How do we stop Ainge?

[crtide]

He's the #1 qb in the SEC. UT has allowed only 1 sack this year. We seem vulnerable to the deep ball. Not knowing Xs and Os, how do we stop him?

 

[SEClover]

He's the #1 qb in the SEC. UT has allowed only 1 sack this year. We seem vulnerable to the deep ball. Not knowing Xs and Os, how do we stop him?

No need to worry about the deep ball. All Ainge does is throw <15 yards/pass, but he does that well.

 

[THE BAMA IRISHMAN]

Execution. :BigA:

 

[SimCastilleFan3]

PRESSURE!!! Thats what we did last year in the first half and it worked!!! If you get pressure on him, he gets rattled.

 

[crtide]

I think you're right SimCastilleFan3, but we haven't been too successful with pressure this year, have we? So, how does that change? What do we do?

 

[AlabamaSooner]

Seems like it's a bad combo with their O-line protection and our inability to get any pressure on the quarterback. I know Saban loves to use different blitz packages, but I think with our depth/personnel this year, doing that as much as Saban would like becomes a major risk. If you bring that many people and we still can't get a hat on the guy, it's trouble in the secondary. I'm sure Ainge will throw Mitchell's way a good bit Saturday. I don't see us getting a lot of pressure on him so hopefully we can play excellent pass defense when they do throw it. If they get the ground game established well, those LBs will probably have to come up a bit more and out of the secondary so a lot will fall on the shoulders of Sim and company. (That being said, I've never played a down of football in my life so take it for what it's worth. :tongue

 

[bamastan71]

I agree but with them only giving up 1 sack all year, thats going to be hard to do. But I thinki CNS and Co will find a way.

 

[Bama1970]

Blitz, Blitz, and more Blitz! D-Line has to have their best pass rush game of the year. O MUST have long substained drives to keep UT's O on the bench. Ainge can't complete a single pass from the sideline!

 

[CrimsonChampion]

Stump Hall is what.

 

[BamaDMD]

I'm not sure about Ainge but we could distract Fulmer with a sack full of Kripy Kremes.

 

[teamplayer]

Execution. :BigA:

I agree. I think we should execute him.

 

[CrimsonNeck]

He's the #1 qb in the SEC. UT has allowed only 1 sack this year. We seem vulnerable to the deep ball. Not knowing Xs and Os, how do we stop him?

My cousin Guido knows somebody that knows somebody that knows somebody that knows Tonya Harding... stay tuned!

 

[FortyYearFan]

Just watched a replay of the UT-MSU game, and it confirmed what I remembered about Ainge.

Plain and simple, if you don't pressure the guy, he'll pick you to death. He's very accurate when he has time to throw, and throws a lot out of a 3-step drop, so he's tough to get to. On the other hand, when someone is in his face, he'll throw it very high and sometimes up for grabs.

RTR

 

[CrimsonNeck]

I agree. I think we should execute him.

Have I mentioned my cousin Guido?

 

[SEClover]

Blitz, Blitz, and more Blitz! D-Line has to have their best pass rush game of the year. O MUST have long substained drives to keep UT's O on the bench. Ainge can't complete a single pass from the sideline!

I disagree, it's better to attack him the way UF did. Not much pressure, but great coverage and they only scored one offensive TD.

 

[SEClover]

Just watched a replay of the UT-MSU game, and it confirmed what I remembered about Ainge.

Plain and simple, if you don't pressure the guy, he'll pick you to death. He's very accurate when he has time to throw, and throws a lot out of a 3-step drop, so he's tough to get to. On the other hand, when someone is in his face, he'll throw it very high and sometimes up for grabs.

RTR

And how many points did UT score? MSU has a pretty good D-line. A lot of pressure will bring draws and screens. Best way is with confusing coverage. UF has been a maste of that against UT.

 

[crimsoncolored]

Maybe we have some stunts that CNS has beed holding back for certain games. Zeke should have a good game.

 

[Bama1970]

I disagree, it's better to attack him the way UF did. Not much pressure, but great coverage and they only scored one offensive TD.

Our coverage hasn't exactly been great though. I say try to get one extra defender in his face and hope he throws the ball high up like in the state game. No doubt this game will take some major adjusting from our D throughout the game, not just at half time, but probably on every offensive series UT has.

 

[Harmost]

On the issue of pressure, don't count on it changing the game in our favor. Their offense's focus on short timing throws nearly negates even the most effective of pass rushes, which ours surely isn't.

We stop Ainge by stopping his wideouts from doing any harm past the catch and/or by some flawless coverage.

 

[Sierra65]

How about limiting his plays and opportunities. The offense will have to stay on the field to win this game.

Oh, and, please no more Simeon Castille blitzes..:banghead::banghead::banghead: