Found November 04, 2009 on Pro Football Talk:
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So with one second-year top-end tailback -- Steve Slaton of the Texans -- possibly losing his job to a veteran journeyman who had a career day in a key game, could another second-year budding star be losing his luster, too?Don't...
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