re: What happened to the offense last year?

Differences on offense early & later in the season is to be expected. We may not see the true plan until Oct 4 this year. Despite the talk, don't be surprised to not see the TE really involved until the meat of the SEC season.

Need to develop a passing game with our QBs, so expect to throw a lot early, against inferior competition, but that will change once the SEC season begins. They need to be comfortable to throw the ball when needed, not necessarily to score at will.

This staff will have a plan to deceive the Auburn plans from the beginning. The time this staff puts in, in the off season, might surprise many. Before the season begins, their is a game plan in place for each SEC opponent. Course it is updated as the season progresses.

Blocking schemes change week to week; the WR routes are so much option/read, it is difficult to plan for; blitz packages change weekly. Remember a Saban era story, that they named the blitz pkgs. after the states - ran out of states.

Expect an evolution of offense; may not be as wide open, entertaining later as earlier in the season. The objective of each game plan is of course, to win the game, but don't show everything to the next opponent. The fun of it all at the SEC level, is eleven (edit: 13) other teams are doing the same thing.