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David Johnson, Running The Ball And The Offensive Dynamic
No injury is ideal. A back issue – for instance, like the one with which running back David Johnson is dealing – usually is more complicated. You want you’re all-everything back to, you know, be able to do everything. If back tightness is going to limit that, it’s a problem. We probably won’t know until Sunday if Johnson will play for sure. All that said, the Cardinals were encouraged by how Johnson, Chase Edmonds and Kyler Murray ran the ball last week, with 266 yards. Is it sustainable? (The running well part; no one is expecting 266 yards a week, or even 166.) Does Kliff Kingsbury even see it as the direction he wants to go? The Cardinals need to be able to run the ball, and convert in tight situations (like the red zone.) With all due respect to Edmonds, who has earned the increase in touches he has gotten, the Cards need Johnson to fully flesh out that part of the game. That’s not even including Johnson’s receiving skills.
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