ALABAMA
Sophomore QB Tua Tagovailoa was unable to participate in Saturday’s scrimmage, giving junior Jalen Hurts more chances to stake his claim to Alabama’s starting job.
After leading the Tide to back-to-back National Championship Games, Hurts was relieved by Tagovailoa at halftime against Georgia and watched as the then-freshman led an incredible comeback.
That has motivated Hurts this offseason, and following the scrimmage, coach Nick Saban said he has been impressed with Hurts’s improvement as a passer this spring:
Saban on QB @JalenHurts: "Jalen has had a really good spring from the standpoint that we really tried to focus on him developing in the passing game, & he's shown signs of doing that. He has done a really good job. … I think he's done much better at that this spring."
— Alex Byington (@abyingtonTD) April 14, 2018
Passing has always been the knock on Hurts, as he’s a very talented runner. However, the Alabama offense took flight under Tagovailoa, so now the incumbent starter needs to prove his worth.
It’s unclear if Tagovailoa will be able to participate in next weekend’s spring game, but Hurts will get plenty of work and will have a chance to leave the coaching staff with a good impression heading into the summer.
He said the same thing last year. Hurts doesn’t have bad accuracy, he just doesn’t read the field very well. As he masters the offense, maybe that part will improve. Tua has a much more innate ability with that.
I’m not sure tua reads it any better, he just isn’t scared to sling it. Hurts seem to fear making a mistake and so holds on too the ball to long.
Tua showed in limited time that he can easily find his second option. Hurts never showed that. His second option was pretty much just to run.
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I think it was a little more predetermined for Tua. The coaches had him with what seemed to be no more than two reads… even the game winner in the NC game was his first read…
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Tua looked the safety off of his initial read which sealed the deal for Bama. There’s no way Hurts looks off the safety. Hurts has no passing ability, and that hurts us against good defenses. He’s looked lost against every big time defense he has played against. He was mediocre against Clemson both times, and he was below average against FSU, Washington, and Georgia.
Tua looked off the safety but I dont.believe it was a read… He knew where he was going the entire time and the look off helper get him open but there was never any intent to go elsewhere.
hurts is a jr this year right? I find it hard to believe he has improved his passing abilities that much. It can happen, I saw it first hand with Jonathan crompton his senior year but it’s the exception by a long shot. Barring a huge improvement hurts chance to make it in the NFL seems to be in another position. Will be interesting to see how many plays this season have him lined up as a receiver or RB.
Blake Simms did it….
Good to see solid progression from Hurts. I’ve looked around but couldn’t find a good lead on recent news for Tuas injury, saw an article on 247Sports that said he was having a slow come back and is participating lightly in the Spring. They’re both phenomenal QBs and he (Tua) had a great play to deal that deal back in January. What I hope to see is development, I mean we know he’s good but after teams get a look at him and after he gets his groove I want to see what he’s got. There’s a lot that went in to winning that game in the last play and his role was important yes, but just a role. I’m eager to see that develop and for us to see an actual old Bama offense come back. #RollTide. Next.