And the quoted statement holds true in regards to your quote about Milroe beating out Simpson as they weren't running the same offense.
"We’re not necessarily a Jalen Milroe offense right now," Grubb said. "Just, Jalen was a super talented runner, and that was probably a part of the game plan every week, and was smart last year by the offensive staff. So I think that’s probably the biggest difference.”
Milroe's athleticism was his greatest strength - building the offense around that always made sense. Unfortunately, the offense became too stale and too predictable down the stretch of the season, particularly as Milroe began to struggle even more in the passing game as time wore on.
Things will be different this year. Grubb was brought in as the offensive coordinator to replace Nick Sheridan. He won't be reinventing the wheel - it's still the Kalen DeBoer offense. But it will feel almost like an entirely new system for Alabama fans. With Simpson at the helm, Grubb will call the offense more true to what they ran at Washington, and not the hybrid system they ran last year to take advantage of Milroe's skills.[
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The "Milroe offense/concepts" was more of a college game offense due his explosive talent and what was said to be his struggles reading defenses and processing information. The offense under Simpson went back to more of an NFL type offense. Thus, and I quote myself in repeating that
Milroe's NFL projection has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not Simpson should have been able to beat him out in college.And again, I still question the legitimacy of this so-called competition with Milroe coming off a good year coupled with his loyalty to Bama/DeBoer after many players left when Saben retired. Even when Milroe struggled he wouldn't pull him.
I have no idea whether Simpson is going to pan out with the Rams or not. I hope so. But the entire exchange from my viewpoint has been my offering context and/or questioning what I deem to be bad information.
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"Stock up, stock down stuff is a creation of the media," Bill Polian, Former Colts Team President.
