One thing I think people need to realize about JJ playing RB is he wasnt a pure RB in high school. He stepped into that position with virtually ZERO experience. He didnt get to teach himself the small things RB's learn through experience. He can find a hole, I'll give him that... but lets give him some time to learn how to run slower to set up blocks, and run faster to set up defensive opponents to play themselves out of position. Most of the time a RB makes people miss while they are still 10 yards away.
I kind of relate him to Dennis Riddle, except with a ton of more talent. I remember when Riddle was young, and raw. He would take the pitch while running one of Stalling's signature sweeps and just run straight out of bounds. Everyone would be screaming to cut it up field, but at that time he hadn't learned to see those seams early enough to react to them. Then, suddenly, against LSU... it clicked for him. I was at that game and it was one of the biggest smiles I've had at a game (cept the FL Game this year heheh). A few years later he's catching a swing pass against Auburn to whip em.
Running deceptively, picking up cutback lanes, using your eyes presnap to make defenses 'pick a side', and seeing seams before they are really there are all things that JJ will probably learn as he progresses through this transition.
As of now, he is an excellent north-south runner that hits the hole hard and is EXTREMELY hard to tackle. I'll take that for a young, raw RB that has everthing to learn still.
