As has become a Sunday tradition, we went back to review the Alabama-Ole Miss game with the help of the home DVR.

Combining that second viewing with a tidbits from postgame interviews will help paint the complete picture of the 59-31 game with a little more context.

Let’s get right to it.

-- Why does Alabama throw slants? Well on the first snap, the DB was lined up eight yards off the line of scrimmage across from Jerry Jeudy. The linebacker who was in that zone was pulled across the formation by Miller Forristall’s motion so the lane was wide open for the quick eight-yard gain. Ole Miss coach Matt Luke last week explained the issue they faced with how to cover Alabama’s WRs. “I think the thing that’s scary is how many underneath routes they catch and turn into big plays,” Luke said Wednesday. “You play soft so they don’t run by you and they catch it underneath and people can’t tackle.”

-- Najee Harris set the tone for the running game on the second snap with another eight-yard gain. There were running lanes all afternoon.

-- It wasn’t clear if Terrell Lewis would play Saturday after hurting his knee against South Carolina and looking fairly gimpy in practice during the week. He looked fine stuffing the first Ole Miss pass attempt, though. And he looked athletic on a third-quarter sack when he went untouched through the line.

-- The muffed punt that originally looked like a touchdown had that 2015 feel from the Chad Kelly tipped-pass TD madness.

-- The future looks bright for freshman QB John Rhys Plumlee. He crossed the 100-yard rushing mark -- something Alabama’s defense rarely allows. Saban after the game said they did a good job adjusting to the planned QB runs but the defense did a poor job of keeping contain when he scrambled from the pocket.

-- It was hard to tell what led to Henry Ruggs III’s hip pointer injury. He caught a pass across the middle on the play before going down. No obvious collision that led to the issue. He would return later in the game before being shut down for the game.

-- The Rebels were moving at Hugh Freeze speed a few times. They snapped it 10 seconds into the play clock once on the second drive.

-- Alabama likes that wide receiver screen with three split out to one side. It really needs the two who don’t catch the ball to stick the blocks and the ball carrier to make one guy miss. Well, Jeudy had to juke two guys when Waddle missed his block late in the first quarter. It looked like the play would lose yardage initially but Jeudy did some of his voodoo to fight off a few guys to get back to the line of scrimmage.

-- After getting flagged just once last week, penalties were again an issue for Alabama. It was penalized 10 times for 76 yards. Saban was most annoyed by the three that created first downs for the Ole Miss offense.

-- Attendance at Alabama-Ole Miss was announced at 99,590. Full capacity is 101,821.

-- Tagovailoa said the rushing touchdown was nice but they want to avoid the number of hits he takes. The QB took a good pop at the base of the A in ALABAMA painted in the end zone -- maybe a step or two past the pylon. “I felt like I was about five yards, maybe seven yards into the end zone before I got hit,” Tagovailoa said later. “I don’t know. It doesn’t matter.”

-- The Tide was hit with another illegal substitution flag in the second quarter but Saban said later he didn’t think the officials let Alabama make a change when Ole Miss subbed players. The TV broadcast didn’t show the full field the whole time so it wasn’t clear if the Rebels sent anyone off the field but in the real time moment, I didn’t think they did.

-- There were a few missed throws late in the first half -- two overthrown to Ruggs and another dropped by Brian Robinson. Tagovailoa later said the sun was in the receivers’ eyes as it set over the southwest side of the seating bowl.

-- I nailed the Aflac trivia question, for what it’s worth.

-- The second quarter changed everything about this game with Alabama outscoring Ole Miss 31-0. The defense was just as effective as the Tide offense with the Rebels gaining just 50 yards on 19 plays in that span.

-- Ole Miss did most of its damage offensively after halftime. It scored 21 of its points and gained 324 of its 476 yards in the second half.

-- Most of DeVonta Smith’s five touchdowns Saturday were relatively short passes. His fourth was more of deep ball on a play no Ole Miss defender redirected his route until he was 15 yards downfield and already in hit cut.

-- Back to the running game, it felt like there were few negative or short-gain plays. Najee Harris averaged 7.9 yards a carry and Brian Robinson had 6.0. The longest run between the two Saturday was 13 yards. Also interesting to note the biggest gain for either of the top two backs through five games this season is 19.

-- The Ole Miss rushing game was the strength but there were three nicely thrown balls caught for big plays. All three happened to be right in front of the Tide sideline going for 28-to-32 yards apiece. WR Elijah Moore was No. 2 in the SEC with 29 receptions entering the game and caught just three balls for 40 yards Saturday. Plumlee plays like the prototype for an Ole Miss offense so I’d expect to see him running that show for a while.

-- Can’t imagine the ribbing Tyrell Shavers is taking in the film room Sunday after letting the blocked punt pop-up slip through his hands only to be recovered by teammate Ale Kaho. That ball was in the air forever it seemed.

-- Punting remains an issue with two attempts Saturday averaging 30.0 yards. Alabama is No. 128 of 130 teams in average punting this season at 35.5 yards a pop.

Michael Casagrande is an Alabama beat writer for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande or on Facebook.