Quote Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg View Post
A few thoughts here:

1. What does Malzahn's offense look like with a pass first QB? Can someone with Xs & Os knowledge & knowledge of Auburn's offense, explain what Auburn's offense will look like without Cam Newton or a track star like Marshall at QB? To me, so much of the difficulty in stopping them revolved around the confusion that they presented at the snap of the ball due to having 3 options on each play and them all looking the same. With Johnson not being a SCARY runner, is this going to look like Dan Mullen's Tyler Russell offense that's more one dimensional than what we have with Prescott?

I realize that Johnson had some success last year, but that was without teams being able to really gameplan for him. I think Auburn will be good, but I'm a little skeptical.

2. I'll be curious how long Kyle Allen can hold onto the job at A&M. Once he 17s up a few times, the cult will be calling for Kyler Murray
I'm skeptical too. The two main storylines that seem to be inflated and being "passed over" by pundits is OM's lack of QB & Johnson's potential inability to run under Malzahn. I see Auburn as an 8-4 team year in & out under Gus without an above avg running qb. I just don't know what kind of runner Johnson is. If he's successful this year, it won't be because how accurate he is, it'll be that he can gain ~ 50 yards on the ground/game. Everything about Gus' offense is dictated on an elusive, running qb.