It starts with Kyler Murray, but it can’t all be about Kyler Murray.
Alabama’s defense is preparing for its biggest challenge of the season, with the Crimson Tide inching closer to Saturday night’s assignment of stopping Murray and the rest of Oklahoma’s offense in the Orange Bowl.
The redshirt junior quarterback entered this season with the chore of replacing Baker Mayfield, last year’s Heisman Trophy winner and the top overall pick of the 2018 NFL draft, and has delivered a second consecutive Heisman for the Sooners by averaging an eye-popping 380.4 yards of total offense a game.
“We’re not focusing on one player,” Tide defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi said this week in a news conference. “They are similar to our offense in that there are explosive players all over the field. We’ve got to attack and prepare like we always do.
“This is an offense where you can’t take away any one guy.”