Guice should have had 100 yards receiving last night.

Eventually when your QB has shown all year he doesn’t have the arm to complete that throw you start using that route as a diversion and hit the easier throw.

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i dont think you know how progressions work

if Chark has 3 steps on the defender 30 yards down field, you never get to that last progression which was Guice in the flat. You throw it to the guy wide open down field

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Thank you, Lester.

I've been shaking my head at all these posters that have harped on the play early in the game where Guice was uncovered. The first read on that play, Chark was running well past the cornerback. The read was correct, the throw was suspect.

This is the absolute truth. Stretch the field, and give the flat room to run

It’s not that one play. Bama left the check down uncovered all night because they know Etling never goes to it. He throws to his primary come hell or fricking high water. The plays last night were beautifully designed but we only execute a 1/3 of what is capable.

No not SHUT UP!

Quick passes over middle (to running backs) behind the rush tends to slow down the rush.

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i dont think you know how progressions work 

if Chark has 3 steps on the defender 30 yards down field, you never get to that last progression which was Guice in the flat. You throw it to the guy wide open down field

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This is correct but you are also overlooking another factor to this situation. If Etling could read a defense properly presnap, he would have known from the defensive alignment that Guice would have been uncovered right off the bat. The deep ball to Chark took a few seconds to develop. Had he read the defense correctly presnap, his first read immediately becomes Guice out of the backfield.

they had 7 catches for 36 yards, how do you deem that open 90% of the time?

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if Chark has 3 steps on the defender 30 yards down field, you never get to that last progression which was Guice in the flat. You throw it to the guy wide open down field

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Only problem is DE underthows the deep ball all the time.

It could have been a busted coverage but if I remember correctly, Alabama blitzed an extra defender on the play, leaving Guice unaccounted for. This is also why Chark had one on one coverage against him with a single high safety over top.