How much do you think Hurts has improved?

His deep ball was ok last year? All I remember was him constantly over-throwing people.

I thought I saw a ton of improvement in that area.

Yeah I think so. When guys were wide open deep, he hit them. That's okay I think. That's basically what he did yesterday outside of the pass to Calvin near the pylon.

His passing has improved. The difference between he and Tua was obvious once Saban took the restraints off of the defense. Hurts made the necessary drive and passes at the end of the game to put the team in position to win. Tua will be the best QB Bama has had in the Saban tenure but he is not ready yet.

A bit. He looked even faster when he went to run it thought.

He's still staring down receivers though.

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Not enough to change anyone's mind. Hurts could start for four years and people will always think he should be better or someone else should be playing. That's the nature of the position.

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Not enough to change anyone's mind. Hurts could start for four years and people will always think he should be better or someone else should be playing. That's the nature of the position.

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That's not the nature of the position. That's the nature of inadequate QB play

His deep ball looked 100x better. His ability to go through his reads when his first option isn't open was sketchy. His ability to throw consistent and accurate intermediate passes is still lacking IMO. In short, it looks like he improved 1 of 3 critical areas. If he can get at least one more before fall we will be in good shape. If he doesn't...Tua may get a shot at some point in the season. Gotta be able to go through your reads and hit open 15-20 yard patterns.

**just as important to our passing game...we need a RT. Womack and Leatherwood both looked like they were wearing concrete shoes. I really though Leatherwood would be more impressive. Hope he develops quickly.

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. Gotta be able to go through your reads

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He has shown zero ability to do this. First option or do the Nick Marshall scramble and A. Hope that the DB's pull off leaving a wide open target or B. Pull it and run.

That's normal for an 18 year old kid learning the college game. The key is seeing progress. Some guys come to college as good as they'll ever be and other guys grow a ton each year. It remains to be seen which Hurts will be. Reading defenses and going through progressions while people twice your size try to decapitate you is difficult, but he has to get there if we want to be champs. The difference between us an Clemson last year was Watson. Heck, he almost beat us two years in a row and would have if not for some heroic special teams plays the first time. He got better and more accurate as the game wore on against the best D in the country. He did that by being great at reading defenses and being an accurate passer. He carved us up like a turkey both years. That's where we need to see Hurts heading in his development. Either that or Tua needs to grow up quick.