re: Rational Speculation: Harris was injured during the Alabama game

You have to be borderline suicidal to even entertain the thought of defending the QB position in a Les Miles offense.

I'm only going to attempt a discussion as it relates to our most recent game. First off, when facing a team last in the conference stopping the run, especially b/w the tackles, I would assume our gameplan to be much what we are accustomed to seeing. Plays right into our hands. But, for some inexplicable reason, we decided to show off our QBs accurate passing skills, throwing 1st and 10, 2nd and 5, etc. This led to some obvious 3rd down pass attempts, which were just as successful as the others.

Mind you, last year, if you recall, Jennings carried the ball for around 130 yards on designed QB keeps. I say keeps, because we don't give our QB an option because we don't trust their read. So, back to Sat night, I would say we ran shotgun w Fournette as the one back about 40% of our running plays, and all were designed read options. Can you tell me when Harris got his first of TWO carries in the game? With 4:12 left in the 3rd Q, Harris kept for a first down run. In all other instances, Harris handed off and carried out the fake w/o a defender being 5-15 yards from him.

Let's say he was injured and not an option to carry the ball. Why handicap your offense that way? Especially when you saw first hand the damage the QB did on the ground vs their defense just last year, using a guy that's sitting on your bench. If Harris could have just had even a couple of early carries, just think how much more effective Fournette could have been if A&M had to respect the QB as a viable running option.

Look, I for one, am done trying rationalize anything Les Miles does w the QB position. He wouldn't know what one looks like, and if he happened upon one, he would be certain to harm him in an unspeakable manner. I'm truly not concerned about losing the Franks kid, because if Miles thought this kid was the answer, there is no doubt he is not.

Injured or not, Harris completed the full Miles transformation Sat night on the 2 pt conversion play. He went full-Jefferson w the aborted, forward pitch pass. You can change the name of the QB, you can change the name of the OC, the production will remain the same under Miles.