Alabama OC addresses wide receivers making jump-shot motions on 4th-and-1
Alabama faced a fourth-and-1 with one minute, two seconds left in the second quarter Saturday afternoon at Neyland Stadium. The Crimson Tide led Tennessee 7-0 and had its offense on the field, lining up and running a quarterback sneak to try to move the chains.
Ryan Williams and Germie Bernard, Alabama’s leading receivers, lined up split right with quarterback Jalen Milroe under center. But at the snap, as Milroe tried to convert, Williams and Bernard stepped back and went through a jump-shot motion.
Nick Sheridan, Alabama’s offensive coordinator and a former graduate assistant at Tennessee, was asked about the actions of his receivers during his press conference on Monday in Tuscaloosa.
“Yeah, you’re talking about the quarterback sneak?” Sheridan asked. “Yeah, there’s nothing on the field that we’re not coaching, so that’s sort of how I’d answer that.”
What exactly is happening here with Ryan Williams and Germie Bernard on this QB sneak? pic.twitter.com/nQZzBI3adi
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Williams led Alabama in receiving in the 24-17 loss to the Vols, catching eight passes for 73 yards and a touchdown while being targeted on 18 of Milroe’s 45 pass attempts. Bernard had five catches for 72 yards on four targets.
Milroe rinsed 25 of 45 for 239 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Alabama was held to just 314 total yards in the loss and ran for just 75 yards and a touchdown as a team on 34 attempts.
“I want to give credit to our opponent and some of the things they did,” Sheridan said. “But I thought there were some execution issues by all parties, whether it was decision-making and read plays, whether it was simple fundamentals or technique.”
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‘I think none of us coached or played well enough in the game Saturday’
Sheridan is in his first year as Alabama’s offensive coordinator after following firs-year Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer from Washington, where Sheridan coached tight ends.
He was Indiana’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2020 and 2021 after coaching tight ends for the Hoosiers in 2019, when DeBoer was the program’s offensive coordinator.
Sheridan was a graduate assistant at Tennessee from 2014-16 before going to Indiana to coach quarterbacks in 2017.
“I think none of us coached or played well enough in the game Saturday,” Sheridan said, “and that starts with me. Our ability to execute consistently and take advantage of the opportunities that we were presented, we obviously fell short in those spots.
“And it’s all of us. We’re all involved in that. Jalen’s an extremely confident player. I have no concerns about that at all. His preparation creates that confidence for him, and I know he’ll get back to work this week, just like the rest of our players will.”
