Kind of interesting. This reminds me a little potentially of Green Bay`s philosophy back in the 60`s with the Green Bay Sweep. They ran it, and ran it, and ran it. They practiced it relentlessly until it was perfected. Of course, it didn`t hurt that they had two of the best pulling guards the game`s ever seen ( Thurston and Kramer ). Seems out of character for Kiffen but I wonder if we`ll take something of the same approach (?).
Question: Braxton Miller to UA?
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Maybe I've missed it, but I haven't seen much claim that we will have a great o-line this year.
Certainly can`t speak for RJ, but perhaps he`s referring to CNS` expressions of general satisfaction with the O lines development (?). Of course, being generally pleased with the progress of a group and having it be considered "great" or "dominant" could be two entirely different things.
The best I can remember, when we started inexperienced QB's in Greg McElroy and AJ McCarron, Bama still ran a balanced offense mostly. The run game couldn't be stopped but we still threw it a bunch.
Yeah I must have missed that too. I do not expect much change in the offense this year
I think he is referring to the fact that Jackson and Bozeman have been touted as really good run blockers. Jackson has apparently improved in pass blocking, but this all remains to be seen...
Yeah I doubt there will be much change in the O from 2014. I do think the WR production as a group will be better though. The running game does worry me a little only because we are pretty thin back there. Talented but thin.
Whoever ends up at QB will be on a short leash at the beginning so we will rely on running 60/40 or 55/45 until the QB gets his groove.
IMHO, there are no dominant receivers on this team. There certainly won't be another Amari. I do think we will spread the ball around more so we may be able to replace a good bit of Amari's production, but I just think the strength of this team may be running the ball. We passed to set up the run last year and I think it will be the other way around this year. That doesn't mean we won't be fairly balanced, but until we get comfortable with a starter and his ability to not make TO's, I think we'll run a fairly low risk offense. That would mean to me running the ball and/or a very controlled short passing game. The game against Wisky may be a throw back to the 70's.
My brother's friend knows someone within the athletic department. He was told this about the QB situation:
- Thinking is that Cornwell and Barnett will be fine in the long run.
- Could win 8-9 with Bateman or Cornwell.
- Don’t trust Coker.
- Miller could be a good part of a run-heavy team, as long as the shoulder lets him do some passing.
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Our receiving core might actually be deeper
And more talented than we were last year. We won't have an amari but you also have to consider amari drew a lot of attention and made white and cj look a lot better than they probably really were.
My issue with this is that Miller didn't want to run a lot... he want to prove his worth as a passing QB... I saw this somewhere the other day. but I can see where you are going with this... Notsuprised at this news. Coker is too inconsistent.
I have been saying Cornwell and think he will be the guy. You can just tell with Coker he's just missing something to be a 5th yr QB at a D1 level.
For some reason I would be ok with 9 wins this year if it sets us up for the next 2-3 years. I don't like saying that and am not sure how we got here with sooo many young QBs. I'm just realistic about where we are. Our schedule is rough this year for a new QB but hey, this is Bama. Unfortunately we will have a "down" year at some point, for Bama standards that is.
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I thought that is what we had the last 2 years [emoji6]
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Haha! They were for our standards.
But it's really unheard of to have had the run we had the last 7 yrs. AND we're not done!! That's the best part.
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That's all fine and dandy, but the problem is in truth we dont know and are speculating for the most part. With that said I think 9-11 wins is the most probable prediction at this point without knowing our defensive capabalities and how far along our qbs will be in the fall. If Miller does come here healthy I think that sends a big message about our stable of qbs at this point.
What does this mean? Miller ran for 715 yards as a freshman, 1271 yards as a sophomore and 1068 yards as a junior. If we ask him to run the ball occasionally, it's not as if he'd be confronted with a radical change of approach.
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at OSU He ran a lot. Probably contributed to that shoulder's injury. So If his shoulder isn't 100 percent healthy or he's scared of re-injurying it again, then why take a chance running so much this fall? Plus NFL team dont think he can be a QB at NFL level, so of course he wants to be able to given a chance to throw more than his runs. I think if he came to Alabama and he probably will.. *Slightly grin* He probably would have between 500-700 running yards... Beside we have Drake, Henry and harris.
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