He may not have known where he was for a moment there.
Bama Game Thread: Official Postgame Thread, Bama vs. UGA...
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There has been a lot of talk about running the football with Jam and Justice and while I sure do root for those guys, it's possible that against the stronger teams, we're just not going to be able to impose our will that way. With apologies to those guys, they were stuffed or failed to make the line to gain too many times for their number to get called often when Saturday's game was on the line.
I don't blame them. They're probably the best 1-2 punch at the position we've had in years. For whatever reason though, it's been quite a while since we've been a team that can move the sticks, on multiple series in a row, by simply pounding the rock.
The current situation, as I see it, is that we're far more explosive with the ball in the hands of Bernard, Law, Milroe or Williams. That could change, but for now, it seems the right call to me to use the running backs situationally and just enough to keep the opposing defense honest.
So, yeah. Throw me into the briar patch of everything going through Milroe. I will not be sweating number of touches for individual players and coaches should not do that either. In the immortal words of Herm Edwards, "HELLO? YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME."
I don't blame them. They're probably the best 1-2 punch at the position we've had in years. For whatever reason though, it's been quite a while since we've been a team that can move the sticks, on multiple series in a row, by simply pounding the rock.
The current situation, as I see it, is that we're far more explosive with the ball in the hands of Bernard, Law, Milroe or Williams. That could change, but for now, it seems the right call to me to use the running backs situationally and just enough to keep the opposing defense honest.
So, yeah. Throw me into the briar patch of everything going through Milroe. I will not be sweating number of touches for individual players and coaches should not do that either. In the immortal words of Herm Edwards, "HELLO? YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME."
There has been a lot of talk about running the football with Jam and Justice and while I sure do root for those guys, it's possible that against the stronger teams, we're just not going to be able to impose our will that way. With apologies to those guys, they were stuffed or failed to make the line to gain too many times for their number to get called often when Saturday's game was on the line.
I don't blame them. They're probably the best 1-2 punch at the position we've had in years. For whatever reason though, it's been quite a while since we've been a team that can move the sticks, on multiple series in a row, by simply pounding the rock.
The current situation, as I see it, is that we're far more explosive with the ball in the hands of Bernard, Law, Milroe or Williams. That could change, but for now, it seems the right call to me to use the running backs situationally and just enough to keep the opposing defense honest.
So, yeah. Throw me into the briar patch of everything going through Milroe. I will not be sweating number of touches for individual players and coaches should not do that either. In the immortal words of Herm Edwards, "HELLO? YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME."
Haynes averaged 5.8 yards a carry Saturday. Miller didn't fair quite as well but against Wisconsin he averaged 7.8 yards/carry. I think the coaching staff is feeling out the offense as the season goes on and they're smart enough to know that you have to give those two guys the ball, especially over the potential length of the season. We've been able to depend on Milroe running but as the season progresses and the defenses adjust, my guess is the big opportunities for him to have 100+ yards rushing against the better teams will get fewer and fewer. I expect to see more of Haynes and Miller as the season progresses.
It was the game plan not to run at the line. They knew Kirby wanted to stop the run and force Milroe to throw. So instead, they threw passes where they had not before, and played the outside. But, yeah, any team that would crowd the box, would cause run problems. But they will find that a risky plan against this Bama offense. Come to think of it, I'm not sure there is a "good" defensive strategy against this offense.There has been a lot of talk about running the football with Jam and Justice and while I sure do root for those guys, it's possible that against the stronger teams, we're just not going to be able to impose our will that way. With apologies to those guys, they were stuffed or failed to make the line to gain too many times for their number to get called often when Saturday's game was on the line.
I don't blame them. They're probably the best 1-2 punch at the position we've had in years. For whatever reason though, it's been quite a while since we've been a team that can move the sticks, on multiple series in a row, by simply pounding the rock.
The current situation, as I see it, is that we're far more explosive with the ball in the hands of Bernard, Law, Milroe or Williams. That could change, but for now, it seems the right call to me to use the running backs situationally and just enough to keep the opposing defense honest.
So, yeah. Throw me into the briar patch of everything going through Milroe. I will not be sweating number of touches for individual players and coaches should not do that either. In the immortal words of Herm Edwards, "HELLO? YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME."
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a LT do that!!! Dang
but jam caught that beautiful wheel route and absolutely stoned their lb on milroe’s 4th and 1 td run
Absolutely, he definitely contributed in a major way.
I thought something similar regarding the timing of the snap when I was watching. Maybe Coach DeBoer felt it was best not to complicate things additionally for Milroe. Milroe seems to still be in a fairly heavy learning mode and didn't need to have another thing to worry about which could adversely affect his thought process as well as the rhythm of the offense.
I hope you're right, but I wouldn't count on it. This has been Alabama for a while now. Don't we all cringe when we're going for a 4th and 1, knowing we're going to have to scheme something to get it? We didn't scheme anything special trying to get that one Saturday and surprise. We didn't get it.
Also, in fairness, Haynes may have averaged 5.8, but we know that he had a long single run of 23 yards that skewed that stat. His other 5 rushes netted only 12 yards total.
So, we ran those guys 11 times against UGA. Ten out of those 11 plays, we averaged 2 yards. If that was the level of success happening in the passing game, the anti-Milroe brigade around here would be lighting torches.
I had no idea he had developed into the beast he has. So glad he came back!
The one thing about all of this that sticks with me is this new coaching staff, this team full of new players have only played 4 games together. I can't wait to see them late in the year and in the playoffs with a full season behind them!
Yall Kirby is a ðŸÂ !!! I heard on a couple of radio shows that after the game he was trying to cozy up to RW! I cant stand him!! I hope they loose to Texas too!
Oh and probably not possible but i might root for auwbarn to beat them mnnn Naw i just will pretend that game isnt being played 🤣🤣
We know about 2 + 4 = 6 ...
... but just remember 2 - 8 = [-] 6 ... that's minus 6 ... as in NO touchdown
2 snatched from 8. That's same as 8-2.We know about 2 + 4 = 6 ...
... but just remember 2 - 8 = [-] 6 ... that's minus 6 ... as in NO touchdown
I'm sure they didn't expect him to dink and dunk them to death at first...
We know about 2 + 4 = 6 ...
... but just remember 2 - 8 = [-] 6 ... that's minus 6 ... as in NO touchdown
Okay, never mind then - not the first math problem I ever got wrong ðŸ˜Å
You can’t judge the backs the same with an option running game, especially if the wrong read is made. The backs can’t win in these scenarios, they either get the ball when they shouldn’t, or don’t get the ball when they should.
These backs deserve the ball more than they’re getting it.
Jam had 140 yards on 15 carries with average of 9.3 yds per against S Florida. Long was 56 yards. Take it away, and it's 83 yards on 14 carries for a 6 yd per average. The game plan for Georgia was not to run much. And to the outside. They purposely avoided running up the middle or over tackle. Georgia was prepared for that. This Bama offense is a pass first offense. We knew this when DeBoer came here. Everyone was excited about it. The ground game has it's place, and we'll see plenty of run plays. The run/pass ratio will change, depending on the defense. In four games Bama has rushed for 855 yards. 213.75 average yds per game. Take away the 334 yds in game one, and it's 521 yds with a 173 yds average. Milroe gets a chunk of the run yardage. This was expected. Our RBs, Jam and Justice, play a vital part in the offense. In addition to runs, they have been great catching passes and blocking. The run game is fine.
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