re: Defensive strategy against Alabama if Tua plays

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Gotta be able to run both man and zone and disguise the coverage against Tua so he is forced to hold the ball and make reads. If he knows where he’s going with the ball every play we have no chance of slowing that offense down. At the same time you have to get home fast with pressure/stop the run to get them off schedule on 2nd and 3rd down.

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It's fine to run zone here and there. I'm suggesting it's a bad idea to run it almost exclusively. We don't have the pass rush to stop them from just dinking and dunking all the way down the field.

Running a man to man does not give a QB the ability to know where he's going with the football on every play. If you cover the receivers, who does he throw to? And I know that won't be easy, but my point is I believe it's better to give your corners a chance to make plays than for them to sit back and get picked apart like they did at Texas.

Throwing in a zone here and there is one thing.