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I was just watching NFL replay of the game and noticed Haralson came in at fullback on Khiry's TD run. Wonder why that is. What's up with Austin Johnson.
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I was just watching NFL replay of the game and noticed Haralson came in at fullback on Khiry's TD run. Wonder why that is. What's up with Austin Johnson.
they don't trust him, yet kept him on the roster.
our preseason personnel decisions with the end of the roster were highly questionable at best.
Agreed. Idk what they were thinking when they kept Robinson over Champ
Agreed. Idk what they were thinking when they kept Robinson over Champ
they don't trust him, yet kept him on the roster.
our preseason personnel decisions with the end of the roster were highly questionable at best.
Saints coach Sean Payton said the Saints opted for Haralson instead of fullback Austin Johnson, a fellow Tennessee alum, because of his size. Haralson, at 255 pounds, is 15 pounds heavier than Johnson.
“There’s going to be a dozen goal line snaps in a season, and it was just a decision we made based on the team we were playing,” Payton said. “You might go three weeks and not be in a goal-line sequence. He did a good job for those two plays, and we’ll have him ready.”
Johnson, who was on the Saints practice squad for most of 2013, said he had no complaints about Haralson getting the goal-line opportunity instead of him. Sunday was Johnson’s first NFL game.
“They wanted a bigger guy in there,” he said. “That’s how it goes. I just take my role whenever I can get it. I’m fighting every day.”
Robinson, who scored his second career touchdown, praised Haralson’s effort but could not resist tweaking him a little bit, too.
“It was kind of fun having a big d-lineman in front of me blocking at the goal line,” he said. “He has athleticism, and that’s what you have to have to play both ways. But it’s not too hard to go block one guy that’s two times smaller than you.”