Quote:I'm a big UCF fan and I watched a lot of Storm Johnson.  I thought when we didnt take him in the 3rd/4th there was no hope of getting him.  I think his fumbling issues (8 fumbles in 2013) made him drop, and I listened to the segment of Gus mic'd up and he was really pushing that on him when he ran the ball to hold it high and tight.

 

If he can fix those problems, the future is bright for him.  He was taken out of a few games and missed a lot of time because of those issues.  He almost single handedly gave away the USF game with his fumbles....I almost lost my mind.

 

I actually just found this by googling.  Interesting read put together by what looks like a fan.

 

http://blog.masslive.com/patriots/2014/0...fl_27.html

 

 

The hands certainly didn't help, but the bottomline is he's not an exceptionally talented back and he runs a 4.6.    You  find a few anomalies like Alfred Morris (playing under Shannahan's system) and Frank Gore or Eddie Lacy (rehabing injuries in the pre-draft process) who ran slow times in the pre-draft process and later become productive backs, but by and large it's hard to make it in the NFL as a RB with 4.6 speed.   You look at the 1000 yard rushers in the NFL last year ... Shady McCoy (4.5), Matt Forte (4.44), Jamaal Charles (4.38), Adrian Pederson (4.4), Marshawn Lynch (4.42), Ryan Matthews (4.32), DeMarco Murray (4.41), Chris Johnson (4.24), Reggie Bush (4.37).     When you're running 4.6 you're looked at as a platoon back, and those guys are a dime a dozen who will have to make their way on special teams and pick up pass protection concepts quicker than their peers to earn playing time. 

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