Slaton to [Work More with the First Team]!

[Arky]

Whelp, I haven't caught Slatonmania, yet, but I like what I've seen so far. He's been running against 2nd and 3rd teamers in 2 preseason games so far.... His preseason stats say he is 24 attempts for 94 yds. for 3.9 ypa. His longest run was 13 yards. The latest (New Orleans) game however, he was 13 att/57 yds for a 4.4 ypa.... not bad.... those are some of the measureables...

Visually, he's showing speed and burst but still has some "rookieness". Kubes apparently likes his speed.... If he (Slaton) gets his backfield blocking down I think he could be a stand-in until the A Green situation gets resolved (or fails). Backfield blocking is not exactly rocket science: See man, block man. See blitzer, block blitzer. He needs more reps so the Dallas game should give him just that... I don't see him starting at Pittsburgh....

Currently, the backfield consists of 4 gimps and 2 imps. I think the youngest 3 would be my keepers with perhaps Brown for short yardage....