Chase Young out of the Draft

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(12-20-2019, 05:46 PM)Au165 Wrote: Again, I don't really think there are. It's not just "every team plays scrub teams" they play 4 every year outside of the conference, and considering most league require 9 conference games instead of the SEC 8 that definitely adds to it. They surrendered far too many big plays, not just for an Bama defense but for any defense. Essentially anytime they played an offense who was in the upper half nationally they gave up 23+ points.

Against LSU and Auburn, they got waxed, but the scores in the other games can attributed to letting up with the game in hand.  Ol Miss but 31 on them, but bama was up 45-10 in the 3rd.  South Carolina was down 34-13 before scoring 10 in the 4th.  A&M scored 15 late after falling behind 34-13.  They are not a National Title level defense, but they are not bad compared to all of D1.  If they win the SEC, they're automatically going to the CFP, so there's not the motivation to hold the score down to help compensate for potential losses

To me, the 8 conference games is offset by the SEC still being the toughest conference on average year after year.