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Postby PonyPride » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:09 am

The freshman wide receiver, who has missed the Mustangs' last four games (collarbone) said Thursday he is feeling "no more pain" and expects to play Saturday against Navy.
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Re: Darius Johnson

Postby SMU 86 » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:18 am

This is truly good news and I hope these things take over the future discussions on the board.
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Re: Darius Johnson

Postby Hilltopper » Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:37 pm

SMU 86 wrote:This is truly good news and I hope these things take over the future discussions on the board.

NO KIDDING!

Glad Darius is feeling better. He showed flashes of great talent in the opener, before being shelved with that injury. The question is, how much does his return add to the offense?

Am I right to assume that he would not start Saturday? I'd assume we still start with Sanders, Robinson, Wilkerson and Beasley, right?

Always good to have another threat, though.
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Re: Darius Johnson

Postby Billy Joe » Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:14 pm

If he is fully healthy expect to see him on the field alot the rest of the year. I believe he will eventually start.
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Re: Darius Johnson

Postby jimhagle » Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:56 pm

With his big play threat and speed I say he starts right away.
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Re: Darius Johnson

Postby StallionsModelT » Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:57 pm

Might want to ease him into the offense. He has missed a significant amount of time.
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Re: Darius Johnson

Postby Dooby » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:11 pm

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Re: Darius Johnson

Postby SMU21TCU10 » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:37 pm

Thank god. Other that AR, TW, and ES we have not had anybody do anything. Will be great to have that 4th receiver!
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Re: Darius Johnson

Postby BleedingRed+Blue » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:42 pm

jimhagle wrote:With his big play threat and speed I say he starts right away.

I'd be very surprised. He didn't start the opener, and now he's coming back off an injury. I'd ease him in. There's no need to go overboard rushing him back too quickly. Let him work his way back. He might not feel any pain in the shoulder now, but remember, we hardly hit in practice, either. There's a huge difference between running routes and getting wrapped up by a teammate in practice, and running a route and getting blasted by an opponent in a game.
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Re: Darius Johnson

Postby SMU89 » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:40 pm

DJ is a great player. Glad to hear he is able to play Saturday.

Think they have brought him on gradually; as I remember, he was practicing before ECU -- granted no real hitting.
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Re: Darius Johnson

Postby Charleston Pony » Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:54 pm

we are going to need every weapon we have to be available and playing at the top of their games to win this game Saturday. This is good news, for sure. I expect a high scoring game
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Re: Darius Johnson

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Re: Darius Johnson

Postby PK » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:47 pm

I would run him long every chance possible and if his coverage guy backs off fire it to him on the run. He will be long gone and not have to worry about getting blasted.
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Re: Darius Johnson

Postby TheBestAvailable » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:01 am

We need all the speed we can get. I wish you much success DJ.
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Re: Darius Johnson

Postby Mustangsabu » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:50 am

Great news indeed. We really need a fourth quality receiver for the Navy D to worry about.
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