What to make of Alabama’s running game in 2021? This may be a question that is best answered by starting with the negatives, and including the offensive line, before moving on to what the Tide did well. Because, what ‘Bama’s ground attack did well in 2021 was mostly constrained by its many limitations.
What Went Wrong
For a start, it was very hard to sort out exactly what Alabama’s ground game wanted to be — indeed what it could be — behind an offensive line that gave up the second-most TFL in Nick Saban’s Alabama tenure (and the third most in the SEC over the last 15 years).