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D6 · 05-06-2021, 12:35 PM

(05-06-2021, 07:31 AM)Bullseye Wrote:
(05-06-2021, 12:41 AM)D6 Wrote: Surprisingly from the standpoint of the decline in ability and on a per carry basis, the 2018 knee injury Kerryon Johnson suffered was 'only' a sprained MCL. That injury apparently didn't require surgery.

Against the Vikings in October, 2019. Kerryon Johnson suffered a torn meniscus. He needed surgery but played in the final two games that season. That injury ( in game # 6 of the season ) might have contributed to a further decline in Kerryon's rushing abilities. Yet, in none of the 8 games he played in during the 2019 season, his avg per carry never was even as high as 4.9. In the 10 combined games Kerryon played in 2018, which was.his rookie season, his avg. per carry was over 5.4.

He had one game in the 2020 season in which he avg. 7.25 per carry. But that was on only 4 carries. It was evident that Kerryon Johnson was no longer the promising runner from the 2018 season.
Unless I am misreading your post somehow, whether you are talking 4.9 or 5.4 ypc, that's still a healthy average. I am getting the sense from the outside looking in that Campbell wants more of a power runner.

Am I misreading?

The 4.9 yard avg. per carry number was the highest avg. per carry Kerryon Johnson had in any game in the 2019 season. His overall avg. per carry in the 2019 season was only 3.6. On a much more limited rushing opportunity basis, Kerryon Johnson had a 3.5 avg. per carry in the overall 2020 season. The dropped from a 5.4 average per carry in the 2018 season was enormous.

This is how Dan Campbell described Oregon St. RB Jarmar Jefferson, who the Lions drafted with pick # 257, in Round 7 of the 2021 Draft. The combination of play speed ( not timed speed ), vision, toughness, smarts, burst, and punching off tacklers are what Dan Campbell values from RBs ( rushing ). Chances are high that Dan Campbell would have greatly valued the 2018 version of Kerryon Johnson as a rusher.

Justin Rogers on Twitter: "With Kerryon Johnson being waived, a reminder what Dan Campbell had to say about seventh-round pick Jermar Jefferson in an interview with @SiriusXMNFL on Tuesday. https://t.co/NIYAEiwcHM https://t.co/l1X2GtLLyX" / Twitter