Xavier Griffin

Yeah.

Another area you were hoping to Xavier Griffin would help you, uh, more on a consistent basis.

Now you can point to his usage rate and say, well, that's on Kane, but matchups dictate everything in college and professional football, especially, and, uh, I still think Xavier can definitely help at times in that area.

But is he at a point physically right now where he's going to be one of those guys? Kind of like Tim Williams early in his career.

What does that one say?

Why is Yonze and X Griffin not rushing the pass or more? Two best guys not getting after the quarterback.

I

agree that – now, Xavier Griffin didn't get a sack yesterday, but I watched him some.

He played more yesterday than he'd been playing in the prior games.

And I thought he looked explosive and good, and I do think he affected the quarterback at times.

That's obviously affected things.

I think Yonsei's also playing okay, but yeah, he's capable of more.

He is super athletic.

I would imagine Xavier Griffin is playing spy again in this game, similar to what he did against Mississippi State.

And I love Xavier Griffin in terms of his speed.

Talk about somebody that could have a mid-season signing ceremony, right? It could be Xavier Griffin.

so i think that's point number two number three this is huge for me a wide receiver has to step up oh my goodness who's that gonna be ryan coleman williams right here is it gonna be rico scott is it gonna be lazier brooks is it gonna be derek meadows it's gonna be noah rogers or sudarian morgan who do you think steps up for alabama's wide receivers sound off inside the comment box number four always popular limit the turnovers and the penalties okay They've been pretty good at home, I think, and on the road is a whole different element because of the crowd noise and the stadium atmosphere and all that sort of stuff.

But you've got to limit the turnovers and the penalties.

His absence matters even more because Alabama's pass rush has completely disappeared.

And I think we were hoping on a bigger game from Xavier Griffin, but to be honest, it wouldn't have changed anything against Tennessee.

I think it would have changed stuff against Georgia.

But playing against Tennessee, I don't think Xavier Griffin was that big of a need to actually have an impact on the game.

But Terrence Green, without him, it's created this, in fact, a hole for this Alabama defense, and they can't cover it up.

Yeah, yeah, you could definitely tell that – I mean, Tennessee could pretty much run wherever they wanted to, whenever they wanted to as well, and it was not good.

Look at Luke Metz.

Look at Caleb Woodson.

I'll give you another one.

I'll give you Xavier Griffin.

And I'm not so sure that this is another game that fits him well at this point in his development.

But I do think with Marcel Reed's mobility, you're going to have to account for that.

Now, I don't think of Marcel Reed as like a Jalen Milrow kind of runner in his prime.

He's a good enough runner, and he can extend plays.

But I'll go with another young player, an Xavier Griffin on the defensive side of the ball.

Offensively, it's kind of hard, right, to feel good about some of those candidates coming after what we saw at Tennessee last Saturday, but different week, different matchup.