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TEMPE, Ariz. -- David Johnsons NFL career is only 28 games old, and already he is being compared to some of the great running backs of the game.Statistics bear those comparisons out, and his performance in the Arizona Cardinals 31-23 victory over Washington on Sunday did nothing to diminish such talk.Johnsons multi-purpose skills were on full display when he rushed 18 times for 84 yards and a touchdown and caught nine passes for 91 yards and a score.With those statistics, the second-year player and third-round pick out of Northern Iowa, became the second player in NFL history to top 100 yards per game in the first 12 games of a season. Hall of Famer Edgerrin James did it in a record 13 games to start the 2005 season.Johnson joins another Hall of Famer, Marshall Faulk, as the only players to have 1,000 yards rushing and 700 yards receiving through 12 games.Faulk did it in 1998, scoring six touchdowns in the process. Johnson has an NFL-leading 15 TDs.Arizona coach Bruce Arians was an assistant coach at Indianapolis when first Faulk, then James were there.Johnson, Arians said, reminds me a lot of those guys.The lofty comparisons are nothing new to the quiet Johnson.Its a great achievement just to hear that, he said. to be talked about amongst those great players.Johnson mostly just smiles on the field when hes doing his damage. Theres no chest-thumping over his success.I think its the past, growing up, not getting looked at (by big colleges), he said of his humility, still not getting looked at going into the pros. I think those are the main things. Also, Im a Christian and reading the Bible and God is letting me know to be humble amongst men.Johnson caught a 25-yard touchdown pass and scored on a one-yard run against the Redskins, but it was a play late in the game that was most crucial.Late in the fourth quarter and leading 24-23, the Cardinals had the ball fourth-and-one at their own 34-yard line and Arians called for one of his characteristic gambles, going for it.Arizona went with its bread-and-butter play, giving the ball to Johnson behind left tackle D.J. Humphries.Johnson ripped off a 14-yard gain and, moments later, Carson Palmer threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to J.J. Nelson to make it an eight-point gameHes going to make you right most of the time, Humphries said of his young running back. He was really just supposed to cram that for a yard. We only needed a yard. 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Cronulla captain Paul Gallen cant see Sharks teammate Valentine Holmes making it in the NFL and suspects his cross-code dalliance is a ploy to bump up his NRL value.Holmes and North Queenslands 2016 Dally M Medallist Jason Taumalolo will participate in NFL trials in Los Angeles.The pair flew to the US together from London on Monday after clashing in the Four Nations final between Australia and New Zealand.Both are committed to their NRL clubs in 2017 and the trials on Saturday are seen as little more than a chance to test their wares and impress NFL scouts with their athletic ability.Gallen isnt questioning Holmes talents, but doubts his premiership-winning Sharks teammate could make it after Jarryd Hayne struggled to fully convince the San Francisco 49ers that he could.Do I think Val can make it? At this stage no, Gallen said on Triple Ms Rush Hour.I dont know enough about that game but Vals upper body I dont think will be big enough to play that gaame.ddddddddddddHes certainly got big strong legs and hes an unbelievable athlete but I saw what Jarryd Hayne did over there.Jarryd Hayne went very well obviously but Haynsey is a much bigger man and much more athletic.I think if you give Val another couple of years to fill out and develop and grow as a man, then maybe he could go and do it, but at this stage I couldnt see him making it.Both Holmes and Taumalolo are believed to be deep into negotiations to remain with their NRL clubs beyond the end of the 2017 season.I think itll be a great opportunity for them but I cant help but think this is a bit of a ploy to say look these blokes have options, Gallen said of the trials midway through the NFL season.They both have the same manager and they are both going to be certainly in the top five players off contract next year. ' ' '