What did we think of Hilliard in game 1

Orion

I never understood the thinking of turning Duke into a WR. Fortunately, Dorsey went out and got 'real' WR's.

nickers

Hilliard looked solid... He'll be ok

CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFS

Duke is a mismatch against LBs and Safeties. Not corners

domcucch1994

the other Johnson looking pretty solid today

Marvin the Martian

@domcucch1994 said:

the other Johnson looking pretty solid today

The way Hilliard played last week, he may have helped himself by his efforts(ie not playing) this week.

I agree Johnson looked good

Flugel

@domcucch1994 said:

the other Johnson looking pretty solid today

He did indeed! He played right here in Tampa at the USF just like Marlon Mack did once upon a time...

Flugel

I'm gonna get myself in trouble here but I thought Johnson looked better than Hunt (who doesn't need to be sharp until November).

The good news is between Johnson and Hilliard, it looks like they can both play well in the offense and on STs if given the chance. We'll be okay.

Flugel

@gumby73 said:

D'Ernest Johnson also did KO & Punt returns at South Fla..and As the ACC watcher ? this guy got late touches with some nice burst..hope to see more.. why are we looking for another FB? a 6'2" 233'er that can run 4.37 https://caneswarning.com/2019/03/25/miami-hurricanes-pro-day-early-analysis-trayone-gray-has-blazing-40/ i don't think we keep one? but we may, beef up a FB on PS?

Nice job with that Gumbs! I read this thread from back to front so I didn't realize you already took care of where where Johnson played college ball. I thought Gray broke some tackles and moved the pile pretty well against Washington. If he can blaze at that size like you show above - he might stick around especially if he's good on STs. I'll have to pay more attention to how well he blocks.

Another thing he has going for him is the appreciation our FO (Eliot Wolf and Alonzo Highsmith in particular) has for the U as the inventory of camp bodies from that program clearly illustrates.

The Gipper

@flugel said:

I'm gonna get myself in trouble here but I thought Johnson looked better than Hunt (who doesn't need to be sharp until November).

The good news is between Johnson and Hilliard, it looks like they can both play well in the offense and on STs if given the chance. We'll be okay.

How many times did Hunt run the ball? Once or twice is all I can recall.

Clevfan4life

@flugel said:

I'm gonna get myself in trouble here but I thought Johnson looked better than Hunt (who doesn't need to be sharp until November).

they were planning on giving hunt the ball close to 20 times, that didnt last long..not sure why. Johnson looked like the #2 back behind chubb.

Tour2ma

@orion said:

I never understood the thinking of turning Duke into a WR. Fortunately, Dorsey went out and got 'real' WR's.

Probably said the same thing about Bobby Mitchell... ...

Didn't need to turn him into one... he already had the tools. Just needed to use him as one. Better than him getting splinters in his ass.

Great hands + ability to adjust to the ball + best in the open field + strength (< Average for a RB; > average for a WR)