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NFL Week 5 Winners and Losers: Patriots and Browns shine, Jets and Flacco bomb

By Andrew Garda

Oct 5, 2014; San Diego, CA, USA; New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith (7) walks to the lockerroom after the Jets were shutout 31-0 against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 5, 2014; San Diego, CA, USA; New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith (7) walks to the lockerroom after the Jets were shutout 31-0 against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 5, 2014; Arlington, TX, USA; Houston Texans running back Arian Foster (23) runs with the ball against Dallas Cowboys linebacker Justin Durant (52) cornerback Brandon Carr (39) and defensive end George Selvie (99) at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 5, 2014; Arlington, TX, USA; Houston Texans running back Arian Foster (23) runs with the ball against Dallas Cowboys linebacker Justin Durant (52) cornerback Brandon Carr (39) and defensive end George Selvie (99) at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports /

WINNER: Arian Foster, Houston Texans

It’s not easy to run the ball when your quarterback is about as intimidating as a field mouse, but Arian Foster was able to light up the Dallas Cowboys just the same.

Totaling 157 yards and two touchdowns (with a 6.8 yards per carry) later, Foster couldn’t win the game but he got them into overtime and kept things going even when the rest of the offense was bogged down.

This is what the Texans missed the last few weeks when he was hurt and proved once and for all that while the Texans seem to have good luck finding running backs on the cheap, there is a real drop off from Foster to Alfred Blue.

Foster sees another solid matchup against the Indianapolis Colts next week and the Texans will hope he can grind enough clock to mitigate the effect of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck.

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