MaxPower said:

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OL depth has definitely been Sumlin's biggest area of recruiting weakness. I think the transition into running more from fun n gun resulted in some guys who didn't fit. It's easier to find 1 QB to fit your offense than 5 starting quality OL plus a couple solid backups. The good news is we are developing some young guys this year so hopefully less of a problem in 2017.

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Sumlin s OL problem, in my opinion, is because we cut back on tempo. If you remember when Sumlin arrived, all everyone talked about was Black Death and the conditioning. Our tempo was rapid in 2012 with athletic linemen. After that, our tempo has grinded to a halt, but we're still recruiting the same type linemen. We can't match up with LSU & Bama D-Linemen if we can't match their strength and bulk. How we do beat them is by always being a half second ahead of them and not letting them get fully lined up. That's when those bubble screens, that now go for negative yards or maybe 2 yards because the defense is lined up and sees it coming, get busted open for 5 or 8 yards because the defense is on their heels, not lined up and still sucking wind from the last play.

And yes, I realize JFF helped, but the reason we beat Alabama in 2012 was because Kingsbury was always a step ahead of Saban & Smart and they couldn't get their defensive calls in on time because our offense was ready to run another play.