David Johnson
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He's just as elusive as Demarco.
Plus he's 226 pounds. You just need to teach this guy to get down hill quicker.
IMO you can coach all if his flaws out of him.
Forget about elusiveness though.. While I do think he is elusive enough this guy is going to make it as a Power Back with a 5th gear of speed.
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What are you watching?
I'm only two minutes in, and he's made a guy miss on every run so far.
From the other games I've watched, it looks like he loses too much speed when he tries to change directions. Definitely not as smooth as a guy like Gordon, Coleman, or a Yeldon when it comes to cutting and maintaining top speed.
He looked good here though.
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I agree that he looks good, but is not as smooth as Gordon or Yeldon in changing directions at full speed. I really dont see Coleman making anyone miss.
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I watched him vs a conference opponent early on and kind of forgot him afterward. Thought he was maybe not as NFL ready as we needed. It looked like he was a big fish in a small pond. I don't usually like using all-star game performance, but that looked pretty impressive. My memory of him was he was too slow, but maybe I'm thinking of David Cobb.
Very odd running style. His ability to stop and start is unusual at that size. Can't think of another back as big that can do that. Maybe Chris Warren back in his Seattle hey day. Didn't look like he knew what to do in pass pro. That KR ability would be a big plus until he becomes a feature back.
Very odd running style. His ability to stop and start is unusual at that size. Can't think of another back as big that can do that. Maybe Chris Warren back in his Seattle hey day. Didn't look like he knew what to do in pass pro. That KR ability would be a big plus until he becomes a feature back.
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He is a very good receiver and decent pass blocker when he finds the right guy to block and good open field runner; however, as a behind the line runner he is very average.
He is basically a big WR playing RB.
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The Senior Bowl is not for evaluating a RB. It's very hard to have good run fits on a team that has not played together.
This is better: He is a really good receiver and open field runner, but as strictly a RB he is not special. He would be best in scheme that used him in multiple ways or even as a part time WR.
http://draftbreakdown.com/video/david-johnson-vs-iowa-2014/
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A little unfair to judge him when it's Northern Iowas' o line vs Iowa's d line don't you think? Not sure any RB could have done much on the ground.
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I agree that he is mostly that RIGHT NOW.
I just think his physical ability is so great that if you get him to stop toe dipping then you're going to have a horse at tailback..
The upside on this guy is very high.. All you have to do is teach this kid to get downhill and finish runs.
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For one his size, his quickness and shiftiness looks very impressive to me. It's not often you see a RB his size able to juke and gain the extra yards the way he does. I wouldn't mind at all seeing Dallas take him in the third round of the upcoming draft.
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I'm still mad the Cardinals snagged him. You know we were about to take him in the third, aaaaaargh!
