Offense To Beat Bama = Extending Plays

Need a DT vs Bama. Pure simple. Chad Kelley is a dual threat as far as I'm concerned. Mobile QB pure and simple

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Lots of truth about the offensive line under-performing and missed passes by Etling, but extending plays seems to be one of the keys to scoring on Bama.
Not necessarily a dual threat QB, but one that can avoid the rush an extra 4 or 5 seconds. It seems that having Etling roll out of the pocket on some of those pass plays may have let a receiver get free (or make me scream at the ref for more blatant holding). Thoughts?

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Yeah, the QB being able to move around and create something that's not really in the play design has been a key ingredient for offenses that have moved the ball against Alabama.


Alabama's defensive backs play such, tight, aggressive man to man to make sure teams can't hit quick dink and dunk type passes consistently enough to move the chains. So, the weakness is receivers getting separation on deeper routes (or great athletic receivers that can make plays on longer 50-50 balls).

They depend on the rush getting to the QB too quickly for him to make those longer throws.



So, yeah, the really big plays you've see against them this year are mainly somewhat "broken" plays where the QB buys extra time.



That said, those are the same type plays where Alabama creates a lot of game changing turnovers.


LSU's offense was pretty anemic-- I'd add receivers getting enough separation and evading the first tackle to the Oline struggles and Etling missing a few easier looks that LSU desperately needed -- but it's almost like you pick your poison with this Alabama defense.

The game was tied entering the 4th quarter and who's to say that if LSU had Etling scrambling around the pocket to make plays all game Alabama would have been up 28-14 Alabama at that point.

Once Alabama scored and LSU tried to open up and pass down the field more the 2nd or 3rd play was Etling getting hit as he threw resulting in an interception.


The bigger offensive numbers people keep posting from Ole Miss, Arkansas etc were much more than offset by those type turnovers and those games weren't nearly as close as last night.