I find myself wondering if and how there`s a way to scheme more than one of these RBs on the field at once? I suppose that would be somewhat " radical ", but that`s such an abundance of riches I would hope that there would be a way to take advantage of it. It`ll be interesting to see what kind of creative bent CBOB has. Helluva problem!!
Creativity and a Loaded RB Room
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It will be easy, just orbit motion one, rpo the dive to another, and swing it to the orbit guy, or have BY keep it off tackle opposite direction a few times to keep the guys honest. New age triple option.
You sell these guys on staying fresh with limited carries in college which allows them to shine when they’re on the field and prevent injuries from fatigue. It also allows you to find the ones willing to pick up blitzes.
You sell these guys on staying fresh with limited carries in college which allows them to shine when they’re on the field and prevent injuries from fatigue. It also allows you to find the ones willing to pick up blitzes.
We got spoiled with Najee being the main man who got 90% of touches. He was in the perfect situation of being both an elite primary back, but also never having a back behind him who was good enough to take significant touches away from him. I expect our RB situation will look very different next year.
To answer your question, I don’t think CBOB will run too many creative sets. From what I’ve observed he’s always had a straight forward pro style offense. What we’ll likely see though is an RB by committee approach. I’d expect to see a lot of split carries between primarily Robinson and Sanders, and a variance of the younger guys mixed in. Then we’ll progressively shift our gameplan to whoever has the hotter hand through the game.
Of course there’s always the possibility someone develops like crazy and breaks out over the off season. But from what I’ve observed from our RB room, I’d expected touches to be spread across the group.
To answer your question, I don’t think CBOB will run too many creative sets. From what I’ve observed he’s always had a straight forward pro style offense. What we’ll likely see though is an RB by committee approach. I’d expect to see a lot of split carries between primarily Robinson and Sanders, and a variance of the younger guys mixed in. Then we’ll progressively shift our gameplan to whoever has the hotter hand through the game.
Of course there’s always the possibility someone develops like crazy and breaks out over the off season. But from what I’ve observed from our RB room, I’d expected touches to be spread across the group.
Not that we wouldn`t have taken Wheaton anyway, but Trey`s injury has to make one wonder if it didn`t figure into the equation.
BhamBama (in the recruiting thread) compares him to a bigger version of Keilan Robinson and says he compares to REGGIE BUSH.
Talk about added another weapon to the arsenal!!!
Talk about added another weapon to the arsenal!!!
We will most likely lose someone to the portal. It is just how it is these days.
It`s interesting to speculate as to whether we become more run oriented than we currently are. A bit more " old style" Bama football, even in this era of wide open? Of course, it all starts up front and what those guys do best as a unit.
I'm not even able to list these guys on the DC. But outside of BRob probably being slightly ahead, I think the RB DC is probably WIDE OPEN.
We used Drake and Henry at the same time quite a bit. We do a lot of those pop passes to the WR coming across where it's like a handoff but counts as a pass. With some of these RBs being speed/slasher types of runners, that would be a very effectie way to get them onto the field.
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Tubafore above you is really right. When Saban has been asked about it, he's replied to the effect of which five star RB do you want to turn into a blocking back. When you put a Henry/Drake duo on the field, it's totally different. Drake was either a receiver or a decoy and that wasn't done very often...
Good chance we can run some of our 3s and 4s in the 2nd half if we can take control of the game early. When their Defense is tired, put in a speedy back like McClellan. He can take it to the house.
Wondering if any thought will be given to looking at Keilan Robinson at slot receiver? Guy is quick as a hiccup and supposedly has really good hands.
Of course I guess it depends on current depth at that position behind Bolden and the 2021 signing class. At least a couple of those WR look like slot types.
Of course I guess it depends on current depth at that position behind Bolden and the 2021 signing class. At least a couple of those WR look like slot types.
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Well Trey Sanders and Keilian Robinson have been out of football for a while, in the case of Sanders almost two years. I think at RB when you've been out of the game it's hard to get back your edge. I believe you'll see that next year in the NFL with many of those who opted out in 2020 will not make a team. Chances are after spring we will see at least one RB hit the portal.
It's a small sample, but in a pretty good number of Kenyon's highlights, DH was on the field. Sometimes he blocked, and sometimes DH was the misdirect. I'm sure if we looked at the DH highlights, we would see plays where kenyon was on the field as the misdirect also:
With this many highled touted backs, I guess my natural feeling from watching football for 45 years, well since birth, is that we will lose 1 maybe 2 that don't pan out, so they'll go portal or just wash through the system. Knowing our record with injuries, I'd expect 1 more, maybe 2, to be limited in carries at any point. That narrows it down to really 2-3 good healthy guys. Easier choice for a starter in that crowd, and if given a big lead like we've had the past number of years, to numbers 2 and 3 remaining healthy backs, get a lot of carries in second halves.
Best case is no one gets injured, and no one feels like going elswhere, so we are just always incorporating two backs into the offense. One as a pure runner/blocker, one as a receiver, and maybe an additional one as a decoy. Now, we just have to convince Bryce Young to let the runners do the running.
Best case is no one gets injured, and no one feels like going elswhere, so we are just always incorporating two backs into the offense. One as a pure runner/blocker, one as a receiver, and maybe an additional one as a decoy. Now, we just have to convince Bryce Young to let the runners do the running.
I think we see more of a 3 back rotation like when Damien Harris started , Josh Jacobs and Najee rotated. I can see BRob starting and Jase and Camar rotating. Or Trey and Keilan or Roydell and Kyle or......
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