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Wipe your chin. Alabama has seen at least two defensive lines this year on par with or better than lsu, 3 if you count the ones in practice everyday. We're 1-1 in those games. Our offensive line isn't vintage Bama, but the lsu defensive line isn't vintage lsu. Both are talented, neither are exceptional.

I always assume Bama has a good line, it's nearly a foregone conclusion. The complaints about the Bama line seem very similar to the complaints about LSU's secondary. The talent is undeniably there, but they seem to be under performing based on the high internal standards of the particular unit at each school.

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Posted by inadaze

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Posted on 11/4/15 at 5:50 am to beantown

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True, it's very hard to be both big and fast.

Well, it depends on to what extent we're talking about, but yeah, it's rare to have the combination of elite size and elite speed. Even then, for the rare players that are big and do have elite speed, it's still going to be difficult for them to match guys with elite quickness and moves. Especially little guys that are just on a whole different level with their short-area quickness, change of direction, moves, etc. There are a lot of advantages to playing big, but as a general rule, especially on a team level (because there are individual players who are exceptions), at a certain point, as you increase in size, you're going to be giving up things in other areas. Endurance is another area of vulnerability when you play big, and I think that's one of the main reasons that some of Alabama's Defenses have struggled in the past with fast-paced Offenses.

It's not as simple as just running certain plays, though. The critical component is knowing personnel, and attacking specific weaknesses with the right individual matchups.

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