No LJ Phillips on injury report OR 2-deeps (which show 3 Rbs)??
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You do remember Phillips lost the ball just the week before? So did Hank, McNeil, James, Jackson, and Vander Zee.
Let's give Williams a chance.
X moves the ball well,.. he simply needs to wrap up on contact.
I have heard/read several football analysts say the hawk running backs, and even BJackson when he fumbled after a catch and nice run, need to stop the 180-360 degree spin moves as they are being wrapped up (which us when X had both his first fumbles of the year). Jackson against Minny was trying to stretch out for every inch while being tackled. Ball security first. These people say there are times they have to go for the extra foot or so but know when that is which means not on a first down run
I think you mean Cedric Shaw. Or maybe you don't. First guy I think of was Cedric...
It's funny, Ol' Doodle mentioned this exact thing to several friends at the game. The last (and maybe only) guy who made an art form out of frequently spinning for extra yards without being a chronic fumbler was our all-time leading rusher. Other than Sed, that spinning whirling dervish stuff that perhaps works so well for guys in HS ball will almost assuredly become a net negative at this level and beyond.
No. I would imagine the depth chart is a typo. Its happened already this year where someone was left off.
Well the thing about Sed Shaw was that most all defenders hardly got a hold of him. He was definitely a whirling dervish
LJ should finally be close to 100%..gonna need him this week. Might be a Braedon Jackson week as well...Iowa should run a bunch of shotgun Inside Zone run. NW is banged up on D and nothing like a Mich/OSU/Minny/Wisky D. If you see #7 from NW guarding Diaz, we are going to take some shots on him, bank on it.
I hate to say his name but Wadley was very good at spinning out of tackles
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I think I'd like to see more Jackson at this point. X is a good lead back. Jackson needs more touches.
Wadley was one of the best and most exciting Iowa backs of the last 50 years. He had every move and then some, and he played his best games against the best opponents and made some of his best plays at the most crucial times. Man, I miss watching Akrum Wadley. What an RB he was.
Jackson has shown very well receiving out of the backfield on lining up wide to catch passes. And I would like to see him get some some quick pitch outs and beat the defense wide, pick his hole, and go.
Saban would flat out bench running backs or wide receivers that tried that spin move stuff. It's the most fumble prone move there is. You turn your back to the defense and all the momentum coming back around is just begging for the ball to be jarred loose.
If only he had to have a victim mentality...
I agree with you. In my mind he's the 2nd best back I've seen at Iowa since I really started following. Greene is #1. KJ #3.
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