ARLINGTON, Texas — Kerryon Johnson wants the football in his hands. Of course he does. He was a star in high school and a star in college and appears en route to potential stardom in the NFL, and players like that always should believe they can take over a game.



That doesn’t mean Johnson is going to complain about how the Lions utilized him during Sunday’s 26-24 loss in Dallas. Far from it, in fact.



“You’ve just got to do more with the touches you get,” said the rookie, who finished with nine carries for 55 yards and his first career NFL touchdown. “You never know in this league, as good a guys as we have, as good a game plans as defenses have, you can get it 16, 20, 10, 5 (touches), you’ve just got to make all those rushes count and I don’t feel like I did that today as good as I should have.”



If Johnson won’t say it — and as a rookie, he shouldn’t — allow everyone else to...