Alabama bye-week checklist: Paging Gehrig Dieter, Robert Foster, more

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Quality control is the name of the game this week at Alabama.

Rest and relaxation, even after eight consecutive games to start the season, comes secondary to the No. 1-ranked Crimson Tide focusing on the details. Now is the time for what coach Nick Saban refers to as self-scouting.

Whether it’s how they play the run against a certain front or how they play a coverage against certain formations, nothing goes unchecked. Saban and his staff will examine every running play they have and determine: What’s our average? What’s our efficiency?

Because there’s a difference between average and efficiency, Saban said, pointing out how one 75-yard play can overshadow 10 plays that went…