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RB Considerations... Duke Johnson & More


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20 hours ago, bruceb said:

The more I think about this the more puzzled I am about the loyalty in this forum to Johnson.

All we have heard about him the last two years is that he was underutilized.

Haley didn't use him much.

Freddy used him less.

If he is so damned valuable why wasn't he used?

Hint: Because he is not.

He's underutilized like Ameer Abdullah or Dexter McCluster were.....IOW he's just not that good. It's not just this forum tho.

Duke put up okay numbers on a terrible team with weak receiving talent as an outlet RB. That's not really hard to do. Jalen Richard had 78 catches last year...you don't hear much about him being one of the better RBs out there...and his numbers are arguably better over the last couple years. Duke's not a good runner out of the back field. He's not a chunk play threat. He's not clutch/reliable. And he's always suffered nagging injuries despite not missing games. He's overpaid and now he's unhappy about his role.

Depth isn't as great as it looks on paper this year. Hunt is a beast but won't be available for most of the year. Chubb is a beast but had an injury history in college. Duke is a  poor runner out of the backfield and Hilliard is a jag.

 

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35 minutes ago, BrownLeader said:

He's underutilized like Ameer Abdullah or Dexter McCluster were.....IOW he's just not that good. It's not just this forum tho.

Duke put up okay numbers on a terrible team with weak receiving talent as an outlet RB. That's not really hard to do. Jalen Richard had 78 catches last year...you don't hear much about him being one of the better RBs out there...and his numbers are arguably better over the last couple years. Duke's not a good runner out of the back field. He's not a chunk play threat. He's not clutch/reliable. And he's always suffered nagging injuries despite not missing games. He's overpaid and now he's unhappy about his role.

Depth isn't as great as it looks on paper this year. Hunt is a beast but won't be available for most of the year. Chubb is a beast but had an injury history in college. Duke is a  poor runner out of the backfield and Hilliard is a jag.

 

He averages 5ypc, he cant be that bad a runner.

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3 minutes ago, ReggieCamp said:

And this:

 

Ppl are making a big deal about his comments. Baker is being a leader for the other 52 men that will be in the locker room with him. He doesn’t need to protect one guy. You do what’s best for the majority, not for the minority of the group

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23 minutes ago, buno67 said:

Ppl are making a big deal about his comments. Baker is being a leader for the other 52 men that will be in the locker room with him. He doesn’t need to protect one guy. You do what’s best for the majority, not for the minority of the group

i mean its not a big deal, it is a big deal in re the duke johnson is he/isnt he conversation.

realistically duke is the 3rd best back on the roster.  he's got an outsized share of the media attention this offseason IMO

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4 minutes ago, mistakey said:

i mean its not a big deal, it is a big deal in re the duke johnson is he/isnt he conversation.

realistically duke is the 3rd best back on the roster.  he's got an outsized share of the media attention this offseason IMO

It was a potential crack in the armor and he media, at least Grossi and MKC would try to expose. 

They have been trying to make a big deal out of everything small

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