If this Alabama football team is supposed to be more of the vintage variety, which vintage are we talking?
Alabama, during Saturday’s spring game, didn’t mimic the 2009, ’11 or ‘12 Crimson Tide teams that won national championships behind road-grading offensive lines, bruising tailbacks, stingy defenses and efficient quarterbacks who steered their team away from mistakes.
On A-Day, Alabama’s top two quarterbacks threw interceptions on consecutive plays, its offensive line got worked over too often and its receivers dropped too many passes.
Alabama’s offense clearly remains a work in progress under first-year coordinator Tommy Rees, and that’s putting it nicely.
“Who can play winning football? That’s what I’m concerned about. You’ve got to eliminate the bad plays. We had too many bad plays,” coach Nick Saban told the SEC Network after getting his last look at his team this spring.
In recent seasons, Alabama became known for quarterback excellence, as the Tide…
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