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Run up the likes thank you for tuning in again this is our first time on this panel together man coach Sean let’s start with you how you doing tonight brother I’m good man I’m extremely good Extremely Blessed ready to get it in talk a little football hey let’s do it
Man I’m excited bro this is I’m excited man I don’t know if the chat noticed but I’m nervous you know what I’m saying because this is big this is kickoff week you know what I’m saying like I feel like it’s about time for me to suit up
So I’m excited man and uh down below him y’all see we got Coach Jay on the panel man we got him in y’all demanded it and Kyle made it happen shout outs to Kyle for bringing this hey how you doing bro what’s up man man I’m doing all right
Man listen I’m I’m excited to work with you guys I’ve been watching you guys for quite a while we’ve been interacting with each other for a while so man I’m just excited to get this ball rolling man and to and to interact with a lot of you guys
Um man it’s a dream come true man so I’m ready to get started man I’m excited it’s big man I know I’m telling you and once again shouts out to Kyle Henderson man for putting all this together you guys you all we all know what he does
Man for what he does for you know just the Bama fan base and the reporting and the type of content that he’s producing man and step out and do it like he did man shouts out to Kyle and man this is gonna be big man and as always you know
As always in the off season when Bama having questions on the roster and things of that nature what is everybody looking forward to man so tonight we’re going to tackle a few subjects man we’re going to get into it tonight but like I said from the
Beginning all you in the chat man make sure you’re liking it make sure you’re sharing if you’re not a subscriber go ahead and subscribe don’t forget man everybody this is Mr Kyle Henderson’s YouTube channel and he’s bringing this Monday night quarterback talk with the fan coaches if y’all want to call us fan
Coaches you know but you know we do this we do this so we’re gonna jump right into it man and we turn around today after coach saber interviewing and Sean let’s start with you how you feel with not having the depth chart and what coach savings explanation behind it how
You feeling bro I’m okay with it man I’m okay with not having a depth chart I mean we’ll find out when the game kicks off I I don’t necessarily need I still have the mind of a player I don’t necessarily need a depth chart to be released to me
To to to to know who’s going to be out there to have a great idea of of who’s going to be where I don’t necessarily need a depth chart that doesn’t offend me at all doesn’t bother me at all I think the only position that everybody’s really really
Concerned about as we all know is the quarterback position and I I’ll find out when the game get ready to be kicked off man it doesn’t bother me at all right I’m right there with you man Coach Jay I mean we’re we’re very public and and outspoken about our opinion when coach
Saban says anything and we get we used to get a lot of backlash for it in those chats but go ahead and tell me how coach shaymin’s comments about this depth chart situation made you feel tonight man it made me feel pretty confident I mean for the most part this seems like a
Typical Nick Saban move um I think for the most part there are some key positional battles that we’re looking out for of course we’re looking out for quarterback um we’re looking for the inside linebacking position to see who can pair well with with Deontay Lawson pretty soon
Um I think we’re all trying to look for you know a little bit of hints and and you know and some answers here and there as far as what are we going to look like for Texas but um it’s a long listen it’s a long it’s a long way to go
Um I’m extremely excited to see if anything it brings more anticipation uh because I do believe that we do have a loaded roster I think that this team has bought into the new mentality that coach Saban and a lot of our new coaching staff you look at a guy like coach
Steele who brings that old school mentality back um and then we talk about the keys of of murderball right we talk about the New Foundation that is trying to be displayed with this football Squadron and um for what the players have described it um for what we’ve been hitting for months
Um this looks like honestly um I’m more excited more than anything um if anything uh you know I’m what like I said before guys whoever is the person whether it’s a quarterback whether it’s a cornerback running back does not matter that’s going to be the best
Um because I believe that overall why is this this mentality how well training camp has been for us how our how improved our strength and conditioning programs it’s just everything about us trying to really get back to the standard that we used to um guys I I’m I’m I’m even though Nick
Saban didn’t we didn’t get the answers that a lot of Alabama fans wanted if anything I’m even more excited about what the future is going to look like and uh if anything I think that more you know probably the competition has been extremely high of course we’ve had some
