Alabama fought its way to a 27-20 victory over Auburn to claim the Iron Bowl and book a spot at the SEC Championship game. However, from leading 17-0 at one point, the final score spoke more for the home team’s resilience than the Tide’s brilliance despite being a 10-2 team at the end of the night. The defense played its heart out, but the other side of the ball didn’t live up to expectations.

Josh Pate didn’t mince words when talking about the Alabama offense. On a night when the run game finally got going, the ever-reliable passing game disappointed.

“Ryan Williams has been an afterthought, just a total ghost. Teams don’t really respect your deep ball because you can’t complete it consistently enough. They know you’re not going to run the ball to beat them. And so what does that leave?

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