re: Jalen Hurts' average completion through the air is 3.1 yards through the first three games

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And the guy who would've started if we benched McElroy won 2. It's legit difficult to say bench was wrong then... or now.

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There is no one arguing that McElroy in his prime was better than McCarron in his prime. You ask any Alabama fan who the better QB was and almost to a man they will tell you McCarron was. But that doesn't change the fact that while McElroy was the starter he threw for nearly 5,500 yards, completed 66% of his passes, threw 37 TD passes, and only 9 interceptions.

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Bama is never going to win a national championship with Hurts at QB if he continues to play this way.

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don't berate this guy too much....he is a work in progress and has some very good characteristics that every coach wants their QB to have. Its true, he is not a down the field passer just yet, but if he ever does refine his passing game then he is going to look like CAM NEWTON part 2....updykes can win with this kid because of how he handles the pressure and how he can win a game with his legs

I hate to say it but for the most part I agree with you. Other than the occasional deep ball to Ridley, defenses have no reason to respect our pass game and have just about shut down our HB's. Our only effective offense right now is Hurts running the ball. And it is not because Hurts is so amazing or that everyone else sucks. It's Hurts' limitations as a passer that has caused this. And your starting QB being your primary rusher with a true freshman as a backup is not usually a path to a national title.

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It sounds racist but it's actually very common for black QBs for whatever reason. I think it has to do with expectations.

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Well, it IS racist. The trend is true for most dual-threat QB. Young dual threats often start relying on their legs too much.
It's more pronounced on lesser teams because they end up under pressure and go to their legs quicker. It takes time, experience, and good coaching (all things Hurts SHOULD be getting) to overcome those tendencies.

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And that's the difference between the OP, you, and people like me. Blake Sims could open up the offense. Sure. But of the two, which QB got us to the National Championship Game? Like Hurts who came after him, Sims was bottled up by defenses with a pulse. If Amari Cooper wasn't open Sims generally didn't know what to do with the football.

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If Sims had played Washington in the first round instead of OSU, he goes to the national title as well. And, IMO, Sims beats Clemson because our D would not have had to defend 99 plays and be completely gassed by the end of the game. Our D was destroying Clemson until they got tired. The D got two turnovers, which Hurts turned into a whopping 3 points. Hurts being a horrible passer lost us the national title game. Plain and simple.

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have just about shut down our HB's

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No one besides Steve Sarkisian has come close to shutting down our HBs. This is absurd.

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You guys would win just as much with most of the starting QBs in the conference . Just like last year and when Sims was the QB . You will run into a team with similar talent and they will beat you because your QB can't pass the ball. We seen it in the playoffs last year.

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Exactly. When every single player on your team was a member of the #1 recruiting class, you can no longer judge a QB simply on how many games he wins. You judge him based on whether he is contributing to the team, rather than holding it back. On whether he can be the difference maker in a close game where things go wrong. Can he win the biggest game against the toughest teams? And Hurts is not that guy. He has made the offense predictable and is holding back everyone else. He has NFL receivers who can't get the ball. 5 star HB's who can't find running lanes because the D does not respect him.

But now he is our QB and is our only practical option since Saban let Kiffin convince him to start a true freshman, which caused every single QB on our team to transfer.

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Hurts gave us the lead with just over two minutes to go in the game. You can't blame him for coming through in the clutch.

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That would be like if I sucked at my job most days, was generally unreliable, held back other employees, and then at the very end, just before my performance evaluation, I finally did something right. Does that make me a good employee?

Bama does not need that 4th quarter run if Hurts had been even an average QB in that game. And a D with no legs is not having to defend it's 90th-99th play on the last drive if Hurts had been able to sustain drives for the other 58 minutes of the game. Look at everything that went wrong with that game and anyone who can take off the crimson goggles can see exactly what the problem was.

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That would be like if I sucked at my job most days, was generally unreliable, held back other employees, and then at the very end, just before my performance evaluation, I finally did something right. Does that make me a good employee?

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You'd have a point if Jalen Hurts had sucked for most of the year. The fact of the matter is, he was the SEC Offensive Player of the Year in 2016.....as a TRUE FRESHMAN. He threw for for over 2,700 yards and rushed for almost 1,000 more. He was responsible for 36 total TDs - a single season record at Alabama.

Yeah...he struggled in the final three games of the year. But I wonder how much of that was due to his offensive coordinators. One was actively searching for a job while the other's heart wasn't entirely into it.