Downturns we’ve had some rough patches but overall wise I think that this was honestly a good decision for Nick Saban to uh keep you know again keep teams guessing keep the fans guessing and uh it’s it’s only going to get us like you know we talk about these uh these these
Type of things man it’s all I’m overall excited I’m right there with you guys man the thing is um and I think we look at it from this the perspective of knowing football and how the mentality of the locker room is this is the year where guys know
Expectations are you know they’re higher than normal you know and it’s there is they don’t have the luxury of having a bright young you know on the offensive side we don’t have a luxury of having a Will Anderson like guys have a chance to step up and prove themselves and you
Guys got to remember that I’m gonna keep throwing this stat in everybody’s faces because this was the stat that was thrown in our face with Georgia these guys we’re we’re filled in the the top rated classes one two of the top rated classes under Nick Saban is
Spilled in the field for us this season from first team to second team to third Team every player at every position in the first two lineups is a top 10 guy at their position in their recruiting class you don’t get you don’t get the luxury of having that much talent so I
Understand the psyche and we all know that coach Saban is a Psychology major right you know he he has he’s the master uh manipulator when it comes to getting guys to focus on the objective at hand and the objective is not it is not uh
How many snaps am I going to get the objective is am I going to be able to do my job to make the team successful every snap I do get can I stay ready so when my time comes I’m able to Showcase what coach saving and this staff is already
Believing in me you know and that’s where I like that mentality and for Coach saving to go out there and publicly say that and stand behind it I think it’s one of those things where we we just we just live with it we don’t we don’t listen to the media about you know
There is still quarterback questions it’s going to be quarterback questions throughout the whole season because the moment Jaylen Miro shows a weakness or or he’s not perfect there’s a question you know the moment Ty Buckner shows a weakness if he gets a chance there goes the question why did he come from Notre
Dame if he’s can’t you know so we we’re not feeding into the narrative I think we’re feet we’re really locked in and I think I think coach Simon’s message was not only pushed by by him but it was even motivated by the response his players are given in their interview so
I’m excited man I’m excited that we don’t know who’s going to line up at quarterback we don’t know I mean we know I believe we know but we I I’m excited to see that there’s competition still at that laptop left tackle spot because that means the high hopes that we have
For Kate and Proctor are there that means Jalen key and Trey Amos are literally putting in work as The Graduate transfer I mean the the Juco and you know um other graduate transfers like this this is a good season to be optimistic and just trust the process
And I think that’s what you alluding to earlier Jay trust in the process that’s what we got to do as a fan base yeah especially process is nothing more than what we’ve had to endure another season coming into with the same type of questions and we love to talk for me for
Me it’s like like uh it’s like my man Buck just said my man books that are his his comic was absolutely great he said the depth chart is not the problem it’s about how the players react to it life is all about competition so for me that that that
Describes in a nutshell I think the depth chart is important but it’s actually not important because at the end of the day the best players will play the best players will take that field the best players will go out and perform and really it’s about competition it’s about competition at
Every level every every level of the defense every level of the offense and the best player the smartest player the player that won’t put us in a bad position I think they will play and at the end of the day that’s really all that matters to me guys I I want the
Best players out there that give us the best opportunity to win the football game whoever that may be I’m right there which I think I think that’s what as a fan base we need to realize we have a super chat shout out David Kendall for the two dollar Super
Chat man and he got he has a question going along with it know anything about the walk-on QB for mobile um are you talking about at Alabama I don’t know anything guys you you guys know anything from Milwaukee yeah all right I’m I’m not sure David I’m
Sorry about that we could look into it though I I haven’t heard anything because literally somebody in the chat literally literally just brought the guy’s name up man this guy right here Dylan lonigan is is if anything and you know about Dylan if anything guys
Um that would be I feel like if saving if Saban is so confident right now he’s going to throw a wrench no matter what you know it it’s it’s about testing the Metallica this team early I think he’s really going to test the mentality of a
