One of the more remarkable developments over the last several years has been the evolution of Alabama from a defense-first, manage-the-game, smother-the-opponent-into-submission team into an almost comically explosive offensive juggernaut. The Crimson Tide have won five national championships since Nick Saban arrived in 2007. The 2009 and 2011 Alabama championship teams failed to crack the top 25 in touchdown rate on offense, and though 2012 Alabama was potent offensively, its defense still very much led the way. In 2015, Alabama's championship offense ranked all the way down at 45th nationally in offensive points per drive (2.4). And in 2017, Alabama's offense was decent but not special in most statistical categories, and merely average in some (62nd nationally in offensive first down rate).
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