Slaton could be out 6 months

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according to the chron.com

Meanwhile, Kubiak said the prognosis is good for running back Steve Slaton, who underwent surgery two weeks ago.

Slaton underwent a discectomy to relieve pressure on the nerve root that was causing the problem in his spine.

The surgery was performed in Dallas by Dr. Drew Dossett. The Texans said the surgery went well and that recovery will take from four to six months. Kubiak said Slaton will avoid contact until training camp.

Lets look at the RB position:

Slaton had a poor sophomore season avg 3.3 yds/carry
Jeremiah Johnson, a slower clone of Steve Slaton, coming off shoulder surgery
Arian Foster, solid end of season push, 4.8 yds/carry, still unproven for full season
Chris Henry, a wasted pick by the Titans now wasting space on our roster.
Chris Brown, please let him be gone with the expired contract. 3.4 yds/carry
Ryan Moats, solid enough backup, only averaged 3.9 yds.carry

Now that is a boat load of backs that can easily be thrown away, IMO only Slaton has true NFL potential.

One problem with throwing away the "veteran" RBs, Kubiak rates blocking seemingly above running ability, and rookies normally have not blocked in college, and they tend to miss to many blocks. Kubiak is not big on handing Schaub's backside to a rookie RB.

And this years draft appears weak with top tier RBs.