Alabama DC tells what issues are making it hard for Tide to stop the run

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Alabama football’s defensive coordinator Kane Wommack knows the Crimson Tide’s defense has to get better at stopping the run.

The Tide have given up more than 140 rushing yards in four games this season. Georgia and Florida State both rushed for more than 200 yards against the Alabama defense.

Tennessee continued this trend when it had a solid night on the ground against Alabama on Saturday. The Vols rushed for 142 yards as a team and five of their carries went for more than 10 yards. Alabama’s defensive coordinator Kane Wommack talked about the issues the Tide are dealing with when it comes to defending the run on Monday.

“I think some of the things when we are giving up explosives, particularly in the run game, there are fundamental issues; not leveraging the ball properly, finishing plays, tackling, and there were some things that we got exposed on there that we got to make sure that we’re striving to become better fundamentally,” Wommack said. “And then, ultimately, nobody stays the same. Everybody’s got to find a way to keep getting better, find wrinkles schematically, find things, fundamentally that we can keep improving and play with the edge that we have developed and that we’ve earned as a football team.”

Alabama will be tasked with stopping South Carolina on Saturday. The Gamecocks have statistically the worst rushing attack in the SEC.