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bigsonnyu said:
DiegoCane said:
Plzwork4 said:
bigsonnyu said:
zone3cane said:
He's just pushing Duke Johnson and rewarding Dallas Crawford.... it works both ways.

Duke Johnson is the most explosive offensive weapon on our team but he needs to take a page from Dallas Crawford and learn when to run hard/physical, and when to use ur main talent, which is being elusive, breaking ankles, making ppl miss.
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Duke is indeed Dynamic, but he's always looking for the big run, rather than simply eating up yards that he see's in front of him. That's what Dallas does best; take the yards the defense gives him by default.

DC is not going to bust one for 75 yards+ However, there are times when Duke doesn't simply take the 6-7 yard gain, rather than gambling and settling for a 2 yard run.

...But at the same time, i personally don't think Duke is 100% right now, and is feeling the effcts of the mild concussion initiated as FAU.
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This assessment of Duke is 100% incorrect...

I doubt I really even need to explain either.
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This. I was wondering if someone was going to say something about that post. Duke makes yards that aren't there and Crawford can't get. The idea that Duke settles for 2 yard runs is laughable, he runs extremely hard.

And I love Crawford, he's just a good football player. Solid RB, great STs player.
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Reading comprehension is the problem.

there are times when Duke doesn't simply take the 6-7 yard gain, rather than gambling Gambling aka not going with the design of the play; meaning the hole is designed to be developed inthe 2 gap, he decides to bounce the run elsewhere. Gambling = sometimes you win sometimes you lose.

If it were up to some of you guys, folks would be put in jail at the notion of saying Duke has never in his life had a 2 yard gain. LULZ!!
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No reading comprehension isn't the problem, making a dumb statement was the problem. And of course Duke has 2 yard runs, you said he gives up solid gains always trying to hit the home run and that simply isn't true.
 
Like for the second sentence. Size does matter! lol
DiegoCane said:
fastcane said:
I sure and **** don't understand why you send a 180lb back up the middle on a goal line stance when you have a very good 250lb fullback. Moronic if you ask me!


Problem2 said:
Golden you magnificent *******

"Duke Johnson in white jersey, what does that mean? "don't fumble the ball inside the red zone,'' says .@GoldenAl."

I expect an angry Duke
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Duke is a good short yardage back. Size is extremely overrated when it comes to short yardage situations IMO

However, Hagans looked good in the one short yardage situation we have seen him in this year and wouldn't mind seeing more of that.
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fincane said:
fastcane said:
''his main problem, which is why he gets "banged up" a lot, is he tries to do the power run game too much,''

You mean when some dumb *** calls for him to run into a goal line stance instead of giving it to your very good strong 250 lb full back? He has great talent, Coley has to do better at using him and his talent in open space.
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Duke hasn't been banged up in goal line situations. Every time he has limped off it has been from being tackled in open space. You know what I don't want? Coley not using our best back when we need TDs.
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+10000.
 
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I guess you didn't see the helmet to helmet exchange on the goal line then? If we had a line that could block for the backs I'd agree. Up to this point they are very good blocking for the qb and they look like crap blocking for the run. No need to kill your best back for a one yard gain when you have a monster to send up the middle.

fincane said:
fastcane said:
''his main problem, which is why he gets "banged up" a lot, is he tries to do the power run game too much,''

You mean when some dumb *** calls for him to run into a goal line stance instead of giving it to your very good strong 250 lb full back? He has great talent, Coley has to do better at using him and his talent in open space.
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Duke hasn't been banged up in goal line situations. Every time he has limped off it has been from being tackled in open space. You know what I don't want? Coley not using our best back when we need TDs.
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fastcane said:
Like for the second sentence. Size does matter! lol
DiegoCane said:
fastcane said:
I sure and **** don't understand why you send a 180lb back up the middle on a goal line stance when you have a very good 250lb fullback. Moronic if you ask me!