Lot of players week one a lot of guys think they’re going to go out there get 15 20 reps but they they really only going to get 10 12. does that make you less important than what you were last season Jermaine Burton no you coach they
Might just be wanting to see if you’re blocked in for those 10 and can you show up and and really show up against Texas like you should of last season so Coach Jay I I you uh made a statement um on a on a comment about um the mentality of the quarterback room
How you feel like I guys are buying into competition do you think do you think that that attitude is what’s creating the real atmosphere for this team or do you think is more so of a of a coachless thing like I was alluding to earlier foreign I think for the most part I
Think the quarterbacks have to play a major part as far as as trying to you know lift each other up I mean you know we talk about the 2017 class with Matt Jones uh Jalen hurts and two talk of Aloha and how these guys would lift each other up the competition that wouldn’t
What that what you know transpire and practice Mac Jones talking trash the defense uh Jalen hurts showing the immense amount of leadership what he was able to do as a true freshman two would talk about taking advantage of opportunities as soon as his numbers was called up that’s what needs to happen
With this group and like I said you know Dylan lonergan’s a guy that’s having a phenomenal uh training camp uh Jalen Miro has showed that leadership uh and then Ty Simpson still has a lot of town stem he still has some learning to do but obviously the talent the growth is
Still there when it comes when it comes to that from that perspective so overall wise I think that for the most part these players we can talk about coaches and we can talk about Saban trying to get on these players and and the rest of these guys trying to get on these
Players but it’s up to the at the end of the day these players they have to want it more than anything else and by pushing each other every single day getting into the weight room um you know buying into the pro buying into the process uh asking asking each
Other’s questions try just the simple things making each other that much better that’s what’s going to get us back to the Mountaintop and that’s what’s going to get us to continue this dynasty and and continue this run so like I said before guys is this the most talented group of quarterbacks that
We’ve ever seen before right is this the best quarterback room we’ve ever seen no but at the same time though we don’t know anything about I mean for what we’ve heard so far it it seems like we’re going in the right track just from a mental standpoint and that’s honestly
The first step everything else like I said before it’s going to play itself out we got to buy into the process and it’s not just the quarterbacks right it’s other position groups yes also has to synergize extremely well because it because we’ve seen last year right Bryce young in a bryceocentric offense you
Know for the most part I mean it was arguably one of the worst offenses that we’ve had in a while um the offensive line wasn’t that good because of tons of miscommunication tons of uh tons of uh of Gap of Gap pickups and just lack of honesty just some of
The you know again we we had questions about why is Darian Del Court starting in front of Seth McLaughlin and it was just miss Personnel receivers you know leading the SC and drops you know that was also another big issue as well so it’s about these other position groups
Uh holding each other accountable as well like we talked a little bit about earlier and uh if we again everyone can just do their job if ever that’s just that’s that’s the one thing that we just couldn’t really do that well it was just inconsistency because we just didn’t
Really follow up with our assignments we just did not do our job and we can Sim if we could just do the simple things do our job we’re gonna be fine this I mean you you look at the amount of talent that’s on this football team it is
Absolutely stacked we it is National Championship worthy it’s just about these players buying into the process pushing you know pushing each other to the best of their ability and uh they can do that we’re gonna go far I’m right there with you and Sean um I like the point about uh uh guys
Being able to respect your appearance do you remember you saying um why Jayla Murrow is leading that room guys look at Jayla Miller and like okay this guy’s a note go ahead man I don’t want to take the point you were talking about go ahead and highlight that before we move
On to the next subject man yeah yeah shout them out for that two dollar Super Chat from Michael Smith DJ Smitty shout out to you also shout out to my Bama fam always believe in bama great guy man always very very supportive of this channel shout out to
You brother shout out to you roll Tide to you and all the fans Jim what is it Mac Mac I want to pronounce your name wrong McQueen McQueen these guys are always in the chat man shout out to these guys everybody who TAPS in shout
