PrimeTimePlaya

I have yet to post anywhere about the QB situation but here goes:
Blake - has done a phenomenal job so far with what they are asking him to do. He is definitely a leader on this team and teammates look to him for leadership. Great all around guy who has put in the work and puts the team first (as evident of him running out and congratulating Coker). My concerns are can he push the ball down the field. Some believe he can and some believe he can't. But honestly have we ever seen him push the ball down the field? The non believers are not going to believe it until they see it. I read a lot of comments that he makes good decisions. I don't know if I have seen him make any decisions. They basically pulled the huddle from him to take that part of the game away from him because it helped him play better because it takes one less thing away that he has to do ( less to screw up). He gets one play call from the sideline with basically no checks(again no decision making). Locks on primary target and delivers the ball but does a great job of getting the ball to the person the play was called for. Still no decision making. Sims also can make playa with his feet and did a good job in WV game keeping his eyes down the field once he scrambled out if pocket. With the playmakers Bama has we can compete for the win in every game. Tougher defenses may take a lot of the short throws away and that is when we will see if Blake can get the job done with down field throws. But as if right now he is the one more comfortable on the field.
Coker - all the physical tools in the world. We finally got to see him action. Was very rusty and came in with more hype than any Bama QB ever. I don't know if anyone could live up to those expectations. He can push the ball down the field and he can throw the 15-25 yard routes anywhere in the field. I likes seeing him move the chains a couple times in third and long with comebacks and crossing routes in middle of the field. He definitely got better as the game went along. Saban has said the thing he needs the most is confidence. The only way he is going to gain confidence is to play. The play book definitely changed when he came into the game. He does have more work to do mentally to gain the trust of the staff to be in the game when the game is on the line.
I feel the coaching staff believes he will give them the best chance to win if he can continually progress. If not they would be working Blake every rep to prepare him. If Coker hasn't progressed enough to take complete control of the position by Florida we will then start seeing the zone reads with Blake which is another dimension of his game we haven't seen this year. Even if the play is predetermined for sims to keep or give which is a lot of how the barn used Marshall last year.
With all that said I believe Coker will give Bama the best chance at a title if he continues to develop. Not to say that Sima can't so it but I definitely feel the odds are better IF Coker continually develops. Now I'm not rooting against Blake at all. I root like hell for him when he is out there and root like hell for Coker when he is out there too. So all the racist bullshite that is directed at posters who say they want Coker to win the job is absurd. True Bama fans just want to win whoever is on the field. True Bama fans also love Blake Sims for everything he is and everything he has done for Bama.
TLDR I know I probably wouldn't read it all either. Just my 2 cents and since it is the first and probably only time I post on the subject had to get it all in. Haha RTR!!!

I was beginning to think baker was the announcers son.

Since a lot of my fellow Bama fans are trying to find every reason why Bama got beat besides admitting Bama just didn't play well I guess I'll join. Would it not be pass interference on prosch?

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Eligible receivers may initiate contact with a defender within a yard of the neutral zone, but they do not enjoy the same privilege of maintaining the contact for three yards. If they contact a defender within a yard of the neutral zone but drive him downfield, or contact him beyond a yard from the neutral zone, they are guilty of interference, again assuming there is a legal forward pass that crosses the neutral zone.

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I feel good about how Bama is playing. But These 2 teams matches up so well against each other and Lsu has all the tools to get the job done.

It's because everybody in the league is bigger than college kids. That's grown arse men in the nfl.

Bored??? I like watching Bama dominate like they have. I guess all you other Bama fans really loved getting beat by aTm. frick that. Hope Bama has 30 point leads at halftime in every game. I'm just as pumped watching the future stars showcase their talents in the second half. I do understand the question, and after enduring the previous decade pre Saban I enjoy every minute of what Bama football is doing now. This is a run like no other and it won't last forever. Soak it all in Bama fans. RTR!

I expected more out if Pollard based on all the talk during his recruitment. Even "one and done" was being tossed around.

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Taylor was a finalist this season for national Assistant Coach of the Year honors from the American Football Coaches Association.

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Funniest thing I have seen today!

I like the "get to know" segment they have on the Saban Show. Tonight was Coach Rumph and he is definitely top- notch. I have always heard good things about him but the interview with him really impressed me. There is no doubt he is a tremendous asset to have on staff.