Problem2 said:
Golden you magnificent *******

"Duke Johnson in white jersey, what does that mean? "don't fumble the ball inside the red zone,'' says .@GoldenAl."

I expect an angry Duke
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Duke is a good short yardage back. Size is extremely overrated when it comes to short yardage situations IMO

However, Hagans looked good in the one short yardage situation we have seen him in this year and wouldn't mind seeing more of that.
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It helps but there are many other things that are far more important in those situations. Duke > James in short yardage but James was much bigger. Some of the best short yardage guys in NFL history weren't "big backs."

Duke is good in short yardage, runs hard, and our best back by far, not sure why you wouldn't want to use him on the goal line.
 
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When Tiki Barber of the Giants got fumblitis. He got benched several times and as a result became one of the Giant's most dependable ball carriers. Note he, like Duke is a smaller back. This is just good coaching. When gain 100 yards and then fumble in your opponents' territory - on the whole - you negate the value your yardage. It's a lesson, I'm sure Duke will take it to heart.
 
zone3cane said:
bigsonnyu said:
zone3cane said:
He's just pushing Duke Johnson and rewarding Dallas Crawford.... it works both ways.

Duke Johnson is the most explosive offensive weapon on our team but he needs to take a page from Dallas Crawford and learn when to run hard/physical, and when to use ur main talent, which is being elusive, breaking ankles, making ppl miss.
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Duke is indeed Dynamic, but he's always looking for the big run, rather than simply eating up yards that he see's in front of him. That's what Dallas does best; take the yards the defense gives him by default.

DC is not going to bust one for 75 yards+ However, there are times when Duke doesn't simply take the 6-7 yard gain, rather than gambling and settling for a 2 yard run.

...But at the same time, i personally don't think Duke is not 100% right now, and is feeling the effcts of the mild concussion initiated as FAU.
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I disagree.... Duke's entire game is about going for the short 5-7 yard gains, then break a big one. thats what he does....

The fumbles were just lack of concentration and trying to do too much.....

his main problem, which is why he gets "banged up" a lot, is he tries to do the power run game too much, at the wrong times, trying to intimidate opponents physically, which plays right in defenses hands b/c all they are going to do is try to take him out.

Dallas Crawford avoids unnecessary contact, Duke usually does, but this year he has changed up his running style to his detriment.... just do what u do best and break ankles, he is using his stiff arm too much, which is crazy to say.
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Couldn't agree more. It's like Duke is looking for opportunities to show his toughness this year. I think he's actually limiting his greatest attribute, his vision, because instead of looking to avoid punishment, he is now looking for contact a lot of times.
 
You folks are taking it way too serious, so you need to take a big chill pill.

Of course Duke will start as usual.
 
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fastcane said:
I guess you didn't see the helmet to helmet exchange on the goal line then? If we had a line that could block for the backs I'd agree. Up to this point they are very good blocking for the qb and they look like crap blocking for the run. No need to kill your best back for a one yard gain when you have a monster to send up the middle.

fincane said:
fastcane said:
''his main problem, which is why he gets "banged up" a lot, is he tries to do the power run game too much,''

You mean when some dumb *** calls for him to run into a goal line stance instead of giving it to your very good strong 250 lb full back? He has great talent, Coley has to do better at using him and his talent in open space.
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Duke hasn't been banged up in goal line situations. Every time he has limped off it has been from being tackled in open space. You know what I don't want? Coley not using our best back when we need TDs.
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What I didn't see was him rolling around on the ground like he was when the USF LB got him on the chin in open space or when Jabari Gorman got him against Florida near the sideline.
 
Dukes elusiveness is what makes him special. Duke needs to get back to trying to make defenders miss, instead of looking for contact. He wouldn't be going to the sidelines every other play. If he would get back to with what makes him special. His ability to make cuts on a dime. There was once a great back that made a living out of this trait. He knew that he couldn't go run through defenses. So he ran around them.

Doing this lost gem at the goal line would also help.

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