Doesn't change very much, IMO. Hurd and Kamara run the same running plays, and there is nothing that I've really seen all year that Jalen will do but Kamara will not.
Obviously Kamara isn't Hurd and isn't going to fall forward like Hurd does or be able to lean on someone and just pick up three yards, but the gameplan itself wouldn't change IMO.
Where I think this hurts Tennessee though may be in the two-back sets. After Kelly you have CFA, and you are thin there and after that. I'm wondering if that is affected.
As far as defenses gameplanning us, I think they may actually have something more to worry about. Kamara can start out in 5 wide and come to the backfield in a heartbeat. He's a much greater threat regularly catching the football out of the backfield than say Hurd is. I would be interested to see if they use Jakob Johnson or Jason Croom as an H back this week to mix things up and still have that pass option to Hurd that we've seen the last couple games.
Nonetheless, he'll be back for Bama, as will Kirkland and maybe JRM (maybe, if they haven't told him to have the surgery).
Obviously Kamara isn't Hurd and isn't going to fall forward like Hurd does or be able to lean on someone and just pick up three yards, but the gameplan itself wouldn't change IMO.
Where I think this hurts Tennessee though may be in the two-back sets. After Kelly you have CFA, and you are thin there and after that. I'm wondering if that is affected.
As far as defenses gameplanning us, I think they may actually have something more to worry about. Kamara can start out in 5 wide and come to the backfield in a heartbeat. He's a much greater threat regularly catching the football out of the backfield than say Hurd is. I would be interested to see if they use Jakob Johnson or Jason Croom as an H back this week to mix things up and still have that pass option to Hurd that we've seen the last couple games.
Nonetheless, he'll be back for Bama, as will Kirkland and maybe JRM (maybe, if they haven't told him to have the surgery).
