I saw Foster's retirement noted in his release thread, but his retirement deserves its own thread (especially with the current state of the Texans). Foster was one of the best RBs to ever suit up, and if you disagree, I will fight you. However, Foster was an even better person and humanitarian than he was a player, which is quite possibly more impressive than his story and his career. I do not know if we will ever see another Arian Foster. We probably won't. So, here's an ode to Arian, who hopelessly got me addicted to this otherwise putrid franchise: Sidenote: these videos make me miss Vonta Leach.
One of the greatest to ever put on the Texans uniform. I remember watching him in that first game of the 2010 season live at Reliant Stadium(when it was called that) just going nuts all over the Colts. Good times
He's been the most dominant Texan to ever play in the league, offensively. Yes, even more so than Andre. Great career. Too bad it was lessened by injury. Hate to see him end it early, but I'm glad he only played less than a handful of games as a non-Texan.
Why did ESPN put him in Dolphins gear for that graphic? Talk about disrespect. I'm never one to cry media bias, but that's a terrible graphic.
Because he's an attention w**** and kind of a douchebag personally. Also, players who can't stay healthy always catch extra hate. There's no question that when healthy he was one of the best in the league during his time in Houston though.
Uhm... Arian Foster - who was a joy to watch run - fathered a child out of wedlock, leading to the dissolution of his marriage. I don't know if I'd group him among the better persons of this world...
For me his attention whoring rubbed me the wrong way. He always tried to inject himself into any national story. If people were talking about players getting paid in college under the table, he's pipe in about how he got paid in college against the rules and throw his team under the bus just to be a part of the conversation. If the conversation was about bullying, he'd pipe in about that with a story. If the conversation was about concussions, he'd have a controversial take on that too to get attention. Hell if the conversation was about cervical cancer, I'm sure he'd have a story about how he had it once just to get people to pay attention to him. When you have that plus the constant soft tissue injuries and the fact that he kept insisting on using his brother as a trainer instead of someone who knew what the hell was going on, it just didn't sit well. He'd have just been annoying if he stayed healthy and I could have dealt with that better.
Hate from who? Other than the 15-minute beef with local media, the guy is mostly liked. He's insightful and interesting beyond football.
I feel like whenever I'm at the gym or in a bar and bring up foster he gets hit with a "what a p***y" or a "glad he is gone" but some people don't understand how long a rb can last at the rate he was being used. Not hate on a national scale but by our own fanbase.
I don't really remember all of it that way but def some of it. That was a few years back and I was super busy with school back then so I'll take your word for it. I mean it makes sense I felt like he rubbed a lot of our fan base the wrong way. A lot of the good he did is forgotten though, just like with Shaub. People don't remember he wasn't always a walking can of garbage. Richard Sherman kind of rubs me the wrong way like what you are talking about. Not about the recent Colin kap stuff just in general
Before you do, consider he is exaggerating. He was here 7 years, he's insightful, the media asks questions and he answered them. The people you've heard dogging him are mostly mad about his health.
Yeah I could see someone like Sherman rubbing people the wrong way. Much like Sherman though, if I could have Arian Foster in his prime playing for my team, I'd look past the fact that he's an attention whoring hipster douchebag while he's out there being the best teammate he can be.
Has to be one the most beautiful runners in the game. Just a scoring machine on his way to a HoF career before the injuries caught up to him. Would like it the Texans put him in the ring of honor or something like that.
