Hurts one year to the next

He's alright, but no Nick Fitzpatrick

He's really good. Can't get much better then a QB that doesn't turn the ball over.

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What are his stats against P5 opponents?

Legitimately asking.

I want to gauge his potential performance against Auburn.

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Here's last year stats

How sad is it that I forgot that JJ and JF3 were our QB’s for that game? It was so bad it became a repressed memory

Hurts is really good at intermediate deep throws to the middle of the field. He's also done a good job taking care of the football. However, he's pretty flawed everywhere else. He can't throw to the left. He hasn't even completed a throw to the left over 20 yards downfield this season. His completion percentage under 10 yards throwing to the left is below average (Barely over 50%) as well. Furthermore, his accuracy throwing the ball more than 20 yards downfield is very bad (completion percentage under 30%). He's also been terrible throwing the ball under pressure (35% completion percentage and barely 4 YPA). There's also the fact that he tends to hold on to the ball too long and take way too unneccessary sacks. Alabama can do a lot worse than Hurts but I feel like they can do better as well.

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Yards are stable so far (2016 stats are through 15 games vs. 11 games in 2017).

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It's still pretty obvious you are not throwing the ball as much. I am sure that is by design. The INTS is the stat that jumps out at me the most, though.

Hurts is a really good QB. He will be hard to deal with.

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It's still pretty obvious you are not throwing the ball as much. I am sure that is by design. The INTS is the stat that jumps out at me the most, though.

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Daboll has a differ not philosophy than Kiffin for sure but one thing not considered is how little Hurts has played this season compared to last. There have been multiple games where he sat the entire second half.

Last year he needed the experience, this year Tua needs the reps.

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MSU - 10/18 for 242, 1 TD, 0 INT, 19 for 40 rushing, 1 rush TD

LSU - 11 of 24, 183 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT, 14 for 44 rushing, 1 rush TD

UT - 13 of 21, 198 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT, 2 for 14 rushing

Arkansas - 12 of 19, 155 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 10 for 41 rushing, 1 rush TD

TAMU - 13 of 22, 123 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT, 14 for 56 rushing, 1 rush TD

Ole Miss - 12 of 19, 194 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT, 10 for 101 rushing, 1 rush TD

Vanderbilt - 9 of 17, 78 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT, 9 for 48 rushing

FSU - 10 of 18, 96 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT, 15 for 55 rushing

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Didn't do the calculation exactly, but eye balling it says to expect Hurts to go:

~12/20 for 175, 1 TD, 0 INT, 12 for 50 rushing, 1 TD.

At nearly 16 yards per completion, that tells me he's hitting a long ball or two. He's also not as dangerous with his legs except for escaping the pocket.

He's very much a typical Saban QB. Doesn't lose games. Makes a few good plays per game to keep the offense ahead.

I still feel like he has his best game in him. He misses a few deep balls every game, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him hit them against any opponent. Auburn has had issues defending the long ball if they can get thrown. If Biff told me that Hurts will go 12/14 for 250 with two TDs 60+ yards, I wouldn't be surprised.

Of course his YPA is up as of now, he’s down 180 attempts from last year