Houston Texans RB Arian Foster is banged up heading into Week 6 and so is Andre Johnson, but the two stars will likely start the matchup against the Indianapolis Colts and that means Alfred Blue will be in a limited role for the matchup, but there is a chance he gets some carries if head coach Bill O'Brien wants to limit exposure to Foster and his hamstring injury.
Foster has already missed time this season, but that was only one game and while he has not been 100 percent due to the hamstring injury, he appears ready to go on Thursday. According to Pro Football Talk, Foster will be playing on Thursday despite the fact that he was limited in practice this week. Bill O'Brien said that he is confident that Foster will play and it's likely that he was rested in practice due to the fact that it's a short week for the team.
Foster had his best game of the season against the Dallas Cowboys and the team had a heartbreaking loss and now they have a tough test in the division with Andrew Luck and the Colts. Luck has been the best fantasy quarterback this season and he has the chance to carve up the Texans and having Foster in the lineup will be huge for Houston. Foster is the key for the Texans and while Alfred Blue has been solid this season, he is nothing close to what Foster is to this team.
Last season Foster missed over half the season and the Texans only won two games on the year and while they had Ben Tate to back him up, he was not Foster either, although he was very solid. Foster has railed against Thursday night games and he could put on a show this week to prove his point, although having a crappy game also would prove his point. But Fantasy Football owners are hoping that is not the case.
Foster comes into the game having a very solid season already and he had 25 touches last week against the Cowboys and if he is near that again, he should have a good game against the Colts. Foster comes in with three TDs and over 400 yards in four games and he is averaging nearly five yards per carry this season. Foster has also added 13 catches for nearly 100 yards and he has been a factor all over the field.
Foster had his best game of the season in Week 5, going for 157 yards on the ground and two scores, which was his first TD since Week 2 of the season. Foster had his least amount of carries in the games where he has had 20 carries or more, but he made them count and averaged over six yards per carry. Foster looks to be getting back to the form he had a couple years ago when he rushed for over 1200 yards in three straight seasons and that is big news for the Texans.
Andre Johnson has been up and down this season and is a tough start after missing practice this week. The team also has Alfred Blue as an option if Foster goes down, but it looks like he will be playing.
