that set up, Saban’s QB doesn’t have to be a “bombs away” free wheeling passer but an astute game manager who doesn’t turn the ball over and can make plays through the air when he has to. Such players though rarely shine in the pro ranks, which is why they’re seldom even drafted these days (e.g Blake Sims, the 2014 starter for the Tide wasn’t taken in 2015). McCarron’s been the only one of note from there to be drafted in recent years and despite his two National Championships for Saban, he’s never been more than a back up in the pros.There have been some decent QBs from there down the years (Bart Starr, Kenny Stabler and a certain Joe Namath to name but 3), but the current system
Nick Saban runs is built around a power run-orientated offense and a ferocious defense. In
