re: Pretty amazing stat regarding Surtain and Jobe from Saturday night

I’m with you. Hey you never know, they probably got better coaching in high school last year and haven’t had long enough to have been completely polluted by Golding yet.

Watching the Saints game right now; have not seen either team (nor any other NFL team for that matter) “mush rush” the quarterback. I know you can’t really compare, but these dudes go after the QB EVERY. SINGLE. PLAY. It’s so infuriating to watch our guys dancing around side to side, instead of going after the QB.

Makes me wonder if Saban does this out of fear of the linebackers being so far out of position every play that the QB will just slip and take off for 15-20 every time he drops back. I know that’s the idea behind it, but I just wonder how much that influences the decision to do this; if our linebackers were studs at playing in space, would we ditch the mush rush bullshite?

The hell does it matter if they all out blitz every play ? Once we get three defenders in the backfield not a single one of them can manage to tackle the QB or RB.

It's maddening... its as if they have no idea how to take proper angles, tackle, or use the sideline as a defender

It's bad

Now that, I’ve got no clue. The defense plays with zero swagger. Zero intensity. Zero fire. Whatever you wanna call it, they don’t have it. Not an ounce of it. They are like zombies walking around out there,

Even if you’re getting whooped, if you care and have any pride, you at least show emotion. They mope around and just accept defeat. fricking ridiculous. There are so many players from past teams that would probably have had tried to literally kick some of the current players’s asses on Saturday night.

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The defense plays with zero swagger. Zero intensity. Zero fire. Whatever you wanna call it, they don’t have it. Not an ounce of it. They are like zombies walking around out there,

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This is due to the philosophy of reactionary defense instead of attacking defense.

Our defense never had more swagger and intensity than with Pruitt. It’s no coincidence that he was also our most aggressive DC. The reason I love an aggressive, attacking defense is because of the psychological effect it has on the players and the opponent when they’re getting knocked on their arse every play

Didn’t Saban adopt the mush rush for QB’s like Newton and Manziel that will kill you if they get outside containment? We aren’t facing many QB’s that can run it that well so throw the damn mush rush in the trash. It ain’t working and it ain’t affecting the QB. Turn the DL loose and spy the QB if he’s mobile. There’s not many QB’s on our schedule that can outrun Moses, Harris, and Anderson.

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Didn’t Saban adopt the mush rush for QB’s like Newton and Manziel that will kill you if they get outside containment? We aren’t facing many QB’s that can run it that well so throw the damn mush rush in the trash. It ain’t working and it ain’t affecting the QB. Turn the DL loose and spy the QB if he’s mobile. There’s not many QB’s on our schedule that can outrun Moses, Harris, and Anderson.

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This is kind of what I was getting at with my post about watching NFL teams go after the QB. None of these teams mush rush Newton, Lamar Jackson, etc. Now obviously these guys are much better at throwing the ball than the majority of QBs Alabama will face.

We always talk about our “NFL” like scheme on defense, but I have never seen an NFL defense rush the QB at half speed and dare him to throw. The new game has bred quarterbacks that can run and pass, and I think Saban’s ideology of contain contain contain is a little outdated. It might work against the guys that aren’t great passers, but that is becoming pretty rare in today’s game.