re: Ford & Benching Lee

I would hardly say JJ had a hot hand

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but have to disagree on Lee. He was terrified in the pocket and needed to be benched. When a quarterback hurries his throws so he can turn almost completely around before getting hit, that is a bad sign that he is too scared to be in there. On the long bomb to Shepard by Jefferson, JJ stood strong in the pocket and delivered the pass with his feet planted even though he saw that he was about to get blasted. JJ needed to be in that game. Lee may have thrown at least a couple more interceptions if we wouldnt have had JJ to go to.

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this. miles made the right move. if JJ had played the entire game, we would have scored more points; not many but more. JJ has weaknesses,the most notable is that he can't locate open receivers but in that game bama locked down our wr's (and we locked down theirs).

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Noted. In my opinion, the decision to keep JL on the bench after his first int may have saved his confidence to come back and win another day. Coach Miles did the right thing for the team in making that decision. JL is not shattered - he's made of stronger stuff than that. And the great thing is that JJ isn't shattered either. And he's been on the bench a lot longer this season than just a half.

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I thought Les managed the game perfectly. He played about as conservative as possible and patiently waited on his D and special teams to make the big plays.

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the decision to keep JL on the bench after his first int may have saved his confidence

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Excellent point. Could not agree more.

It was a good call to pull Lee, I think Les did the right thing.

If anything about the game disappointed me it was the play calling, lee played like lee against pressure, he broke and played with fear. I can't say I expected more based on how he plated against bama and other agressive defenses in the past.

What pissed me off is that you had so many chances to call plays off of what you were doing with JJ with option that it just looked like inept play calling from the past minus the stupid multiple formations when you stuck to just running, then to just straight drop backs or the shot gun.

They could have ran some play action on second and short yardage, they could have ran play action off of that option, where he starts it then he pulls it back for the pass. They could called some play action on that 3rd and short where ware got stuffed, the tight ends and ware could have all Bennett options.

If you gonna play JJ you have to mix it up with him, not just run or straight pass, sometimes pass while making them think you're gonna run him and run when you make them think you're gonna pass. Bootleg, but roll the whole pocket and give him the whole field, not just one guy like they do on there normal roll outs.

There are still games to be lost if you don't mix things up

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JL is tougher than you give him credit for.

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This.

JL knew he was benched because the ALA pass rush and defense are so good you just don't pass on them.

So you rather have kept JL in there and lose? Because that's what it sounds like. Miles has handled the qb situation perfectly and anyone complaining about how they were used last night probably cares more about "his guy" than the team.

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Other than Ford, the rest of the commentary is pure garbage.

The play calling is pure crap and does not set up a quarterback for success.

It's a miracle that we won but I'll certainly take. Every team has a tough outing and this was ours. You have to give credit to Bama's D.

You also have to say that Bama's play selection was better. Put Lee in Bama's offense and he has an opportunity for success.

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What are you smoking this morning?

I like Lee, but he had a very bad outing and hurried throws into coverage on two successive possessions. Miles had to sit him. I have no idea what you're talking about when blaming the play calling.

Cant blame them for benching Lee. He looked like shite. But hopefully, they put him back in next week as starter since thats still our best offense against anyone not named Bama. I dont know if we will though since Les has just been waiting for any chance to get Lee out of there and play his baby JJ 100% of the time for the last 2 years.

The Ford thing is true also. You have success so of course you take him out and try to get Ware the glory TD. Its what cost Les the UK game in 07. He just refuses to let a backup RB outshine the starter. I would not be surprised at all to see Ford punished for playing well in this game and get 2-5 carries a game from here on out. Its par for the course for Les.