Comments from former Alabama star show that Bama's offense doesn't fully prepare players for the NFL
Over the last year, there's been a growing narrative that the Tennessee Vols' offense doesn't fully prepare players for the NFL. While there's certainly some truth to the idea that there's an adjustment period for players heading from Tennessee to the NFL, that's something that's true of essentially every player (from every program) that's making […]
Over the last year, there's been a growing narrative that the Tennessee Vols' offense doesn't fully prepare players for the NFL.
While there's certainly some truth to the idea that there's an adjustment period for players heading from Tennessee to the NFL, that's something that's true of essentially every player (from every program) that's making the transition to the next level.
Former Alabama Crimson Tide running back Jahmyr Gibbs, a first round pick by the Detroit Lions in the 2023 NFL Draft, admitted on Sunday at training camp that transitioning to an NFL offense has been an adjustment because of the offense he played in at Bama (Gibbs started his college career at Georgia Tech, by the way).
"At first it took me a while because I'm not used to being in the huddle," said Gibbs on Sunday. "In college, we had all signals and boards and stuff. Over time, everything has been going slower (for Gibbs)."
Every college player is going to have to make an adjustment when they get to the NFL. It happens with players from Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, etc.
The murmurs about Tennessee's offense mostly started because it's how opposing programs have been recruiting against the Vols. Tennessee's offense under Josh Heupel is something that lot of opposing programs don't fully understand (which is why a lot of those programs can't stop it). So the best way for them to recruit against Tennessee is to just muddy the waters with misinformation.
Gibbs' comments show that players not being fully prepared for the NFL out of college is something that's common with all programs.
I mean, if a player is saying this after playing for arguably the greatest college football coach of all time in Nick Saban, it should probably show recruits that the concerns about Heupel's offense are just a bunch of nonsense.
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