Alabama football's offensive performances through the past two weeks have been lackluster, a dread that has been felt in the absence of Ryan Coleman-Williams.
Coleman-Williams had arthroscopic surgery to repair a meniscus injury, per ESPN. He also has a head injury suffered in Alabama's 20-17 loss to Georgia. Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer said Coleman-Williams is one of five players "in the same boat" of being evaluated week-by-week.
"Ryan is also – again, all these guys are kind of in the same area, in the same window," DeBoer said. "I would not expect them to be practicing all week long, but, you know, we'll kind of see as the week gets to the end what that looks like."
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The Crimson Tide totaled 147 receiving yards off of 19 catches in last week's 26-10 loss at Tennessee, dispersed fairly evenly between Rico Scott, Lotzeir Brooks and tight end Marshall Pritchett. Scott led the Crimson Tide with four catches for 54 yards, while sophomore Derek Meadows was what offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb said was the highest workload change among the corps, playing in upwards of 50 snaps.
Grubb, however, was not satisfied with the amount of time senior transder Noah Rogers saw the field.
"Honestly, when I heard how many snaps he got after the game, I was a little bummed," Grubb said. "Some of that was just due to lack of length of drives, just not being sustainable and staying on the field, poor performance on third down. So that part was a little bit tough."
Freshman Cederian Morgan was also nursing a hamstring injury the week leading up to the Tennessee loss. Missing a couple days of practice affected how capable he was of seeing the field.
"It was a little tougher to get him out there," Grubb said. "He was going like crazy trying to get himself ready. He's a tough kid, but he had that thing wrapped, and we were just a little hesitant on how much he was going to be able to do."
As the Crimson Tide finds itself riddled with injuries deeper into the season, gaps will need to be filled to contribute to a productive offense. Coleman-Williams remains pending, recording 23 catches for 415 yards and four touchdowns through six games so far this season.
"It's tough not having Ryan there," Grubb said. "He's such a present and a positive influence on the players, and just a calming kind of guy just to get the guys going a little bit."
Amelia Hurley covers high school and college sports for The Tuscaloosa News and USA TODAY Network. You can find her on X at ameliahurley_ or reach her at ahurley@usatodayco.com.
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