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Kalen DeBoer’s assessment of his running backs should have Alabama fans concerned

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With Jam Miller out for Week 1, the Tide will need another running back to step up, but the coaching staff hasn't seen it yet in practice.

Alabama Running back Richard Young | Gary Cosby Jr. / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

It’s been mostly smooth sailing for Kalen DeBoer’s Crimson Tide heading into the head coach’s second season at the helm, but there have been some choppy waters along their path to Tallahassee for a Week 1 matchup with Florida State. The roughest seas came when starting running back Jam Miller dislocated his collarbone in the second and final scrimmage of fall camp, an injury that will keep him out for at least Week 1.