Jalens playoff numbers

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Sorry this thread is disjointed, but I keep getting interrupted. I’m not trying to beat a dead horse here, I’m trying to see just how “efficient” our limited passing has been. I was hoping that perhaps by greatly simplifying and limiting Jalens options, the passing game was at least efficient, but sadly, it’s not.

I’m focusing on yards per attempt and for the season, it’s surprisingly good, ranking 17th in American at over 8 yards per attempt. But the scary part is how precipitously it drops off against the best teams. Against playoff competition, it drops to around 5 yards per attempt which is among the lowest ypas for bowl teams. A good working average is somewhere around 7 yards per attempt. The 2 yards may not sound like much, but it’s actually pretty big. You expect a dip against better teams, it’s only natural. But ours falls off a cliff to reside among teams that run the triple option. It’s frightening and it highlights our struggles in throwing the ball. Not only are we not getting production from passing, we are getting much poorer efficiency, and a ypa only slightly higher than our yards per rush and yards per play. In other words, against the best competition, we are almost just as well off running the ball every play as attempting to throw.

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if you can, add in the number of times he checked to a successful play, pointed out the blitzing defender so it could be picked up and that resulted in a successful play.

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This board is getting absurd. Big reality check tonight.

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This board is getting absurd. Big reality check tonight.

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Jalen will play like he has every other playoff game and we will either win comfortably because of the defense or be in a dogfight at the end?

I think everyone knows what the reality is.

Think you also need to pay attention to the length of field Jalen had in this years Clemson game, which I seem to remember was relatively short, so he is never going to have to big numbers cause we were always starting close to half way.

Not saying I disagree with Jalens production, the number of 3 and outs he has is poor I am sure, but defense is so good that they are only giving him a short field

So we better have a dominant running game and that defense better be dominant. Otherwise we are toast.

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So we better have a dominant running game and that defense better be dominant. Otherwise we are toast.

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Ok, cool. None of these things are lost on anybody on this board. Every other thread has harped on it for roughly 4 months.

You aren't some prophet sent down from above to remove the wool from the eyes of simpletons.

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we better hope they don’t score much

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Yea that'd be a positive

Jalens rushing

UW- 19 carries, 50 yards, 2.6 ypc 0 TD
Clemson- 10 carries, 63 yards, 6.3 ypc 1 TD
Clemson-11 carries, 40 yards, 3.6 ypc, 0 TD

I don’t see it as an equal trade off. That’s just my opinion. I’m not asking Jalen to produce 300 yards and 3 TDs per game. What we need him to do is to find open receivers and hit them with a catchable ball when the opportunity presents itself. That should produce around 200 yards per game in all but extreme cases. Anything less and we are playing with one arm tied behind our back.

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the number of 3 and outs he has is poor

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# of 3 and outs are not entirely on Jalen. 4 called runs after Bo got hurt last year is the reason for the 3 and outs. If we run the ball just 3-4 more times in that 2nd half then Jalen's TD run for the lead happens with about 30 seconds left in the game and he's a legend in the mind of most Bama fans.

I don't think he's a great thrower of the ball, but there is more to playing QB than just passing. And the kid is a leader who gives it all to Bama. Fans should be behind him 100% and then in the spring let the chips fall where they may after an intense QB competition.