Kaleb Johnson to the Steelers!!!!

















Great spot for him. I kinda thought Cinci might take him before that since he's an Ohio boy. But he's gonna get a whole lotta touches this yr for the Steelers. Wonder who'll be handing off to him this yr that seems to be up in the air just yet.
 


An All-American in 2024 after rushing for 1,537 yards and 21 TDs, he’s a very big back (6-1, 224) with 4.57 speed. An opportunity here to step into the starting role vacated by Najee Harris' departure to the Chargers.


Watching him play I could have sworn he'd have run a 4.4 in the combine...I can't remember him getting chased down from behind by anyone.
 


Wundershozen said:
An All-American in 2024 after rushing for 1,537 yards and 21 TDs, he’s a very big back (6-1, 224) with 4.57 speed. An opportunity here to step into the starting role vacated by Najee Harris' departure to the Chargers.


Watching him play I could have sworn he'd have run a 4.4 in the combine...I can't remember him getting chased down from behind by anyone.
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Game speed is different then track speed. Jerry Rice was the same way out there he wasn't close to being a 4.4 guy but he always got behind DBs and was rarely if ever caught from behind either. Hell he'd out run guys with angles. It doesn't make a ton of logical sense other then it's just a real thing. When guys put the pads on and ball is snapped it's just different.
 




Hawkfnntn said:
Game speed is different then track speed. Jerry Rice was the same way out there he wasn't close to being a 4.4 guy but he always got behind DBs and was rarely if ever caught from behind either. Hell he'd out run guys with angles. It doesn't make a ton of logical sense other then it's just a real thing. When guys put the pads on and ball is snapped it's just different.
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I agree. And that's why tape is important.

The great John Madden always said there's speed speed and football speed. Or something to that effect....
 


Agree, Kaleb Johnson just seemed to have that extra high speed gear he could shift to when he broke into the open field. You just knew he was going to make it to the endzone for a TD.

The best at making it to the endzone, once he broke into the open field, since Akrum Wadley.
 




guffus said:
Agree, Kaleb Johnson just seemed to have that extra high speed gear he could shift to when he broke into the open field. You just knew he was going to make it to the endzone for a TD.

The best at making it to the endzone, once he broke into the open field, since Akrum Wadley.
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And Wadley was another guy who was quicker/shiftier then he was straight line fast. But like you said I don't remember him being caught from behind either. There's been many examples of guys like that over the years. Desmond King I don't think was ever a 4.4 guy either. It seems like if you're not under 4.5 as a DB then you better be a hell of a big long athlete that can hit all of which he really wasn't.
 




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