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Haven't watched Bama much this year, but in the past their philosophy on D was to make their weak spot in coverage the deep sideline ball, which makes sense as it's a low percentage throw. One area we are pretty good with is receivers with height that can fight for those contested balls. Maybe a little game planning to have essentially an isolation play set up to one side, and two others and the tight end to the other side. If they safety isn't too close, throw a longish back shoulder fade by design, so after the initial pre snap read, no decision making needed. Ball comes out on time and probably more accurately if he isn't getting pressured too quickly. Not saying to do it constantly and you'd need to vary the formation and who you are throwing it to a bit to keep it from being an easy read, but it does give the opportunity for a decent chance of success as well as chunk plays and maybe loosening up Alabama's D a little. WR screens might do okay once or twice as well, since our WR's are good blockers, but I can't see it being a staple, their too athletic to get beat often on that.