re: Class of 2015 Recruiting MEGATHREAD - Twilight Edition

I'm kind of enjoying it. I don't even know how much effort will go into trying to get people to look at things in the right perspective.

I am a little surprised that Drake didn't play much though. I mean, Yeldon/Henry did work. But I thought for sure Drake would get 7ish touches at least.

I know, but the hype the past few weeks has been that he'd get used a lot.

I'm sure he'll get more work as the season progresses.

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Everyone was convinced Sims and Coker would split reps as well. People on the interwebs, media included, don't know nearly as much as they think they do 95% of the time. Look at everyone who said our pass rush was much improved. Exceot for 2 or 3 pressures, it was still pretty much a non entity.

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That's what I don't like about the sunshine pumpers. They pump and pump and pump, and if you don't pump with them, you're the enemy.

Then when things aren't exactly... hell anywhere near what they've been pumping, they never own up to anything they did previously.


Anyways, I hope that our pass rush improves. With the players we've signed it is kind of ridiculous to not be able to get pressure on the QB.

Just want to finish off by saying, I've been saying on this board that Sims was the #1. Seems Saban has little to no belief in Coker.

He was probably trying to let Coker down easily by claiming it was so close, just like Jimbo Fisher did with Jameis and Coker's competition.

I will say, I hope Blake progresses as a passer. He stares down his receivers and that has to change.

I agree.

I think it has been mentioned before that these five star recruits feel like they're entitled to play & don't have to work for it. It's not always the case but at times it seems as if some of these five star guys & some of the good 4 star guys are not working hard enough to get off their blocks or are not making the necessary moves from the snap to avoid being blocked. For instance, as highly ranked as reuben foster was out of high school & now into his sophomore yr. he should be further along than he is. Almost as if with his abilities he's not putting in full effort. I've noticed he's not reading plays as quickly as Mosley did when he was a sophomore. In my opinion as of right now, no way should Reuben Foster leave after his junior season. I realize the freshman/sophomore LB's of today havn't played as much compared to freshman/sophomore LB's of the past but with Reuben's skills/athletic abilities etc. he should look better than what he's currently showing. Thank god we have DePriest still or we would really be in trouble.

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How shocked were you that Coker didn't get a snap till a minute was left? He didn't even get to pass the ball.

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Same thing happened when AJ took over, he started and went the distance against Penn St, then the next week when the schedule eased up, Sims was given a chance to win the job.

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Statistics like that tell lies. Trickett for the most part looked comfortable in the pocket. It ain't always about sacks, it's about affecting the area around the QB and making him uncomfortable.

We didn't do a good job of that. Trickett was looking like Joe Montana at times out there. We better improve in this area

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Not really possible with just the line when thr ball is coming out in 2 seconds, only way to get pressure in those circumstances is to be unblocked. What we need comes back to the cbs, they have to play closer in and much more physically, jam the recievrs at the line and disrupt the timing. These kinds of offenses (wv, a&m, ok) are all about timing in the passing game. You get some consecutive incompletions and the wheels fall off, they can't run tempo on you. The other thing that needs to happen is sure tackling in space. You can't let a yard pass become an 8 yard play. Having depriest back coordinating things in the middle will help

We need a CB class of Minkah Fitzpatrick and Kendall Sheffield to follow Tony Brown and Marlon Humphrey to keep from running into another night like last night.