Actually he started playing better in the State game and carried that over to Bama. He was adjusting and making very few mistakes, hence the lack of turnovers and high completion percentage. Against LSU and UF he was trying to do it all by himself and it burned him. Against Bama he adjusted and started making the throws to the open guy once Bama took away his ability to run.

Sumlin's offense isn't unique, that's true. The key to any HUNH though is having a QB that has it down cold and can call the plays at the line when he sees the mismatch. That's why you often see Sr QB's come in to start in HUNH offenses that aren't particularly talented but put up huge numbers, Nick Florence at Baylor last year was a good example. Johnny wasn't really doing that until late in the season, up until then he was just playing Superman and it cost him several times.

They are also absolutely working on his pocket passing game. He wasn't allowed to run in practice or the Spring game at all, they were forcing him to stay in the pocket. That's all he worked on with George Whitfield as well including drills where they would blindfold him and throw timing patterns to a space. It's not because they aren't going to let Johnny run this season, it's just they want to develop his other skills to be just as deadly.

Johnny's passing ability is very underrated as is his arm strength. He throws the ball with a lot of touch and that sometimes makes his passes look softer but he can muscle it when he needs to. The guy also has huge hands that give him great control over the ball.

I do agree that getting pressure on Johnny by blitzing is the best method against him as is the 3 DL Zone look. That said it leaves other options open when you do that. In spite of losing Swope he will also have better overall talent around him this year than last. Cam Clear at TE and RSJ at WR give him 2 more 6'6+ targets to go with Evans. The Ags have speedsters at WR to burn. Then he has 4 quality RB's all with different styles, all of which can catch the ball. So it really comes down to confusing Johnny and getting him to make the wrong decision on what is the right option on each play.