How will Navy Football fare with new head coach Brian Newberry?

Can the Navy Football rushing attack get back to form?

The staple of the Navy football offense is the triple-option running game. The offense has stagnated over the last few years because the running game has not been up to snuff. For four of the previous five years, the Navy has averaged under 300 yards per game and less than five yards per rush.

The staff has tried to incorporate other concepts in the offense — including some shotgun read-option –, but it has not galvanized an offense that hit its stride in 2019.

Longtime Kennesaw State coordinator Grant Chestnut comes to Annapolis to add some layers to the Midshipmen offense. Chestnut is a triple option disciple, but he does use some spread concepts in the system. What Navy football needs is one quarterback who can run the entire system.

Xavier Arline, Tai Lavatai, and Blake Horvath are vying for the starting quarterback job. There are a lot of receivers that have experience in the program. How many of them fit the scheme Chestnut wants to run?

Daba Fofana and Anton Hall return to lead the running game, along with whoever wins the quarterback job.

Where the Midshipmen need to show improvement is the offensive line. There are two issues with this. First, the rules on chop blocking affect the option run game, and they might not be good enough to protect the quarterback in pass protection.