Out to you but what I’m saying is when you play the quarterback position the quarterback position is the lead of the football team the quarterback position can instill confidence in your football team or instill fear in your football team if the quarterback is shaking you better believe the offense will be
Shaking dudes will lose confidence in what we’re doing the coaches will lose confidence in what we’re doing when I see Jay I saw this back in the summer when these guys went to work out together that guy has a confidence about it man he has a confidence about him you know I
Understand the Texas A M game but that guy looks like the starter to me when I say looks like the starter I’m talking about all the things that comes along with playing quarterback outside of the actual play I mean in stealing with the teammates always leading the guys always
Hanging out with the guys I see on Instagram where these guys are hanging out with one another you know I think Ty is going to be the future of Alabama football along with Dylan langerman with Julian saying coming in I mean take your pick take your pick man but I do believe
Jalen milro will start this game and I think he’ll play well I think he’ll play well enough to where this guy may be the starter for numerous games you know I just want the best guy and then it’s going to give us the best opportunity to win this football game and I just
Believe it’s Jayla Miro at this point presently right and and like I said and I’m a I’m a firm believer in this with his mentality it’s his to lose only to say that there’s Natasha Simpson that we’re going to be prepared to grow like we’re in a position right now with Alabama in
The stable of talent that we have around the quarterback room we’re in a position to have growing pains and the the amount of Talent on the defensive side Kevin still is not going to be lacking with the amount of talent he has it at his disposal and and while we’re here we’re
Talking about Kevin Steele and things of that nature I don’t know if you all saw but they released the sideline placement of where the coaches are going to be at and and this is not a main topic but to know that both coordinators are going to be in the Box
I’m excited about that y’all I don’t know about y’all I know old school people want that defensive coordinator on the field uh half the coordinator so when he messed up coach Saban go yellow no put your your your new minded New Age Old School foundational coach with all these
New ideas and has old school foundational values for running the offense in the Box give him the big picture let him create Mass mismatches that’s why Lane Kiff and Steve sarkees and are such great offense coordinators that’s why you know Mike Loxley did it early too you know early in the season
He created mismatches you give a guy like Tommy Reese the box to see the field and it just just continue to dissect a a defense especially when they lacking you know he can go Tempo and going Tempo I mean going up and snapping the ball before 16 snake this is getting
Mismatches established and exposing them for two or three plays in a row before you make your you know let me say this coach let me say this I gotta respectfully disagree with you on that one I’d rather have my offense coordinate on the field I don’t like him in the Box
Because sometimes seeing stuff from the box will fool you I need him to be on the sideline right here at all the action where you can tell that you can you can check the player’s temperature if you know what I mean you can be down there and see the temperament of the
Offensive line I need the defensive coordinator not so much but I would love my offensive coordinator to be on the sideline same with sarc same with kiffin that way you can be out there and really check the temperament of your team you can see what’s going on with the team
But I but but I do agree the defensive coordinator I don’t mind him being in the box at all yeah and and I I understand where y’all come from the only difference is this is a saving coach team you got a co-offensive coordinator in Hallman Wiggins who works
In the quarterback room and is a primary pass game coordinator so he’s working with the quarterbacks every day he’s the one that’s coming in and bringing Reese up to speed you know to how the offenses and the scheme of things and giving him ideas on what
Works best with and and my thing is the way I the the reason the the second reason why I like it is the way they set it up to where your coordinators are up top handling the coordinator and you got your main position group coaches down there with the players and Personnel
Handing rotations this is something that I was so confused about last year when it came to rotations on that defensive side Coach Jay hit on it because I know that’s where you want to go with it and that’s that’s something I wanted to talk about is that first of all as far
As you know again I would like first I think overall from the from the coordinator standpoint I think having both coordinators over there I think it kind of shows that no one is above the team I think that both having both coordinators in the Box um again doing their jobs you know
Getting having having that that eagle eye view of seeing uh of really seeing what they can do what sort of adjustments can they make uh seeing you know as hard as far as what placement uh you know as far as what the players can do I I like that Eagles before these
