The SoBros Mailbag 299: Dillon Johnson and Corn Dogs

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Let’s face it – every day we are routinely bombarded with questions. When you’re an emerging media company in Nashville, people just want to know what your opinions are on everything. It’s only natural. And, since our duty is to serve the people, well, we have no choice but to be present. That’s the SoBro Way. Also, aren’t mailbags just a barrel of laughs anyway? Welcome to the newest weekly recurring feature up in this bitch: The SoBros Mailbag. As always, hit us with those mailbag questions @SoBrosNetwork on Twitter, email ’em to me anonymously at thesobrosnetwork@gmail.com. And, holy shit, I need to update this terrible intro paragraph that I’ve been using literally ever since I started writing this column…

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I always thought it was Herman, but I guess that’s wrong.

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Pour one out for Travis, who asked this question mere moments before Dillon Johnson was cut from the team. You can’t make this up. I’m going to leave it in the mailbag anyway because I was a big Dillon Johnson fan, and thought he would win the RB3 job easily.

I started reading the tea leaves back in OTAs. His name was never popping up in media reports. When I asked Braden about him, he flat out said “nah, ain’t happening.” It didn’t seem like the guy we saw on tape at Washington showed up to camp, and it never really sounded like the coaching staff was all that invested in him. I’m not sure what that was all about, but it made me wonder if there was something going on that might’ve led to Johnson going undrafted to begin with. I’d be curious to know exactly why he was the odd man out. Even Jabari Small made it longer than Johnson! It sounds like it’s going to be the Hassan Haskins show in that third RB spot, which surprises me.

Anyway, I liked Johnson – here’s my blurb about him from the Stacking The Inbox draft guide:

“Running back Dillon Johnson is so underrated. He has such a great sidestep in the open field. He runs with power. He’s solid as a pass catcher, has good size and decent speed. Johnson does a great job of lowering his shoulder to take on contact and to shrink through the hole. He’s a gopher the way he shrinks into his offensive line and comes out on the other side. I don’t get why some people are so down on him.”

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What a wild question. I’m going with Kathleen Cleary from Wedding Crashers.

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Goody, I am directing this precisely at you:

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I’m a big fan of corn dogs, but they would be on down the power rankings for me just because I never think about ’em. When we do snack/junk food, we’re doing egg rolls, cheese sticks, pizza rolls, and potato chips. I always forget about the mini-corn dogs. While I appreciate the convenience of a mini corn dog, I don’t think they have the same rich flavor as the OG corn dog on a stick.

Funny side note here, but for years, I ran a bit at Sonic where I would pull up to the drive thru and order “corn dongs” just to see how long I could get away with it. No one called me on it. Eventually, I quit doing it because it just wasn’t funny anymore because no one ever picked up on it. Or, if they did, they didn’t care to call it out.

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Here’s where I’m leaning right now, but I admit I haven’t done my usual research on it all just yet:

  1. Oregon
  2. Ohio State
  3. Georgia
  4. Ole Miss
  5. Alabama

Keep the questions coming – catch y’all next week!

Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.

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