re: I feel bad for Jalen Hurts

Hurts does not *suck* at QB and he is not a bad passer. He does not execute the passing tree they ask him to run all that well. If he had been turned loose as a runner and been allowed to run the read and midline option like I thought he would he would have been a more effective passer throwing off the bootleg and waggles. Unfortunately, when Bama's defense was decimated by injuries he was asked to pass more as a pocket passer. When the playoffs rolled around he was asked to do less because the defense was back to full strength but he went up against two good defenses who had time to prep for him.

It's a moot point now because his confidence is shot. And he's probably not going to get a shot at getting it back. But he is a high character and high class kid who stepped in under unbelievably difficult circumstances and has done well. Unlike some I don't place either of the two career losses on his shoulders.