D Johnson's Biggest Problem

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  • NorthCoast
    Legend
    • Sep 2008
    • 26636

    D Johnson's Biggest Problem

    Johnson's inconsistency is maddening but there is a glimmer that it could be fixable. I rewatched a couple of his drops. Number one problem was not looking the ball into his hands. The one where he broke free inside from Humphrey that ricocheted off his thigh was a clear example where his eyes turned away just before the ball hits his hands. You see that and you think wft? Then he turns around and makes an unbelievable catch where he turns his head to the ball just a half second before it hits his hands. Dude needs to focus like that on every catch and he could be AB2.0. Right now, he isn't.
  • SteelBucks
    Legend
    • Aug 2008
    • 8075

    #2
    He’s the second coming of Dwight “hands of” Stone. He can fix this...just needs to settle down.

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    • BURGH86STEEL
      Legend
      • May 2008
      • 6921

      #3
      A bad game nothing more nothing less.

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      • NorthCoast
        Legend
        • Sep 2008
        • 26636

        #4
        Originally posted by BURGH86STEEL
        A bad game nothing more nothing less.
        Leads the league in drops...

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        • SidSmythe
          Hall of Famer
          • Sep 2008
          • 4708

          #5
          He's a RAC guy - always thinking about the RUN and not the Catch.
          Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
          Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
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          • BURGH86STEEL
            Legend
            • May 2008
            • 6921

            #6
            Originally posted by NorthCoast
            Leads the league in drops...
            Yeah and as I said it was a bad game.

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            • Northern_Blitz
              Legend
              • Dec 2008
              • 24373

              #7
              He's a bit like younger Ben.

              High risk, high reward.

              We have to take the good with the bad I guess.

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              • "BuzzNuter"
                Pro Bowler
                • Mar 2019
                • 2062

                #8
                Johnson can't catch and if he does catch it he can't hold on to it. Ben will stop spoon feeding him dinky passes to get him going. Maybe he can fix it in the off-season but not this season. His playing time is going to go down.

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                • D Rock
                  Hall of Famer
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 2797

                  #9
                  Originally posted by SidSmythe
                  He's a RAC guy - always thinking about the RUN and not the Catch.

                  I suppose that makes him an RBC guy rather than an RAC guy

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                  • Oviedo
                    Legend
                    • May 2008
                    • 23824

                    #10
                    Originally posted by SteelBucks
                    He’s the second coming of Dwight “hands of” Stone. He can fix this...just needs to settle down.
                    Johnson is much more talented than Stone

                    Mike Wallace was very much a Dwight Stone clone. Ball had to be perfect to have any hope to catch it
                    "My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"

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                    • feltdizz
                      Legend
                      • May 2008
                      • 27532

                      #11
                      he just needs to slow down a bit.
                      Steelers 27
                      Rats 16

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                      • hawaiiansteel
                        Legend
                        • May 2008
                        • 35648

                        #12
                        Originally posted by "BuzzNuter"
                        Johnson can't catch and if he does catch it he can't hold on to it.
                        wonder how DJ has been able to make those 57 catches so far this season then (2nd on the team).

                        amd he has only one fumble so far this year...

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                        • Buzz
                          Legend
                          • Dec 2017
                          • 8379

                          #13
                          Originally posted by BURGH86STEEL
                          Yeah and as I said it was a bad game.
                          more like a bad season if he's leading the league in drops

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                          • NJ-STEELER
                            Legend
                            • May 2008
                            • 12563

                            #14
                            Originally posted by SidSmythe
                            He's a RAC guy - always thinking about the RUN and not the Catch.
                            yes, i see that with him at times.

                            but 2 big drops yesterday were not because of that.

                            one he was already in the end zone. no RAC needed.
                            the other he failed to secure it after going up and grabbing it. would have been on the 2 yard line

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                            • NorthCoast
                              Legend
                              • Sep 2008
                              • 26636

                              #15
                              Originally posted by hawaiiansteel
                              wonder how DJ has been able to make those 57 catches so far this season then (2nd on the team).

                              amd he has only one fumble so far this year...
                              maybe because he was targeted 82 times... you can't discount the fact that his catch rate is only 80% on the season.

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