re: Dominique Johnson named starter

I remember after the Texas game during Pittman's postgame press conference, the media was drooling over Rocket and AJ. Pittman himself brought up Johnson and said he really liked him and that we didn't need to sleep on him.

That caught my attention at the time and struck me as a subtle hint that while we had a logjam at tailback, he probably thought the most highly of DJ.

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That caught my attention at the time and struck me as a subtle hint that while we had a logjam at tailback, he probably thought the most highly of DJ.

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Agreed. And I am sure that Pittman and Briles are thrilled to have the problem of too many good RBs. DJ ran the ball very well; showing excellent vision and physical skills.

Wonder if we might try to put Sategna in that role

To me Rocket has the highest ceiling of all our RBs. But right now Johnson is better, and we need to get Rocket on the field in some way.

It will end up being Green and Johnson as the best backs. Rocket lacks the quickness that Green has and doesn't follow his blockers like Johnson. He is a north and south runner that has zero wiggle to his running style. He would be better suited at WR as Arkansas won't have anyone next year at that position. You have to keep these players happy and the staff will have to start moving these players around to fix critical needs.

Knox needs to play TE next year as Hudson is becoming a bust.

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I think sategna is a little too light in the arse to use in burks role but you never know

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It can still work if he has enough speed to get the edge consistently

They all get told the same but some players aren't as good at some positions as others. It is why someone like Knox needs to gain more weight and play TE. It is too crowded at RB and rocket isn't going to get very many touches. He probably be stuck behind Johnson, Smith or even Green next year. So either he will transfer or be moved somewhere else.