I don’t agree. If Bama can combine experience from the portal with the current younger guys on the roster, Bama will have a playoff roster. The way I see it, Bama likely improves the run game and also the receiver room will likely improve as well. QB play potentially could improve.Mack has been with Deboer 3 years now.
Yea, he wasn't going to be in the transfer portal had he decided to stay IMO. Bama would've locked up Russell for one more year and let Mack walk if that were the case. In Ty's shoes, I think the NFL is the best chance. Hopefully he'll get drafted late 1st or 2nd and get drafted to a team that doesn't need immediate QB play so he has time to heal and develop. Either way, hard to pass up the possibility of a fully guaranteed deal in the 1st which is likely where he'll end up.
JMO all the other teams will be facing the same issues as Bama as far and experience. The days of having a 2 deep roster of really good players on the offense and defense are OVAH. You will struggle to get 55 really solid players now. JMO but I would setup a off the field group that did nothing but watch FCS Division 1 teams hoping to evaluate potential backups of the backups. You need practice players. Hell #23 RB for Montana State is twice the RB we put on the field this year.
I'm glad DJ chester didn't come to Alabama. Get Peak and I'm okay with staff being selective going forward.
Bama saw Chester as a OG, similar to Formby he wanted to play OT instead. Probably why he went to TAMU with Formby their RPO system doesn't require as much pure pass blocking scenarios.
He doesn’t have to worry. He won’t be the #1 pick.Wish the young man well. Hoping he gets 100% healthy and goes to a team that has an offensive line.
If he goes to the Raiders, he may as well have someone to go ahead and run over him with a bus and get it over with.
I am not sure we ever got to the point where we saw the high point of Ty. The injury was unfortunate to Ty and Bama. Both tailed off at that point. JMO but Bama asked too much of the QB this year. We won due to Ty and lost because he couldn't hit the mark on those days. Hope he is able to make an NFL roster as well as money. He handled himself well.
Just damn. Shame what football has become imo. Mercenaries instead of brothers.
I think Chester need a year to develop and work on his technique. His performance at center was not good. Maybe he'll be better at V
Am I sensing some concern and doubt? Performance the last two years will do that to people that know what greatness looks like and know the core prinicipals/structure that creates that greatness.
It is understandable to have concerns regarding certain aspects of the season. This time last year, I was not happy with how they handled the portal. I'm happy we got few players that worked out for the team, but the way they managed the portal and how we had so many misses. I wasn't feeling confident after that. But this time I feel different. You can tell they're operating with urgency in the portal, being aggressive and it helped because we got five players. Last year we probably would've had two by now.
