Alabama Football A-Day 2015

Alabama quarterback Jacob Coker (14) rolls out during Alabama's 2015 A-Day game, Saturday, April 18, 2015, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

(Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com)

After a winter's hiatus, the Alabama Film Review is back for a spring cameo.

A feature every Sunday evening of last season, we take a look back at the previous Saturday's game on DVR. This week, it's obviously A-Day.

And the story of the spring scrimmage was the quarterback play. It was inconsistent, involved six interceptions, but had a few bright spots. We examine all of that with the taped version of the SEC Network's rebroadcast.

It's an abridged version that cut out some of the possessions. So we did what we could with what we had. In that spirit, I watched each pass the quarterbacks threw in the first three quarters. It would get a little monotonous for everyone after that. I tried to assess the throws and decisions as best I could in each situation. The completed passes are italicized for faster reading.

If you'd like, watch a rebroadcast and follow the action along with my analysis. Take a look at the full stats for complete numbers for each of the five passers.

Jacob Coker

-- 1-10, 30: Play-action, roll out to the right. Looks to second option when Robert Foster found soft spot in the secondary. Nice throw goes for 30-yard gain on first play.

-- 2-9, 40: From the shotgun, quick fake to Derrick Henry and fast WR screen to ArDarius Stewart. Nice blocking on the edge by O.J. Howard for a 7-yard gain.

-- 3-2, 32: Looking for Kenyan Drake on a screen in the flat, Coker was pressured by D.J. Pettway. The pass was behind the running back who was closely guarded by Reuben Foster anyway. End of drive.

(Telecast skips ahead to 4:37 in first quarter)

-- 2-5, 48: From the shotgun, Coker threw seven yards downfield to Robert Foster on an inside route. It looked like a few plays that went to Amari Cooper last year. This one went for 12 yards and a first down.

-- 1-10, 36: Looking to Foster the whole way down the left sideline, Coker threw the ball 36 yards but out of bounds. Foster never got open under strong coverage by Bradley Sylve.

-- 2-10, 36: This time from under center, Coker went deep again for Foster. The ball traveled 45 yards in the air but the receiver was a step out of bounds when he caught it. Looks like Coker threw it a second too late. Otherwise Foster would have been in bounds when it arrived.

-- 3-10, 36: Checking down to a running back screen, Derrick Henry caught it, but lost four yards. Reuben Foster was waiting on the route, hit the back immediately.

-- 4-14, 40: On perhaps his nicest throw of the day, Coker sat in the pocket and hit ArDarius Stewart up the seam for a touchdown. The receiver was well-covered by Maurice Smith, but Coker put it right where it needed to be for the score.

(Skip ahead to 2:14, second quarter)

-- 2-18, 33: After a long break, Coker found Dakota Ball running across the middle for an eight-yard gain. Quick throw and catch.

-- 3-10, 41: Again, back to Ball. A 10-yard stop route went for an 11-yard gain. The pass went barely beat Bradley Sylve who was a step too late for the interception.

1-10, 48: Looking downfield, Coker had to throw it away at Henry's feet. Play took 3.8 seconds.

1-10,35:Dircting players before the snap, Coker threw a quick screen to Henry on what appeared to be the primary read. The play lost a yard with Geno Smith reading it.

2-11, 36: This was probably his second best throw of the day. Robert Foster had single coverage on the short side and a nice move put him behind Bradley Sylve. The pass traveled 27 yards in the air and Foster ran it to the 1-yard line. Coker looked right to Foster and threw quickly.

(Skip ahead to 11:50, third quarter)

-- 1-10, 38: Under center, Coker throws a sideline pass to Chris Black, but timing was off. The receiver fell down and the back-shoulder throw appeared high.

-- 2-10, 38: Another back-shoulder throw, this to ArDarius Stewart, was off target. Ball was too far behind the target.

-- 3-10, 38: Coker's worst play of the game went for six points the other way. He stared down his target for nearly two seconds, allowing Maurice Smith to read his eyes. The safety broke on the ball, intercepted it and ran 51 yards for a touchdown. The pass was too far in front of O.J. Howard and right in Smith's basket. Three throws on the first drive of the half, none were completed.

(Skip ahead to 6:27, third quarter)

-- 1-10, 42: After almost dropping the shotgun snap, Coker fired a quick receiver screen to Stewart. The play gained eight yards on a nice recovery. These plays are based on timing and the bobbled snap could have thrown the whole thing off.

-- 2-9, 45: Getting back in rhythm, Coker threw a nice 15-yard gain to Stewart. It came from under center with a play-action fake to Henry. He bounced a few times and threw one high to a jumping Stewart near the sideline.

