Ben Tate

[Joshua]

ESPN is reporting this morning that he likely has a broken ankle and is out for the year. The report has not been confirmed yet so let's hope it turns out to be wrong.

[edo783]

Tough break (pardon the pun) for the kid and the Texans. The good news is that there are 4 other backs that looked competent. Foster looked excellent and best of all on AJs long catch for a TD he did a good job picking up the blitz. Slaton fairly good, but is NOT a goal line back, third down only IMO. J. Johnson showed well and Chris had his moments. Time will sort out the order.

[HPF Bob]

From the replays, I thought the ankle might have been twisted but Joel Meyers was going on and on about the knee and it looked like the knee was getting attention while he was down on the turf so I assumed I was the idiot and the injury was the knee.

Actually, if it is an ankle, that may be a blessing. Bad knees turn good running backs into ordinary ones.

[NBT]

Well, this will open it up for Chris Henry and Jeremiah Johnson to get more action. Foster and Slaton were going to get their touches anyway.

[HPF Bob]

Tate is saying on his Facebook page that the ankle is *not* broken:

"Thanks to everyone for your prayers and wishing me well!!!" Tate wrote on his Facebook page Sunday afternoon. "i didnt break my ankle i can tell you that but thanks to everyone."

- NFL.com

It seems he will need surgery so it may mean he gets PUP'd and comes back at mid-season.

[Nconroe]

Well, we hope Tate is ok, I guess PUP would be good at this point. I like the other four RB we have, I think young, but much better than expected.