Yeah, Drake was trying so hard early in the season, and just when he settled down, he got hurt. He actually played well in last three games, but by then Henry was already in groove. I don't think we'll give Bo lot of balls this fall because he is prone to getting hurt. They will try and protect him as much as they can for first half of the season before turning him loose.
Yeah Alabama doesn't have an EE running back right? So that's not counting two guys. In either case I think the same could be said last year about Henry. So yeah, we don't want Bo getting hurt but I'd hope this year Alabama doesn't have to lean as much on the running back anyway.
I'm not sure I agree with the bold part about Ardarius Stewart given the fact that we play a lot of 3+ WR sets. I see those 3 WRs being Foster, Ridley and Stewart. Of course other guys will get some snaps also but I would think those 3 are at the front of the line..
How is the second leading receiver from last year the "odd man out?"
Falkins has yet to do anything since arriving. Sims and Charlot have a much better chance of doing something than Raheem.
The obvious choices would be Anderson and Williams at OLB with Foster and SDH at ILB and Evans rotating.
I'm not sure if either is an EE but Josh Jacobs and BJ Emmons are the 2 incoming freshman. There isn't a lack of talent just a lack of experience. You're right though, I expect the offense to feature the WR core and TE position more than the running game. Should be interesting to see how it all comes together..
I've wondered about that when I read the article...
I can see the logic on this one. If we can agree that Ridely is a lock, we also get Robert Foster back, who was on track to (debatably) an even better season than Stewart (he was tracking ahead in the few games he was in) and also the arrival of a WR who posted a 1,000 yard season last year - regardless of strength of competition. The comments coach has made about Robert Foster this off-season leads one to believe he is AT THE VERY LEAST as good as he was showing us at the beginning of the year last year, and likely even better; so I give him the 2nd spot. I think that leaves Sims, Stewart and Dieter to hash it out amongst themselves. Dieter obviously didn't transfer in to ride the pine and I'd imagine he would even like more playing time than situational occurrences. Factor in the ability to split O.J. Howard out and it gets crowded real quick and only the best of the best will be there.
He beat me to this. The thing is, Can Stewart continue to be consistent as he was in second half ? I don't think he can afford to struggle for 2 games, when someone can take over and plays well. That's why I said Stewart could be the odd man out.... They will play the best players on the field.
I thought Stewart got better as the season wore on. He had a huge TD catch vs AU, UF and one of the biggest plays in the national championship game when he caught that deep sideline pass on 3rd and long in the 4th quarter. I think as long as he continues to develop his consistency he'll be right there with Ridley and Foster at the top of the WR group. Of course, if he regresses then he may start to cede some playing time but that can be said about every position group on the team. There's talent everywhere and if whoever is playing isn't performing to the standard their playing time will go to the next man in line..
You've been listening to a 'Doom and Gloom' type show.
What's doom and gloom about stating that the running back position is uncharacteristically inexperienced? No one has ever said that the running back position lacks talent. Every team has a position that is a weakness OR needs the most improvement. At this point it looks like running back is that position group.
Good Lord ! If a bunch of people don`t get hurt, we could have folks running every which way down field !
Also consider that for the better half of the first 6 games we were debating who was going to be the qb. And also Coker was great one week, average the next, and then great again until the lsu game. It's pretty clear the numbers outside of Ridley until the later half are going to be inconsistent at best with those issues. If Blake is ready this year then it would probably come down to who can catch and block better because CLK will have a qb that has the skill set and release ideal for his offense.
I'm a fan of this. I think Bozeman is just too good to keep off the field and I think he has earned himself a spot on the starting 5.
