub wasn’t to fault for the Texans as he threw a number of great touchdowns and led drives when he needed it. One costly Texan’s turnover gave Jacksonville the ball with little time left and in the end, the game.

“We’re giving up some big, big plays and struggling to stop somebody,” Houston coach Gary Kubiak said.

Seems like an understatement to me. Giving up LOTS of big plays. Houston can rebound as they play Oakland at home this coming weekend.  They need to find a way to get Steve Slaton out of his 3 game slump here! Thoughts on this game between the Texans and Raiders?

By: Knup on Sep 29th, 2009
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