Official Texans @ Rams Game Thread, 12/20/2009

[Arky]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

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Is a consistent grind em out running game still biggest question on the team? Is this due to the OL, RB, coaching, injuries, defenses we're facing, youth vs experience, size, bad luck, bad ref calls, penalties, or play calling, or a little of each?

I was thinking about this the other day. The way I see it, the running game is not all that different from last year except for one thing: just about no big gainers this year. Last year, Slaton would putter along getting 1, 2, 3, 4 yards a carry and then get loose for a big gainer. This year when he was in there, he just never got any big gainers. Part of that, I believe, was due to the injuries in the middle of the line and part of it was Slaton himself - his approach seemed different this year - he seemed to dance too much and/or try to do too much....

That's the way I see it....