was No. 1 entering sprint training. He had a minor injury, slipped back in the rotation, then ate himself out of a chance to compete for the starting job this summer. Mack Brown said recently Cody had “gotten in shape,” code for harving dropped 15 or 20 pounds, and that his opportunities would increase.

I’m with you on the change of pace he provides. I’d like to see him get 12-15 carries a game, and he was used on Saturday in non-power situations. Late in the game, just before Colt threw that awful interception (and made the TD-saving tackle), Texas had third-and-2 after a pair of Whittaker runs gained eight yards. If I’ve got Greg Davis’ headphones on my ears, I’d have lined up in the I-formation and run Cody Johnson twice (going for it on fourth-and-short, if necessary). Instead, Colt made a bad read and the defense (again) had to bail us out.

Not all that ails the running game is the coaches’ fault. Counting Cody’s weight issue, every one of the top four RBs had missed time due to physical status. Minus health, any kind of consistency is impossible. Nobody has played enough to “get good”. Again, if I’m wearing Davis’ whistle, I pick two backs and get them enough snaps, enough carries, enough catches, to begin developing consistency. Minus that, the rushing side of the attack will continue to sputter.

has had success in college and in NFL. I definately agree that we need more Cody Johnson and one of the speed backs like newton or fozzy as a combo rushing attack going forward.
we aren’t going to face a defense like that the rest of the regular season, and having more success rushing the football will do wonders for this offense and Colt.

I loved that one run when he moved the pile .That’s the bulldozer in him but he also has got some shake in his legs to go right around someone.

Why is it that Marquise Goodwin seems to be able to drive through the tackles better than any non-Cody RB?

Is the way to go for sure, but it has to be Fozzy and Cody. Fozzy finds the seams better than any of the rest of the scat backs, and he is quicker than Vondrell and Tre. Cody finds the holes or makes his own if need be. Vondrell doesn’t have the same vision. Don’t know what to make of Tre. I would say he is in between Fozzy and Cody. He doesn’t have the speed of Fozzy, but he has more of a burst than Cody, and is probably a better blocker and more powerful runner than Fozzy. He has good vision. I could see Tre in a Ogbanayya type role. Just a solid and consistent performing running back that can hurt a defense in a lot of ways, and he goes a little unnoticed because he doesn’t have the “wow” factor of Fozzy or the Steam roll factor of Cody.