I'd like to see more Case/less Kubiak before feeling like I have a full grasp of what Arian brings to the table in the Red Zone that the others don't. Happily/sadly I'll get just that.
In the Schaub era Foster was a critical Red Zone piece. At times it seemed like he was the only weapon. My guess is that in the Red Zone (why am I capitalizing that?) Case presents the defense with problems that Schaub simply doesn't and that in itself will make the offense less predictable and more effective. Which, hopefully, will make Arian's absence easier to overcome.
Foster is a very, very unique player and when healthy he does things that no other Texans back has ever been able to do, certainly not in the combination that Foster provides. But I'd like to think that there's more than enough offensive talent now that losing Foster for a stretch will not be disastrous.
And I'll take a moment to mention something that everyone surely saw but for some reason hasn't really been discussed here - the right side of the line was pretty damn good against Indy.
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