Most Important Units

#1 Offense- Offensive Line
#2 Defense- Front 7
#3 Defense- Secondary
#4 Offense- QB
#5 Offense- RB Corps
#6 Offense- Receivers/ TE's
#7 Special Teams- FG, Punt, PR, KR

Obviously all are important, but #1 and #2 helps everything else immensely. Not so much the other way around.

1. Defense- Front Seven
If the other team only scores 10 points, then you only have to score 11.


2. Special Teams
Determines field position, and knowing you can get 3 points from the 35 yard line guaranteed means you can be riskier on 3rd down just outside the redzone. Also, kickers are usually the highest scoring player on the team.

3. Offense- Offensive Line
Makes everybody else better.

4. Offense- Running Backs
Running backs make quarterbacks better, not the other way around, so this unit is ranked above.


5. Defense- Secondary
Nobody ever won a championship with the shittiest secondary in the division.

6. Offense- Quarterback
With stellar defense holding opponents to low scores, good OL to give you time, good running backs, and great special teams for field position and long field goals in a pinch, you don't need a world beater at QB. See Tim Tebow. And on the converse, see Johnny Football, a badass, with great recievers, but defense sucked and he never finished above 3rd in his division.

7. Offense- Recievers/TE
You don't have to be the fastest, you don't have to be the tallest, you don't have to get yards after the catch. You just have to catch the damn thing, which is kinda a prerequisite to being a receiver. If all you do is catch it and fall down in bounds, you can be on a championship team if all the above falls into place.

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1. Front 7, specifically inside. Nick Fairley was the reason Auburn beat Oregon. Great defensive tackles are the key to a great defense. Look at the DT position on all of the SEC teams that won a national title over the last decade.

2. Offensive line. Even average QBs can shine with a great group up front. You don't get a scholarship to play QB in college if you can't make accurate throws with all day to do it.

3. QB. Often the difference between great teams and elite ones.

4. Special teams. Hidden yardage is an overused cliché, but having great kickers helps both units a good bit. The return game helps with field position.

5. Secondary. Having a great secondary is nice, but they can't cover forever. If the pass rush isn't getting home, these guys are helpless.

6. WR/TE. It was hard to put this so low. A great WR can blow the top off of a cheating defense and a great, versatile TE allows you to get very creative on offense if you choose to do so.

7. RB. Having a great RB is a luxury these days. Tevin Coleman had an all world season at Indiana and their offense was still awful. Wisconsin had Melvin Gordon and Corey Clement and lost their conference title game 59-0.

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I agree with all of this, maybe switch secondary with special teams though. I have seen the secondary blow more games than I care to count.

Not sure,look at our team in 2012.Outstanding QB and RB play,pretty good at WR and TE.OL was above average.

Front 7 was very bad (performance wise not talent wise with exception of Jarvis Jones)Secondary was above average.

Granted,not the Bama model but we weren't that far from a NC.

Nick Fairly may have played a big part in AU's victory over OU but stat wise it was one of the worst defenses ever to win a SECC

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Nick Fairly may have played a big part in AU's victory over OU but stat wise it was one of the worst defenses ever to win a SECC

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It was a bad overall defense but their ability to get pressure up the middle without blitzing (mostly because of Fairley) completely stuffed Oregon's run game and made them one dimensional.

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Imma gonna go with my unit

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