STRENGTHS
Dameon has talent and a style of running the ball that is unique. He has good size and strength and has those quick feet that allow him to make his cuts in a phone booth. When he breaks the line of scrimmage he has surprising vision with excellent power to break tackles and make his own yardage. Dameon is not as big as the Colts Jonathan Taylor but he has similar strength and power and does not shy away from making a tackler pay for tackling him. The strange thing about Dameon’s running style is that as the game goes on he starts to use his vision and lateral explosion to make players miss him. He strangely has two different styles of running in a game that seems to contradict each other and that is unique. He starts out in a power running style smashing through tacklers and as the game goes on, winds up juking and breaking ankles. As I stated before this style is unique. Nevertheless, I am sure of one thing when I watch him in the small amount of film I have seen…he definitely has the talent, size, and skills to be an every-down running back for the team that selects him.
CONCERNS
So, what does Dameon lack you ask…production that proves he has all of those talents. He also needs to answer the question, of why he wasn’t used or on the field more? I don’t care what anyone says about the coach, I can’t believe any coach would leave that type of talent on the bench. So, what’s up with that?
BOTTOM LINE: 2.39
He’s a power runner, no, he’s a “break the ankles” runner, no, he’s a between the tackle’s runner, no, he’s a third-down back! What kind of running back is Dameon? He has excellent speed, excellent lateral explosion, and vision, excellent power, very good hands to catch the ball, and is a smart and willing blocker. His lack of production and not being on the field is troubling but I learned a long time ago not to believe anything I can’t touch, smell, and in general see for myself. There is so much poor media reporting of the facts of any situation on or off the field or for that matter, news in general. There is a reason Dameon was not on the field. There is a reason this type of talent was kept off the field. I will not speculate what that reason is but I do not accept the reports that it was just because “he didn’t fit the system”, or the coach didn’t know how to use him, or any other BS reason, being reported. I don’t believe coaches are that stupid or…maybe they are!
