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Old 02-12-2013   #1
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Default Matt Johnson... what exactly is he?
What exactly are Johnson's strengths supposed to be? If he is healthy is he our next great free safety or a strong safety with more speed than Church?
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Looking forward to finding out.
He's like an extra rookie this year.
Fingers are crossed..knocking on wood...etc,etc.
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Good-sized with a well-proportioned, toned build, Johnson is a tough, competitive, coachable strong safety with good linear athletic ability. Plays with and trusts his eyes. Drops downhill and supports the run aggressively — gets proper fits, runs the alley and takes effective angles. Effective in halves or thirds, can run with tight ends and has good hands to intercept (17 career interceptions). Smart, experienced four-year starter who made secondary calls

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What exactly are Johnson's strengths supposed to be? If he is healthy is he our next great free safety or a strong safety with more speed than Church?
He's a good sized prospect who showed some ability to make plays on a smaller-school level (Eastern Washington).

He showed good instincts and smarts in college, but we'll see if that translates to a solid NFL career. You just never know with the small-school guys.
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He's white, and hurt.
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He's white, and hurt.
Agreed.


It's not looking good for him, but I do remain hopeful.

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He's a good sized prospect who showed some ability to make plays on a smaller-school level (Eastern Washington).

He showed good instincts and smarts in college, but we'll see if that translates to a solid NFL career. You just never know with the small-school guys.
He came from a small school, but his highlight reel is against many big schools. I think we're all in for a big surprise contingent on if he ever gets healthy.

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a person that played a tinie tiny school and no one knows what he can be outside of that.
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He's white, and hurt.
How long has he been a white safety?
It's a message board, that's what the topics are for.

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How long has he been a white safety?
He might not know that he's white...

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A 4th round pick who played at a small school. And was injured all yr. IMO he wont be any better or worse than Church.

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How long has he been a white safety?
So he got half the John Lynch part right so far.
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He came from a small school, but his highlight reel is against many big schools. I think we're all in for a big surprise contingent on if he ever gets healthy.
E. Washington is a top level FCS school thats plays in arguably the toughest FCS conference in the Big Sky. Solid prospect, but he needs to get healthy.
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E. Washington is a top level FCS school thats plays in arguably the toughest FCS conference in the Big Sky. Solid prospect, but he needs to get healthy.
Yeah, it's not like he was playing against Texas Div. II schools all the time. He actually faced some decent competition.

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