…he is a former wide receiver and he can’t catch a screen pass. Running timid too. Whaley looks good if he can get some blocking.
He’s playing against a very good defense today.
This isn’t Coastal Carolina or the defense he goes against in practice.
Got a chance to be a very good player, but it puts his performance last week in context.
Performance against a quality opponent will bring reality into view. Hammonds needs to touch the ball in space.
His first two carries, there wasn’t of a hole. But he had the drop and then didn’t really accelerate on the stretch play the following drive. Will be interesting to see how much they use him in the second half and how he does/doesn’t respond.
David Williams 13 carries, 81 yards
Devwah Whaley 12 carries, 55 yards; 2 catches, 23 yards
TJ Hammonds 3 carries, 0 yards
The other two did nothing to lose touches.
Williams was our best back today.
Hammonds is not an every down back. Why can’t people see that. Being able to run well in open space doesn’t make someone a top RB. You have to be able to hit it up inside and break tackles.
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Hammonds is not an every down back. Why can’t people see that. Being able to run well in open space doesn’t make someone a top RB. You have to be able to hit it up inside and break tackles.
[/quote]But . . . but . . . he NEEDS to be getting ALL the carries!
LOL . . . I tried to defuse this knee-jerk reaction last week, reminding people that - by his own admission! - TJ was still learning the playbook (as a RB), picking up pass protections, etc. Most “fans” have no concept of what it takes to be an every down back. They just see him running down the sideline on a 92 yard run and instantly assume he’s completely ready to be a star.
People just need to give the kid some time to adjust to the position. In the meanwhile, he’s (mostly) doing fine on the snaps that he does get.
May be why the staff saw him as a better fit at receiver