Kaleb Johnson to the Steelers!!!!
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thedukeofearl
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Shame he couldn't go a bit farther East to Philadelphia
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thedukeofearl
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From USA Today
83. Pittsburgh Steelers – RB Kaleb Johnson, Iowa
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.
M1911A1Hawkeye
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Congratulations
Wundershozen
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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.
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.
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.
Wundershozen
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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....
guffus
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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.
The best at making it to the endzone, once he broke into the open field, since Akrum Wadley.
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.
guffus
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Micah Hyde was another guy that was deceptively fast. Seems like he was always running down guys from behind, guys that were supposed to be faster than him.
Hyde was such an athlete. He had as good of hand eye ball skills as anyone we've ever had. He coulda played WR easy. If you haven't seen it look up the play he had with the Bills where he returned an onside kick for a TD. He was on their hands team which speaks to everything I just said. But that play was amazing.
