The Houston Texans employ one of the most fearful running back by committees in the league. Together yesterday the Texans ran the ball 37 times and 31 of those times it was run by Arian Foster or Ben Tate. There is no question who the starter is and who the backup is. There is no question that they are currently the biggest and baddest one two punch around. Also consider the fact that they are both on pace to gain 1000 yards rushing this season. It's a pretty big deal.

Foster is the clear workhorse in the tandem, but not by a whole lot. He earned 7 more carries than Tate, but Foster was also the Texans leading receiver with 5 catches to Tate's zero. Especially since all-world wide receiver Andre Johnson went out with a hamstring issue about a month ago. With defenses honing in on Foster, it seems to make the going a bit easier when Tate comes on in relief. 12 carries for 112 yards is big time in the NFL. Tate came into the game averaging a ridiculous 5.2 yards per carry, he averaged 10 yards yesterday.

Matt Schaub is basically just holding down the fort until Johnson can return. He was hardly even needed yesterday as they backs were running amok. He only had 22 attempts, connecting on 14 of them for 119 yards. He didn't have any touchdown passes, but he didn't manage to sneak in a 2 yard run for TD early in the game. He really must be going nuts waiting for Johnson to return, and it seems like until they actually need him, they are going to play it safe bringing him back.

The Browns never even really posed any kind of danger to the Texans. They were on their 3rd string running back Chris Ogbonnaya starting the game, he was actually released by the Texans earlier in the year, and he netted 28 yards on the ground. I'm not sure what kind of game plan the Browns had coming in, but it appearantly didn't change after they were down by three touchdowns at the half. Colt McCoy somehow only threw the ball one time less than Schaub, and gained only 146 yards and one garbage time TD to Josh Cribbs on a nice play down the sideline late in the fourth. This team is stinky, and with the Peyton Hillis situation starting to take over their locker room, they might want to revisit McCoy as their starting QB in next April's draft.

Ben Tate was slated to be the starter lastyear before he suffered a season ending ankle injury, which gave Foster his chance to start. Foster took advantage, and now that Tate is healthy, he is now the backup. Tate could be starting or playing more for a lot of other teams in the league, but the way they use both of these guys he will get plenty of chances throughout the rest of the year. Should something else happen to Foster in the way of missing games, Tate can easily step in and produce at a stud level. If Tate were to become the starter again, he would automatically become a top 10 running back in the league.