Tyler Goodson did look ready to run and not slow and timid

[uihawk82]

A few posters last week mentioned they thought or saw Goodson as being timid, a little slow, etc. Most posters put that observation to the top defenses of IU and ISU. Goodson and IKM both were hit in the backfield multiple times by one or multiple tacklers in the first two games. Not so much yesterday. Goodson showed yesterday he still has the moves, the vision and the really good feet to make good and big gains and TD runs when he sees a hole. He has the power to squeeze out 3 yards on most carries when not hit in the backfield.

An improving passing game can only help back one or two defenders out of the box.

 

[Luftgekuehlt67]

The "RB looks timid!" criticism has been around for as long as I've been following football. It's pretty dumb, but people keep trotting it out.

What a lot of fans THINK they ought to be seeing is the RB throwing himself, body and soul, with reckless abandon at the LOS.

In reality, RBs have been trained and conditioned to wait a beat or two to allow holes to develop before committing. This is why that magic word "vision" comes up over and over again when coaches talk about RB evaluation.

Sometimes a hole is almost immediately evident and you see a RB take off like a scalded cat. Other times...not so much.

If the OL is not opening holes and/or the D is selling out to plug everything up, then the RB, to the casual observer, can quickly appear to be "timid".

It's the same phenomenon as always blaming the QB for taking a sack after having had many seconds to find a target. It's usually the WRs lack of separation and/or good coverage that's the cause. QBs like being sacked even less than fans like seeing QBs sacked.

 

[NCHawker]

Tgood had some nice yards against Northwestern. But I'm wondering if he is injured. When he's about to be tackled he often turns away from the contact this year. I'm wondering if he's protecting his shoulder or something.
There is some hesitation too. I'm wondering if its... "here we go again" I'll get the ball and have nowhere to run. There were a few times where I wondered why he didn't jump cut and just run horizonal when the DLine came crashing through. I duno.

wondering if anyone else saw it too.

 

[uihawk82]

The "RB looks timid!" criticism has been around for as long as I've been following football. It's pretty dumb, but people keep trotting it out.

What a lot of fans THINK they ought to be seeing is the RB throwing himself, body and soul, with reckless abandon at the LOS.

In reality, RBs have been trained and conditioned to wait a beat or two to allow holes to develop before committing. This is why that magic word "vision" comes up over and over again when coaches talk about RB evaluation.

Sometimes a hole is almost immediately evident and you see a RB take off like a scalded cat. Other times...not so much.

If the OL is not opening holes and/or the D is selling out to plug everything up, then the RB, to the casual observer, can quickly appear to be "timid".

It's the same phenomenon as always blaming the QB for taking a sack after having had many seconds to find a target. It's usually the WRs lack of separation and/or good coverage that's the cause. QBs like being sacked even less than fans like seeing QBs sacked.

I think about the only running formation which calls on running backs to go full bore at the LOS is the wishbone/triple option where the first option is the fullback dive and the fullback is going to only one hole because the handoff depends on that time and distance being there. The second option is the first running back coming roaring toward the next assigned hole and the qb could give it to him generally with little chance for the running back to make a move because everything happens so close to the LOS. The final part of the wishbone/triple option is the QB read and keep it or pitch it and this is about the only time the runners can hesitate and make some moves.

The deep I Formation Fullback lead block formations that John McKay made famous was made for the running back to make a read on the tackle and guard blocks. I read this a long time ago in Sports Illustrated when Ron Yary was an All American tackle at USC and they had great running backs but the offense and blocking made the running backs great. The tackle and guards blocked their defenders the way the defender wanted to rush and that opened holes that the running backs swerved into. It wasnt really rocket science.

 

[HuckFinn]

Tgood had some nice yards against Northwestern. But I'm wondering if he is injured. When he's about to be tackled he often turns away from the contact this year. I'm wondering if he's protecting his shoulder or something.
There is some hesitation too. I'm wondering if its... "here we go again" I'll get the ball and have nowhere to run. There were a few times where I wondered why he didn't jump cut and just run horizonal when the DLine came crashing through. I duno.

wondering if anyone else saw it too.

No

 

[hawkinn3]

Dude dances too much, even if the defense gets in the back field just dive and keep it a short loss.

 

[SCHawkeye2]

Tgood had some nice yards against Northwestern. But I'm wondering if he is injured. When he's about to be tackled he often turns away from the contact this year. I'm wondering if he's protecting his shoulder or something.
There is some hesitation too. I'm wondering if its... "here we go again" I'll get the ball and have nowhere to run. There were a few times where I wondered why he didn't jump cut and just run horizonal when the DLine came crashing through. I duno.

wondering if anyone else saw it too.

Yes

 

[HuckFinn]

Dude dances too much, even if the defense gets in the back field just dive and keep it a short loss.

Thanks coach.

 

[guffus]

What was wrong with IKM last game? Why didn't he play?

 

[Gibsonian]

Tgood had some nice yards against Northwestern. But I'm wondering if he is injured. When he's about to be tackled he often turns away from the contact this year. I'm wondering if he's protecting his shoulder or something.
There is some hesitation too. I'm wondering if its... "here we go again" I'll get the ball and have nowhere to run. There were a few times where I wondered why he didn't jump cut and just run horizonal when the DLine came crashing through. I duno.

wondering if anyone else saw it too.

I saw it

 

[dahlhawk]

A few posters last week mentioned they thought or saw Goodson as being timid, a little slow, etc. Most posters put that observation to the top defenses of IU and ISU. Goodson and IKM both were hit in the backfield multiple times by one or multiple tacklers in the first two games. Not so much yesterday. Goodson showed yesterday he still has the moves, the vision and the really good feet to make good and big gains and TD runs when he sees a hole. He has the power to squeeze out 3 yards on most carries when not hit in the backfield.

An improving passing game can only help back one or two defenders out of the box.

I stated that he looked slower recently, I was wrong. He just couldn't get started with 9 men in the box and teams determined to stop the run. That's the importance of Padilla playing.

 

[uihawk82]

I stated that he looked slower recently, I was wrong. He just couldn't get started with 9 men in the box and teams determined to stop the run. That's the importance of Padilla playing.

Goodson had some very explosive runs against jNW where he really accelerated and beat the second and third level quite a way down the field.