Every running back we've ever had minus a few other legends like Gore and McGahee were average when compared to Duke.
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Every running back we've ever had minus a few other legends like Gore and McGahee were average when compared to Duke.
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FG305
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Yeah Walton hasn't gained more than 3.45 ypc his last 8 games vs Power 5 teams...
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Walton is average compared to Yearby.
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We need to get Walton the ball in open space.
He doesn't have the vision to run up the middle successfully. He does have the agility and burst to make people miss in open space. We should try some screens and sweeps.
He doesn't have the vision to run up the middle successfully. He does have the agility and burst to make people miss in open space. We should try some screens and sweeps.
We need to get Walton off the field. When he gets the ball in open space is when he gets REALLY painful to watch
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That's not true.
If Walton has a lane and one man to beat there's a good chance he'll make them miss.
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Look at the second play here as an example:
[video=youtube_share;0fxTlWUINfo]https://youtu.be/0fxTlWUINfo[/video]
[video=youtube_share;0fxTlWUINfo]https://youtu.be/0fxTlWUINfo[/video]
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He looks magnetized to a blocker's back even in the open field. Poor guy looks like he's always looking for a back to run up.
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Seems like Walton's best runs get called back.
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That might be true, but my guess is that he had some dominate backs at GA and could see the separation at the time. Here he has two solid, average backs, but none that possess what he had at times at GA. It's not a dump on the two being discussed, it's just that neither can separate from the other and that speaks volumes about them.
True - but wouldn't any RB look good when there's a clear land and one man to beat? The defense of Walton seems to be "if conditions are perfect, he looks good".
The run you posted below against Nebraska is what he should do - but isn't what he does a large majority of the time. I'll add some posts to show what I mean.
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I posted this before the FSU game, but you can see in the FAU highlights the microcosm of Walton's tendencies I dislike as a runner:
1) Pauses & hop steps before the Line of Scrimmage - he should just be hitting the hole. He slows down or in some cases comes to a dead stop in almost every run.
2) Spins, jumps - things that slow his down.
3) Lack of speed
4) Lack of vision, locking on to one defender or one area he wants to go, with no awareness of other defenders or his own blockers, which causes him to run directly into them.
- Hop step/lateral cut before the LOS (every run). His natural instinct is to do this hop step on every carry when 50% of the time he should just be running straight through the hole.
- Lack of burst/speed and jumping (2nd run)
- Spin move & running directly into his own blocker (4th run)
- 4 hop stops before LOS (5th run)
[video=youtube;BjD2-eep8yk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjD2-eep8yk[/video]
1) Pauses & hop steps before the Line of Scrimmage - he should just be hitting the hole. He slows down or in some cases comes to a dead stop in almost every run.
2) Spins, jumps - things that slow his down.
3) Lack of speed
4) Lack of vision, locking on to one defender or one area he wants to go, with no awareness of other defenders or his own blockers, which causes him to run directly into them.
- Hop step/lateral cut before the LOS (every run). His natural instinct is to do this hop step on every carry when 50% of the time he should just be running straight through the hole.
- Lack of burst/speed and jumping (2nd run)
- Spin move & running directly into his own blocker (4th run)
- 4 hop stops before LOS (5th run)
[video=youtube;BjD2-eep8yk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjD2-eep8yk[/video]
Here's what I mean about Walton being frustrating in the open field. There's a TON of examples I can use, but let's use the FSU screen pass, or "chicken with his head cut off" play as an example.
You can see in the open field:
1) Walton can only make rounded cuts, he can't make a sharp plant his foot and go type cut
2) He runs East-West way too much of the time
3) He locks onto one defender, totally unaware of where other defenders are, where his blockers are, or where he is on the field
4) He has no speed
5) He seems to lose motor control of his legs if he's running in the open for too long
The Green arrows is what he should do, the red is what he does
He starts his cut just past the 30, and should be attacking the open field/end zone.
But he makes a rounded cut that leads him to run parallel to the 20.
He has the last defender off balance, almost falling, which I don't think he ever notices.
He has a ton of open field, and should be running to the endzone.
But he doesn't even LOOK up field. Instead he continues to run parallel to the 20, locked into the defender coming from way behind, until he gets tackled.
This shows his - lack of vision/awareness, inability to make a quick cut, no confidence in what little speed he does have.
You can see the video of the run at 32:30 mark
[video=youtube;7Nb_2KPkvRg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nb_2KPkvRg[/video]
You can see in the open field:
1) Walton can only make rounded cuts, he can't make a sharp plant his foot and go type cut
2) He runs East-West way too much of the time
3) He locks onto one defender, totally unaware of where other defenders are, where his blockers are, or where he is on the field
4) He has no speed
5) He seems to lose motor control of his legs if he's running in the open for too long
The Green arrows is what he should do, the red is what he does
He starts his cut just past the 30, and should be attacking the open field/end zone.
But he makes a rounded cut that leads him to run parallel to the 20.
He has the last defender off balance, almost falling, which I don't think he ever notices.
He has a ton of open field, and should be running to the endzone.
But he doesn't even LOOK up field. Instead he continues to run parallel to the 20, locked into the defender coming from way behind, until he gets tackled.
This shows his - lack of vision/awareness, inability to make a quick cut, no confidence in what little speed he does have.
You can see the video of the run at 32:30 mark
[video=youtube;7Nb_2KPkvRg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nb_2KPkvRg[/video]
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I wouldn't hold your breathe on seeing Homer this year, unless it's on kick returns.
After 7 games the coaches still haven't figured out that more carries should be going to Yearby at 2nd string. Gus is 3rd string and never used. So I don't see how with 5 or 6 games left how Homer can go from 4th string to getting carries when the 2nd & 3rd have barely been used.
I think Homer's fate was sealed when he fumbled vs. FAMU.
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