re: A little over 24 hours later, frustration sets in. The rants of a ranter

I agree with Bama's D. I don't any team would have had success on them last night the way they were playing.

Has JJ ever run the zone read effectively?

I disagree...Lee would have let the ball go.....there is no basis for anyone to say he wouldn't have....go easy on assigning JJ's complete failure to Lee in any manner....Lee would have thrown the ball that is what got him in the dog house in the first place.....For four years JJ holds it and gets sacked Lee lets it go and some good and some bad......

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the more i think about it, the more i believe the coaching staff feared having Jefferson throw downfield into the Bama secondary. Between the line getting good pressure and the array of double coverages, brackets, combo coverages, zone blitzes, i honestly believe the coaching staff was inclined to throw underneath and hope we can break one, and if not, punt and play D.

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I agree with this. That is why I think they should have put Lee in. He is generally better at making reads then JJ and is a better pure passer. Alabama played up to stop the inside run and had DBs play up to stop the option. We needed to go vertical to get them to back off and JJ just doesn't have that kind of ability imo.

I think they were afraid that if they put Lee in to air it out he would throw a pick. It was a risk they needed to take, because Alabama clearly showed they didn't take JJ seriously as a passing threat.

I don't think Bama ever blitzed, they didn't have too. I do think that if they wanted to throw underneath, they should have went to the Shotgun and ran some slants and crossing patterns. JJ looked very confused, but no one can explain why no adjustments to help the offense.

Bama did blitz a few times. They only had to bring 5 becuse they knew our protection schemes. I said last night, and got blasted for it, that bama was bring the #1 and #2 priority of the tackle opposite the back when we were in the gun, because they knew our backs look to help in the middle with the interior lineman, and not the outside.

I don't know if you noticed but did you see those roll outs to the right? How much time did Jefferson have to throw the football? I think 4 at one point. Now Alabama is a damn great defense but NO defense is that good. NO defense is that good to cover recieves all the time the whole time every play.

If they were that good, they wouldn't be in position all the time either. There is ALWAYS a crack.

We did everything right to roll him out outside the pocket, away from pressure. Hell 10 yards from pressure and he doesn't pull the trigger.

7th Ward you hit the nail on the head ... they will be back with a vengance to "take care of unfinished business" Should be big fun next season when Second Chance Sabama comes to BR. Miles has been and will continue to be a thorn in Sabama's butt for a long, long time. He is the only coach that has beat Saban 3 times ... the story line continues ... Woody and Bo remake.

Well we would have stopped trying to run the fricking option with Lee. That right there is reason to want to see him.

The option caught Alabama off guard the first time. To go into this fricking game using it like its the centerpiece of the offense was just insane. "It worked last time and Alabama will never prepare for it and if it seems they have we'll just keep running it!"

This was never an option fricking offense but our staff decided to make it one.