{"id":12651,"date":"2014-11-14T15:38:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T20:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=12651"},"modified":"2014-11-14T15:38:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T20:38:45","slug":"arian-foster-unlikely-to-play-against-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/11\/14\/arian-foster-unlikely-to-play-against-browns\/","title":{"rendered":"Arian Foster unlikely to play against Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12652\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/11\/alfredblue.jpg\" alt=\"alfredblue\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/11\/alfredblue.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/11\/alfredblue-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Houston Texans are expected to be without running back Arian Foster in Sunday&#8217;s contest against the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n<p>Foster is being called a game time decision by head coach Bill O&#8217;Brien but ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter reported on SprotsCenter Friday that the running back is unlikely to play due to his groin injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>O&#8217;Brien says Arian Foster practiced a little bit today. Says that&#8217;ll be a gameday decision. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Texans?src=hash\">#Texans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taniaganguli\/status\/533336677054701568\">November 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The absence of Foster means that Alfred Blue will be the lead back for the Texans who are giving Ryan Mallett his first NFL start in this one.<\/p>\n<p>Fantasy Impact: The Browns defense is looking like a must start heading into this one. They will have a inexperienced quarterback to tee-off against and focus on stopping Blue.<\/p>\n<p>In nine games this season Blue has run 68 times for 234 yards which translates to a poultry 3.4 yards per carry. He has six receptions in the receiving game for 56 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Texans are expected to be without running back Arian Foster in Sunday&#8217;s contest against the Cleveland Browns. Foster is being called a game time decision by head coach Bill O&#8217;Brien but ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter reported on SprotsCenter Friday that the running back is unlikely to play due to his groin injury. O&#8217;Brien says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[862,60,216],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-12651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-alfred-blue","9":"tag-houston-texans","10":"tag-nfl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12653,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12651\/revisions\/12653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12651"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=12651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}