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The guy is stronger that I thought.... and he is superfast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhUhLtAC_Ok
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theogt
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He has no shiftiness to him whatsoever. Despite his other eye-popping straight ahead numbers, he wasn't even in the top 10 in the 3-cone for running backs. This guys will bust so hard. You don't get far running straight forward in the NFL as a running back.
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I've learned not to doubt any RB that wears gold fronts.
Seeing this makes me want to jump the shark like all those people taking him with our 2nd first rounder. He is definitely impressive, but a lot of those tackles he broke were just horrible tackles, it's not like he ran them over.
I don't think he participated in the cone drill, he hurt himself after his 40 and the combine guys told him to shut it down for his pro day.
He sort of strikes me as the Jones-Drew type. I saw him make a lot of guys miss but when you have this kind of speed, you don't need to do a lot of dancing. I saw him make a lot of guys pay for taking poor angles in those highlights.
Seeing this makes me want to jump the shark like all those people taking him with our 2nd first rounder. He is definitely impressive, but a lot of those tackles he broke were just horrible tackles, it's not like he ran them over.
theogt;1972835 said:
I don't think he participated in the cone drill, he hurt himself after his 40 and the combine guys told him to shut it down for his pro day.
He sort of strikes me as the Jones-Drew type. I saw him make a lot of guys miss but when you have this kind of speed, you don't need to do a lot of dancing. I saw him make a lot of guys pay for taking poor angles in those highlights.
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He's simply not able to plant his foot and change direction that well. Any time he tries he looks awkward and almost loses his balance. His 40 time will get him into the 2nd round, but he's not worth a pick in the top 4 rounds in my opinion.ctrous25;1972838 said:
on his helmet
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I don't want a "situational" guy to backup Barber. I want a guy that could also step in and carry 25 times a game. I don't see the point in drafting backs that are limited. I like complete players. We've already got a player with great straight ahead speed but no cutting ability on the team -- Tyson Thompson.ctrous25;1972851 said:
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theogt;1972845 said:
I don't know, you're taking a little bit of a leap there. Now he's a liar? He's going to have to do all this stuff on his pro day anyway.
heavyg;1972842 said:
I disagree. Barber and Johnson have absolutely nothing in common in terms of their running style. They both have dreads, maybe that's what threw you off.
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He wouldn't be the first player to pick and choose which drills he runs at the Combine.TheCount;1972864 said:
Agreed. The Barber comparison was way off.TheCount;1972864 said:I disagree. Barber and Johnson have absolutely nothing in common in terms of their running style. They both have dreads, maybe that's what threw you off.
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TheCount;1972864 said:I don't know, you're taking a little bit of a leap there. Now he's a liar? He's going to have to do all this stuff on his pro day anyway.
I disagree. Barber and Johnson have absolutely nothing in common in terms of their running style. They both have dreads, maybe that's what threw you off.
He looked to me like he was running with reckless abandon. If someone got in front of him he would put his shoulder down and run through them. Just my observation.
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TVMan;1972853 said:
not when he has over 2500 all purpose yards the next season no means nothing and your exxadrating a bit on the injury how come he isn't one of your injury risk?
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theogt;1972869 said:
Yeah, that's what I mean. If he didn't want to do one of the drills there, he would just skip it. Why would he risk people thinking exactly what you're thinking (he's faking an injury to avoid so and so drill) when he could have just said, that's it for me, I'll see you on my pro day?
To me, raising the suspicion about a faked injury is a lot more damning than just saying you will do this drill some other time.