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Alabama's Offensive Identity Question
Alabama's offensive coordinator faces scrutiny after loss to Tennessee.
In brief
Alabama's offensive coordinator faces scrutiny after loss to Tennessee. Alabama's offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb says the team's identity is getting playmakers the ball in space, but a loss to Tennessee raises concerns about the offense's readability. Originally reported by Alabama Crimson Tide On SI.
Alabama's offensive identity
After a 26-10 loss to Tennessee, fans and analysts question Alabama's offensive identity under Ryan Grubb.
Grubb's offensive identity
Grubb says the team's identity is getting playmakers the ball in space, with strong gap run schemes.
“Our identity is to be able to get our playmakers the ball in space”
Tennessee game impact
Alabama's playmakers were quiet with Rico Scott at 54 yards and Marshall Pritchett at 39 yards on six receptions.
Tennessee tackle incident
A Tennessee defender tackled Marshall Pritchett on a third-and-22 screen play after recognizing the play pre-snap.
Coach DeBoer's response
DeBoer says Marshall Pritchett has a role and identifying him is what Tennessee should do.
“Marshall has a role. He comes in at certain times, and you know, identifying them is what they (Tennessee) should do”
Bye week preparation
Alabama has a bye week before Texas A&M to work on self-scouting and tendencies for the home stretch.
Self-scouting focus
DeBoer says the team can now have detailed information on every personnel grouping and tendencies each week.
“There's so much information each week that now you have just touch of the button almost now from what it was maybe five or 10 years ago”
Here's the gist
Alabama's offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb says the team's identity is getting playmakers the ball in space, but a loss to Tennessee raises concerns about the offense's readability.
