Bama fans, tell me about Lacy

He's out of spring practice due to surgery to repair turf toe that nagged him all year. It's doubtfull that he will be 100% come the fall, but he should be ready to go.

No, I don't think he's the same level of back as Ingram and Richardson. I don't think he has the same vision for the field and power, but he can make up for it with his athletic ability. The experienced O-line will give him much running space.

He's not nearly as big as Jalston Fowler, who will see alot of playing time:

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Jalston Fowler

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holy crap. Just looked up his size. What a 1-2 punch.

Despite what little playing time he had, I was SHOCKED by the ability of Jalston Fowler... He must have averaged close to 10 yards per carry, for what ever time he was given. Fowler reminds me a lot of Shaun Alexander.

I don't consider either one bruiser backs. Trent and Ingram would look for people to punish and seek contact. Neither Lacy or Fowler are they type that lowers the shoulder and punishes whenever possible. They will run over people, but due to size not style or attitude.

Lacy likes to run between tackles and will stay inside if possible. Will use the spin move anytime anyplace and more than once per play if needed. Fowler will run between tackles but loves to slide outside when nothing opens up immediately, deceptive speed for 250lbs+. He crushed some poor guy last year, but can't find the highlight.

Here's some plays from both of them for only a couple of games, not necessarily highlights just most carries for those games. LINK

Lacy is not a bruising back that runs straight ahead, he likes to stutter and spin too much. He is pretty good athletically but not on the same RB plane as Ingram and Richardson. He will put some numbers up and ran well during the Championship game especially when the LSU defense had been on the field forever. They will want to spread the wealth like us this year so don't expect huge carries.

Dee Hart brings a little different skill set than Lacy and Fowler, and I imagine we'll see a fair amount of him this season.

We were tired,,,,

Very few RB's are as physically gifted as Richardson was. But, there won't be any drop off in the running game this year. Lacy is very good. He may be more PHYSICALLY talented than Ingram was. Ingram had good vision and just refused to be tackled. Lacy seems to have good vision too, and has probably been our most explosive runner the past two years. I don't know the stats, but I'm willing to bet that he had more 10+ yard runs per carry than either Ingram or Richardson had. I know some will say it's because Lacy got his carries in garbage time, blah blah, but he got a lot of those carries in the course of the game.

I don't see Lacy as a dancer. He shoots straight ahead into traffic then starts spinning like a mofo. He often spins right out the other side into the open.

I'm not as excited about Fowler as I once was. After seeing him carry the ball some, he just doesn't excite me. I think he will be a good back and will do well as the backup. I agree with what someone else said about him looking like Su. Alexander. I don't mean to say he's that good - he just has a similar running style, although bigger and a little slower.

Dee Hart. I haven't seen enough of him to know, but he seems like a smaller (not as small as some think) Richardson. He probably has quicker feet than the other guys.

Yeldon. We don't know yet, but judging by his build, I don't think he'll ever be a true power runner. Kind of makes me think of Glen Coffee. Could be a great back, but to my eye, just isn't built like a prototypical RB.