Honestly, I don't think we know what's going on in Sim's head when he's at the LOS calling out the plays, and when the ball is in the hand, making reads real quick from left to right and suddenly he locks down his man that might be open the whole time he was looking at him, so.. Its not fair that we're coming down on him hard for staring down the receivers... The TV don't always show the whole field when the play is in the progress. That drives me nuts because I like to see what our WRs/DBs is doing during the progress of the play. One of the thing we have to remember is that he could be using that to his advantage, staring down his receiver, then suddenly throw to another one who is open. but this is another topic for another day.... I think we stick to what's working so far, and Its possible they will try not to open up the playbook unless its needed.
Any new wrinkles to the offense this week?
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I predict that some "new wrinkles" will come out this week vs. Ole Myth - and they won't know what'***** them until it's all over but the crying.
To be honest with you, their really was no reason to look off a safety on that play. Pretty obvious Florida was camping on the run/short pass in that game, very little over the top help. Perfect gameplan.
The one thing we have yet to do this year, establish a power run game , and the TE passing game that goes with it. I think it. Would. Be. Awesome if we did that just to prove they can play any style they wish. Wouldn't that be scary for Dcoordinators moving forward.
Got it. I've only seen him look a few guys off, but we have also had guys running so wide open that it is probably hard not to stare. I hope it isn't as much a problem as you have noticed because that could definitely lead to turnovers.
I'm working from memory, but the times we have done a QB rollout with an option for the TE to run in the flat, it seems that the defense of whomever we've played have had that covered almost every time. That could help account for the low TE receptions this season thus far.
I'm not sure of any new wrinkles. But I'm pretty certain Lane has already watched enough film to pick out any mismatches that may exist on the field in our favor and we'll definitely exploit them.
In the past we always did some self scouting during the bye week. I expect that this was probably done even with the body of work only being 4 games, it should still prove to benefit us as it has in previous seasons. So, yes I expect to see new wrinkles, how they take shape I have no clue.
I think the extra week of practice brings some interesting possibilities. I seriously doubt Alabama departs significantly from how they typically do things leading up to the Ole Miss game, but the extra week allows them to practice and emphasize some things that they might not ordinarily pay attention to.
I'd be surprised if they didn't spend part of that time practing the HUNH. I'm not a fan of it, but... it's basically the two minute drill and you have to practice that anyway. Now, you couple that with the fact that Ole Miss runs it, and Blake Sims might be better suited for it, it seems like a good time to take a step forward in terms of being prepared for it on both sides of the ball.
Me's got-suh feeling the offense will be practicing the zone read that we botched in the UF game. For some reason I don't think we've seen the last of that little thing.
I don't think we've seen the last of the wildcat, either. Florida never respected Dee White on the sweep, and he was motioning towards Blake. There are several options with that formation.
I think it is a work in progress that by the end of the season we'll have it working right.
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PASSING YARDS 335.8 12th
Passing Efficiency:
4 Blake Sims Alabama Sr. QB 4 97 71 2 1091 8 190.8
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WHO Freaking cares about him staring down the receivers? AS long he get the job done, we should be happy! It may be part of the plan, It might be something that's not hurting the team...
The thing about new wrinkles (other than looking older) is that the thicker your playbook is, the less reps each play gets...Often the best teams make no secret of what they're going to do on O, they just do it so well that it's hard to stop...
I would love to see us run some read option right at nkemdiche with Sims and drake.pull the guard to the linebacker and let good decision making and pure speed wear the big boy out. I think we may see Sims more utilized as a runner in this one if he is fully healthy.
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