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The Houston Texans turn back to Steve Slaton as the starting RB
23-year old Steve Slaton was awesome as a rookie for the Texans last season as he played in all 16 games carrying the ball 268 times for 1,282 yards (4.8 ypc) with 9 TD carries. He also caught 50 passes for 377 yards (7.5 avg) with 1 TD grab this year. Slaton only fumbled the ball 3 times all of last season losing 2 of them. But, this season Slaton has had butter fingers as he has fumbled 7 times already this season losing 5 of them. Slaton also has not played too well in general. He has played in 9 games this season for the Texans and he has carried the ball 116 times for 359 yards (3.1 ypc) with 3 TD runs. Slaton also has caught 32 passes for 326 yards (10.2 avg) with 3 TD grabs this season. The Texans really need Slaton to return to the form he showed as a rookie last season to give the offense more balance. If he continues to put the ball on the ground he will fall behind Ryan Moats and Chris Brown on the depth chart.
Steve Slaton has been awful for the Houston Texans this season
Steve Slaton has been terrible this season and he is in danger of losing carries to Chris Brown. Slaton has carried the ball 26 times for 51 yards (2.0 ypc) this season. He has also caught 6 passes for 60 yards (10.0 avg) this year. He has fumbled the ball three times already this season (lost one of them). Coach Kubiak has been very tough on Slaton as he wants the kid to play like he did last year. The Texans are only averaging 50.5 yards rushing per game this season and that just won’t get the job done.


