earl campbell is 57 years old; do you really want him running the football for us?
earl campbell is 57 years old; do you really want him running the football for us?
You guys need to keep in mind we had plenty of depth at this position. But we lost our "starting" running back in the first game of the season. I think RB is actually one of our deeper positions. We were just unfortunately starting our 3rd string back for this game. This isn't a long term problem imo.
I don't think a lot of people consider RB "depth" an issue. Our depth at every position is in a similar situation. We will see whether our entire team steps up in all respects on Tuesday. I hate to get ahead of the immediate, but the next serious test of repairing what I saw this past Tuesday, will be the next away game.
Unless you're a Top 15 team depth at evey
position is and can be an issue. Teams like Alabama may have backups that are better than most teams starters.
True. But, depth at skill positions is more a function of raw talent. Depth at lineman is talent AND coaching. Alabama is great on depth on all accounts. They are unique to a great extent, even in the upper echelon of the SEC. Coaching being just as big a factor as talent.
Regardless of where UL stands, the point is that we are probably, as are most SBC teams, more apt to be weakened by depth on the lines of scrimmage. UL has a healthy starting line, a good QB, good RBs, and great WRs. We aren't in a good excuse state at this time.
We had our best year, last year, with Harris and Griffin producing most of our ground game (better decision making could have Broadway producing just as many positive QB runs as Gautier). Q is a LB. He's better there. Harris and Reed are perfectly adequate for our ground game. If I'm concerned about injury impact and depth, it is in many places greater than RB.
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