What about the punt coverage???
While the punt return team was obviously underwhelming, (you can't just let the opposition cover and whack your return man untouched time after time), I'm also highly concerned about our punt coverage. Whether you like the call or not, the fact is we had the chance to pin Ark deep inside the five on two occasions and came up short due to sloppy punt coverage. Play selection is much different when your tail is shading the goal line than when your operating twenty yards downfield. Was this just a bad game or does special teams need more attention at practice? Since I haven't noticed the sloppy play in the previous games, I'm gonna hope it was just a young group having a bad day.
ROLL TIDE!!