-- 1-10, 30: Incomplete screen pass with Tim Williams in his face.

-- 1-10, 18: A quick slant to the outside receiver Stewart, Coker delivered a hard pass in traffic to Stewart.

-- 2-3, 18: Kenyan Drake was chipped coming out of the backfield by Reggie Ragland, throwing off the timing of the short pass in the middle.

-- 3-3, 18: Another short pass to the middle of the field was thrown too low for Stewart, forcing a field goal. Drake looked like he thought he had a step on Reuben Foster as he sprinted for the corner of the end zone.

Blake Barnett

First quarter, 1:08 left

-- 2-12, 28: Setting up the screen, the freshman ducked the pass rush to hit Ronnie Clark for a 6-yard gain.

-- 3-9, 31: Looking for receivers downfield, Barnett stepped up in the pocket, then ran to his left. He was touched down by Christian Miller. Time from snap to sack: 6.07 seconds.

(Skip ahead to :17 left, third quarter)

-- 1-10, 30: Throwing deep under pressure, Barnett threw one right into coverage. Anthony Averett intercepted it with a step or two on Barrineau. O.J. Smith had a hand in his face throwing off his back foot. The ball went 50 yards in the air before being intercepted. Greg McElroy on the SEC Network noted he stared down the target.

Alec Morris

-- 1-10, 27: He didn't have much of a chance. Very nice move by Tim Williams to blow past Cam Robinson for a sack and 11-yard loss.

-- 2-21, 16: Threw a decent pass down the sideline 20-plus yards, but it was a little high to ArDarius Stewart and fell incomplete.

-- 3-21, 16: Trying to sling a side-arm pass to Derrick Henry, this one was incomplete too. D.J. Pettway broke through the left side of the line to hurry that pass. Two of the three plays, Morris had pass rushers in his face.

(Skip ahead to 5:28, second quarter)

-- 1-10, 28: Found tight end Dakota Ball who settled in the soft spot for a four-yard gain.

-- 1-10, 38: As they sped up the offense, Morris rolled to his right and threw a wobbly pass to Robert Foster on the run. It went for a 15-yard gain.

-- 2-5, 42: The defense brought extra pass rushers and Tim Williams stripped the ball as Morris pulled back to throw. Fumble recovered by the defense.

(Skip ahead to 2:48, second quarter)

-- 1-10, 41: Dillon Lee blew past new first-team right tackle Dominick Jackson for the eight-yard sack. Jackson had been primarily a run blocker in junior college but has reportedly improved the pass blocking.

Cooper Bateman

-- 2-14, 36: With four receivers split out, Bateman hit Ty Flournoy-Smith on a quick out under the coverage. Play went for 12 yards.

-- 3-2, 48: Sprinting to his right, Bateman threw to Parker Barrineau for a 2-yard gain. Just short of first down.

(Take over at the 50, 2:57 left second quarter)

-- 1-10, 50: Play action, looking deep, Bateman throws into traffic and Jabriel Washington steps in front for the interception. Looks like he tried to force it to Raheem Falkins who was surrounded by defenders.

David Cornwell

(Skip ahead to :20 left in first half)

-- 1-10, 30: Closing out the half, Cornwell found Ronnie Clark wide open underneath with defenders guarding against the deep ball. Play went for eight yards.

-- 2-2, 38: Similar kind of play went for seven yards to Clark.

-- 1-10, 45: Looking up the seam, Cornwell threw behind Ty Flournoy-Smith on the final play of the half. The ball traveled about 26 yards in the air.

(Skip ahead to beginning of second half)

-- 1-10, 30: Throwing a quick screen to the right, Cornwell got the ball away fast to Raheem Falkins for a three-yard gain.

-- 2-7, 33: Cornwell's best pass had some touch on it. Lofting the ball down the right sideline, he found Falkins for 21 yards despite close coverage from Marlon Humphrey. Very nice throw.

-- 1-10, 46: The quick crossing route to Barrineau was incomplete. Timing looked a little off as the receiver went straight into traffic.

-- 2-10, 46: The pass rush was approaching as he bailed out to the right and threw it out of bounds. Looked like he had another second or two, but nobody looked open.

-- 3-10, 46: Throwing the short, safe route to the tight end, Cornwell got five yards to Flournoy-Smith just as Humphrey arrived. Brandon Greene was flagged for holding on the play.

-- 4-5, 41: Going for it on fourth down, Cornwell stepped up under pressure to hit Falkins on a crossing pattern. The pass was behind the receiver, forcing Falkins to slow up and allowed Jabriel Washington to make the open-field tackle short of the first down.