“Specialists were really good today,” head coach Nick Saban said after Saturday’s scrimmage. “[Griffith] was really good today on field goals.”
Griffith was 5-for-5 on Saturday with ?several over 40 yards. He missed one field goal in a rain-soaked first scrimmage.
Special teams has plagued Alabama recently, with several kickers missing high-profile kicks and an erratic punt team. Saban said he expects this year’s unit to improve and Griffith to develop well if he can ?handle the pressure.
“As long as he doesn’t have the whole world evaluating every kick that he misses and the guy has to read the Internet and, you know, go see the psychiatrist because he gets criticized for every kick that he misses, I think he’s got a chance – a really good ?chance,” Saban said.
Even if Griffith does miss a few, Saban said it’s the team’s responsibility to pick him up.
“If he doesn’t make the kick, we have to overcome whatever we have to do as a team so that it really doesn’t matter,” Saban said.
