It's always fun to do Coach Saban's favorite thing: speculate, especially on the depth chart. Thoughts?
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That took some time to format (built into the software here, btw.) 'preciate the effort.Thoughts?
"— Major Tennison was second in the tight end line behind Miller Forristall. Cameron Latu was third. Giles Amos was fourth."
Saban concern was TE grouping. I think we'll see Tennison and Forristall with a appearance from latu and Amo once in a while.
Bama sure could use a Donta Hightower level freshmen ILB to come thru for this season. I believe they have some talented guys in those positions but I am not sure those guys have that football savvy that many of those ILB's in the recent pass. I Shaun Hamilton type guy would be a real blessing.
We'll see soon.
Bama sure could use a Donta Hightower level freshmen ILB to come thru for this season. I believe they have some talented guys in those positions but I am not sure those guys have that football savvy that many of those ILB's in the recent pass. I Shaun Hamilton type guy would be a real blessing.
We'll see soon.
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Offense:
- Neal gets the start over Ekiyor
- Owens and Dickerson at center... I think it's Owens for Duke but we're seeing Dickerson soon.
- Tommy Brown behind Wills.
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I believe you're pretty close. There are a few positions where your list doesn't reflect what's going on in camp.
As example on defense:
Special Teams:
- On the defensive line Dale is getting the start over Mathis.
- Mathis will back up Dale, and will also back up Davis before Wynn.
- Moody and Kajo have been backing up Moses.
- Benton and Lee have been behind Harris.
- Davis has been backing up Lewis for at least the last two weeks.
Offense:
- KR has been flipped in camp, Robinson then Ruggs.
- Diggs has been before Ruggs backing up Waddle on punt returns.
- LS back up, watch Pugh.
All that said...
- Neal gets the start over Ekiyor
- Owens and Dickerson at center... I think it's Owens for Duke but we're seeing Dickerson soon.
- Tommy Brown behind Wills.
It's my view we don't see a set starting lineup in the middle of the linebacking corps until they have a few games under their belts. Trial by fire, if you will. (Cut and Duke will go a long way defining that rotation.)
The defensive backfield and defensive line are pretty well set. WR, QB, RB, TE...all those as well.
Like the linebackers, we'll see different faces along the line through the first five or six games. When Brown comes back I'd put him behind Womack immediately.
Didn't guys like Nico Johnson, Trey DePriest, Denzel Devall get on the field a ton during their freshman year?
I just posted a screen grab of the excel spreadsheet, I didn't know we had a spreadsheet like this built into the forum?
Dale has been hobbled but is back at practice. He's expected to be ready for Duke. You may be right on Mathis...but from what I'm hearing about Dale he's farther along today than Da'Ron Payne was as a true frosh.
- I was under the impression Dale was injured or at least a little hobbled, which is why I had Mathis there.
- The backers was sheer guess work from me. There has been a ton of movement there it seems.
Yes, Nico was forced to start after Dont'a went down with the knee injury against the Pigs in '09. DePriest was a starter from day one if I'm not mistaken. CJ Mosley, too.
Remember, that was in a back up role to Dickerson.Even Devall was a freshman All-American and played a lot of Jack for us that year.
Remember, that was in a back up role to Dickerson.