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Najee Harris and the ground game versus USM.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 9/21/19 at 6:27 pm
He looked awesome today and so did Brian. Some of you have questioned his ability as a RB but I don't understand why hate on Najee. Anyway, were you pleased with his play against a solid G5 team?
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Posted on 9/21/19 at 6:29 pm to Commander Data
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He looked awesome today and so did Brian. Some of you have questioned his ability as a RB but I don't understand why hate on Najee. Anyway, were you pleased with his play against a solid G5 team?
I think the RB improvement will go hand in hand with continued improvement in Oline play.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 6:31 pm to prevatt33
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I think the RB improvement will go hand in hand with continued improvement in Oline play.
It'll be interesting to see if Cornbread retakes a starting spot now that he's over his suspension. He's the best run blocker we have.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 6:36 pm to TideSaint
Najee definitely planted the foot and got north and south today
Posted on 9/21/19 at 6:37 pm to TideSaint
USM is awful defensively, but I agree they both looked more assertive in their running today.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 6:42 pm to TideSaint
I think our Oline is coming together. I'm hoping Saban can get that unit, and the team as a whole, peaking at the end of the season rather than in September like recent years.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 6:50 pm to Commander Data
I wasn’t too terribly impressed with Najee’s running today.
I know his numbers were good.
Go ahead and yell at me.
I know his numbers were good.
Go ahead and yell at me.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 6:51 pm to prevatt33
The 2015 team was one of my favorite teams. The loss to Ole Miss was so ugly but that team got hot and improved so much over the course of the season.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 6:52 pm to bamatide07
The O line can't help but to improve with our best overall lineman returning next week.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 6:53 pm to ReauxlTide222
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Najee definitely planted the foot and got north and south today
This. When compared to his last few games, he definitely saw the hole and hit it. Wasn't as impressed with Robinson. Definitely, trying to juke and jive.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 6:56 pm to Shaft Williams
Agreed. Evan Neal is going to be a great player but he's a tackle and not a guard. Cornbread will be a difference maker as he was last year.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:54 pm to ReauxlTide222
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I wasn’t too terribly impressed with Najee’s running today.
Actually I agree with you. A great RB can CONSISTENTLY make one guy miss or make it take more than 1 guy bring you down. Really didn’t see much of that today.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 8:15 pm to CrimsonTideMD
Run game looked much better. Hopefully they can build on that and keep getting better. We will need it when it counts.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 8:29 pm to tider04
Loved the coverage the commentary team gave Najee. Learnt for the first time that he is very happy at Alabama and Tuscaloosa. Loves the food too. I had my doubts. 
This post was edited on 9/22/19 at 5:55 am
Posted on 9/22/19 at 7:40 am to phil4bama
We invested more in the run game. For Najee, straight ahead is not always his thing. But he can certainly run with power as well as amazing balance for such a big guy.
Posted on 9/22/19 at 7:55 am to phil4bama
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But I think it was due more to Southern Miss just being bad defensively more than we turned a corner.
We struggled to run the football against New Mexico State, dude. As bad as Southern Miss is defensively, they can't be any worse than the defense we played in week two.
Posted on 9/22/19 at 11:37 am to RollTide1987
Our run game was better because we pulled less and got man on hat more. We also slanted more
and allowed RB to press hole more.
Harris did run with power and found some nice lanes right out the gate.But Again note line was more slant blocking.
I think B.Rob needs more touches as he get's going after a few back to back possessions is established.
I think we been holding back on the dual backfield with both and we will see that against the likes
of T&AM and lsu.Because both are more of a threat to lb'ers on those swing routs and 24 will lead block in called apron.
Also we can read run one and still have flare pass option to either side with the other.plus a 3wr set or 1 TE, 2wr set plus dual backfield.
We will see # 2 get more touches down the back end of teams we play like a LSU,AU games.
I think we are saving him do to weight this year, but we will see him more later into season.
I think we realized that pulling without our quickest OG was a mistake and allowing 69, 73
and 79 to slant or straight ahead was more productive.But this was MSU and we will need to see it over the next two games.
and allowed RB to press hole more.
Harris did run with power and found some nice lanes right out the gate.But Again note line was more slant blocking.
I think B.Rob needs more touches as he get's going after a few back to back possessions is established.
I think we been holding back on the dual backfield with both and we will see that against the likes
of T&AM and lsu.Because both are more of a threat to lb'ers on those swing routs and 24 will lead block in called apron.
Also we can read run one and still have flare pass option to either side with the other.plus a 3wr set or 1 TE, 2wr set plus dual backfield.
We will see # 2 get more touches down the back end of teams we play like a LSU,AU games.
I think we are saving him do to weight this year, but we will see him more later into season.
I think we realized that pulling without our quickest OG was a mistake and allowing 69, 73
and 79 to slant or straight ahead was more productive.But this was MSU and we will need to see it over the next two games.
Posted on 9/22/19 at 11:42 am to RollTide1987
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We struggled to run the football against New Mexico State, dude. As bad as Southern Miss is defensively, they can't be any worse than the defense we played in week two.
Fair point. I had forgotten about that. But if we run the same game plan against NMSU as we did yesterday, I think we get similar, good results. It's still hard to tell where we are with the running attack. Now throw the wildcard of Cornbread into the mix and it gets really murky.
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