Joel Klatt heaps praise on Alabama QB Ty Simpson for recent form
By Jyesha Nance
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The Alabama Crimson Tide have looked like a completely different team from the one that traveled down to Tallahassee, Florida, and lost 31-17 to the Florida State Seminoles to begin the season.
Notably, quarterback Ty Simpson has been an efficient passer in the Crimson Tide’s last 2 wins. In Alabama’s 73-0 win over UL-Monroe in Week 2, Simpson completed 100% of his passes (17-of-17), throwing for 226 yards and 4 touchdowns with no interceptions. Simpson almost mirrored the same results in Alabama’s Week 3 win over Wisconsin, completing 24 of his 29 attempts for 382 yards, 4 touchdowns, and no interceptions.
These outstanding numbers have not gone unnoticed, and on Thursday, FOX Sports’ Joel Klatt weighed in on Simpson’s recent performances.
“He has played some of the best football in the country the last two weeks,” Klatt said during an appearance on The Next Round podcast.
“I don’t want to play Alabama right now. If Ty Simpson is protected, he will carve you up. The whole issue with Florida State is their [Alabama’s] offensive line played absolutely bootleg, and now they’re protecting Simpson. When he’s protected without pressure, he’s almost 80% – I think he’s 76% – throwing the football, and it looks really good,” Klatt said.
Simpson is currently one of the top 5 passers in the SEC with 862 yards through the first 3 weeks of the season. He’s behind John Mateer of Oklahoma (944), Joey Aguilar from Tennessee (906), Marcel Reed from Texas A&M (869), and Taylen Green from Arkansas (866).
