Re: SIAP....Another autopsy of AJ to TJ from the corndog side...
The only mistake in his analysis that I see right off is that Norwood did not stay in and block. Without benefit of seeing a replay right now, it looks like Norwood may well have chipped the edge blitzer on his side, but he did go out in the pattern and the blitzer over Steen backed out to follow Norwood.
"Staying in" to block doesn't necessarily mean never leaving the backfield. In this case, what he was referring to is whether or not Norwood
immediately vacates the backfield to run a route. Staying in long enough to get a chip block is considered "staying in" to block, at least at the snap.
It's a quick read by the defender, causing him to pick which angle to attack based upon Norwood's initial movement. Norwood's job on that play, as far as the weak-side blitz was concerned, was to delay the outside blitzer just enough to prevent him from affecting McCarron's throw to Yeldon.
He broke that play down perfectly. Everyone, and I mean everyone, on the field on that play did their jobs. It was just a perfect offensive play call, a perfect foil, to the call made by the defense. No one messed up, either for Alabama or LSU. Everyone had their assignment and carried it out just the way it's taught. It was simply a perfect play called at the perfect time.
The only people to blame for that last drive, as far as LSU is concerned, is Miles and Chavis. They didn't necessarily make bad defensive play calls but they were predictable. LSU's modus operandi, in two-minute defense, is to play a bit soft in coverage to keep everything in front of them until you get to around their 30 yard line. Then they get aggressive and start blitzing with 2 or 3 extra guys, counting on their man coverage in the shortened field, hoping you'll make a mistake by taking a sack or throwing up an interception.
Of course, Miles seems to be very reluctant to ever specifically blame himself, almost always passing the buck on to his players.