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He's a good young qb. And somehow, he's not in the same stratosphere as Russell. if everything is on schedule, he's lethal. If he has to hold the ball and process he becomes very pedestrian. It's the oldest story in football. Womack did a great job of making him play quarterback in instead of just throwing the football.

BREAKING!! 19 year old needed a little time to gather the nuance of playing the hardest position in sports.

Offense

So sloppy. How hard is it to get the play in?? I'll chalk it up to week 1 chaos.

Bad technique on the Oline. 62 yards on designed runs in the 1st half against ECU. Not ok. Spin a replay of the Crowell touchdown and just watch 70 and 77. It's a horror show of poor pad level and not finishing. I'd give the group a C- minus as I was pleasantly surprised at the pass pro.

12 is as advertised. He's not Simpson in terms of understanding what he's looking at pre-snap but you can tell he has the makeup to get there. As a result the ball came out a touch late a few times. Great example, the hole shot to Meadows in the first quarter. That ball has to be out the instant Meadows is even with the low defender. The extra ball pat made it a more difficult play than it needed to be. Beautiful ball though. Otherwise, he did exactly what I hoped to see. Take what they're giving you, don't force anything and if you don't like it, get out of there.

Crowell might have been the best player on the field. Daniel Hill blitz pickup should be hanging in a museum in France. That whole group will enjoy film this week.

A lot of 2TE, I suspect in an effort to juice the run game, but it keeps Brooks off the field. He's too good in space to not be on the field. His snap count going forward will be something to watch.

Defense

I was skeptical of the new additions on Dline. They answered the mail. 99 and 22 dominated the game and I'm not sure either one recorded a single tackle. I just wanted to see them hold their ground. They actually got push.
While keeping the LBs clean. Didn't see one instance of two crimson jerseys in the same gap. Been a while since we could say that.

4 jumps off the television. He might hit the wrong guy. He might hit one of our guys. But he's not bouncing while blockers come up to the 2nd level. Assignment football with violence. I'll take it.

Jets and Miami (sadly) have to go QB and are probably picking 1 and 2. I could see the Raiders and possibly the Cardinals resetting as well. They'll be picking in the top 10. I don't know if Ty wins the Heisman but through 8 weeks he's QB1. The command of the offense. The pre-snap processing. The feel in the pocket. The accuracy. He'll be 23 before the season ends. It's the same arc as Cam Ward. Get a good look at him. He's gonna go make 50 million dollars.

i see barn and mizzou attempting to set a record for most pandas humping and alligator.

man, we got to get some dudes on d line.

the dogs went upstairs. don't think they approve of my behavior. feels like judgement.

Theres no Will anderson on this team. No Tim Williams. At this point I’d settle for Ryan Anderson. But given the talent and stage of development he’s making do.

You can see the philosophy. Feel out opening drive a la game 1 Lebron James. Make an adjustment. Bend more often than we break. Create an opportunistic turnover. Hang on for dear life. Maybe less than ideal. But if someone told you in August that exiting week 7, these guys would be 17 ppg with 12 turnovers you would have cashed those chips and sprinted out of the casino.

Ty Simpson did not win the job. Two coaching staffs determined this. Two years ago he got what few backup QBs ever get. He got an in season opportunity to wrestle the job away from the starter at USF. He had a golden opportunity to send Milroe to the WR room. He came in in the middle of the 2nd quarter and stunk less than Buchner. He was slow. He held the ball forever. He had no idea what he was looking at pre-snap. He throws a much better ball than Milroe, but he wasn't ready to play QB at Alabama. And I think the first person that would agree with all of this is Ty Simpson.

You don't grow into being a D1 quarterback in season normally. It's going to be hard for Pierre to grow into a Sam linebacker in season. There's simply not enough time to teach a player to recognize coverage, defensive fronts, know what protections match the personnel...etc and install a gameplan.

Ty getting his time right now might be the best thing that ever happened to him. He wasn't ready last year and neither was the offensive staff. The offense has been so dysfunctional going back to Bryce Young's last year. No run lanes. No separation. The slowest developing plays you've ever seen. Now look at it. It's not just that Ty is better. It's not just that he trusts his eyes and is processing pre-snap better than anybody in the country. The play design is better. The O line is in sync in pass protection. Every week a different RB makes an instructional video in blitz pickup. Most important, we've got open receivers plural every other play. The play where Ty hits Horton in the hole up the left sideline, Ryan Williams is just as open up the right hash. Everyone is playing faster and surer. And this kid is going to NYC the 2nd week in December.

Bama 52
Vandy 24

Miller runs for 88, TD air and TD ground

ultimate team win. some kids showed up tonight in ways that won't make the highlight reels...

I had to look up Justin Hill. I didn't expect his number to be called and neither did he. He had no idea what he was doing and played his butt off anyway.

Edric Hiil was stout inside when we had to have it. Ok he blown off the ball a time two, but he did just enough to keep the LBs clean.

How about Dijon Lee. Kinda been on the shelf for a bit. I think they finally figured out we were getting beat up on the edge in run support. What a physical kid.