Coordinators these position groups these position coaches that’s up that’s that’s kind of their responsibility you got to see the temperament of yours of your position you got to see if you know if if my running backs are not performing or or My offensive lineman just seems a
Little bit down what can I do to try to uplift these guys right some of the best teams that we ever feel that had some of the best positional value as far as coaching staffs that we’ve that we’ve honestly ever seen in college football over the last 20 years not just from the
Coordinator standpoint so small Coach I completely agree with you for the most part I I I had the rotation last year was just weird it was and honestly it’s been weird for a while I mean I’ll give you a perfect example when you take a look at our Edge Russian
Group from last year I will give them this you know Chris Braswell was was a player that was was a part of that rotation but I remember back in the past we were rotate to 3D within our Edge rushers alone yeah not just the defensive line we would we would rotate
Even inside linebackers I remember when CJ Mosley wasn’t the clear-cut starter he was a guy that was battling in 2011 with our with our other inside linebackers yeah exactly 2016 right with Sean Evans Evans is playing as an as an edge rusher and he’s played as an inside
He’s literally playing as a hybrid player because we’ve had so much value when it comes to these certain positions so that’s something we got to get back into and when you take a look at this death chart especially our inside linebacker position when you legit have
Three to four Dudes that you could that could start right now or could have at least some sort of value whether if it’s just shooting up the a gap what if it’s playing whether it’s playing off ball whether it’s playing on the edge these are it’s so much versatility with this
Group that it seems like for the most part it almost seems impossible to kind of mess up the rotation it seems like for the most part you’re in a gold mine as far as what players could potentially play so no I I completely agree I’m more focused on the position groups and these
Coaches more than I am these coordinators right and that’s and I’m I’m so I’m glad that is is not just a thing where people people got to understand what was the main question that was being asked when we seen Personnel like number 10 from last season and we got a
New rule on this channel chat you can’t say none of those names from last season we can’t say the PG word we can’t say the b-o-b where we can’t say the HT where we’re not saying those words to the season all right can we say DeMarco helums because he’s looking like an All-Pro
I find that fast is that kind of weird I find that crazy and and we I’m telling you guys there’s no way Kevin still has DeMarco Helms and Henry sword tour and they look like they did last season the last two seasons you get what I’m saying
Like Jeremy Pruitt I I can I can go back I forget the guy’s name that took over after uh Pruitt left um I can’t remember his name he’s the coach of LeBron well he he coached with the bronze he left us to be a position Josh lapoi
Even when Pastor Laporte was more of an aggressive play caller and that’s where he we fought for him for you know you you standing but you sending the wrong amount of five man six man blitzes here sir this is not a stickman situation you know so this this year I I’m loving the
Fact that like you said we have a wealth of of options at just about every position you look at the inside linebacker position a lot of old school uh players who know the the position would love to just have your your mic linebacker be that guy that’s on the
Field every snap but I see value in having the ability to pull Deontay Lawson off for a third down and Tradesman marching off for a third down to half two guys with speed and better cover skills Mike and weak sidewing Campbell and and and Jefferson because you got Jefferson no quarterback I don’t
Think any quarterback in the SEC right now maybe maybe Jaden Daniels can can put Jefferson on on a uh in a mixer as far as you know Jefferson is a is a beast and you talking about Pursuit coverage ability speed that’s turnover opportunities that we can create that
Lawson as great of a linebacker as he is is he he wouldn’t be able to do that if if he’s running 60 plays a a game give him give him 40 and give Jefferson those those 10 or 12 despite him out of that that game I guarantee you we see a
Better results especially early in the season so I’m excited man and hopefully with the position group coaches being there on the sideline hopefully that’s something that that helps us with as far as Personnel getting the right guys in when the guy’s hot especially in the secondary keep him out there stop stop
Pulling stop pulling those guys off the field when they hot you know and they locked in on coverage people got out there so I feel like this is a great thing for us man and as we transition we talked about you know the depth chart we talked about Millrose leadership
Um as as always guys we know training camp our biggest fear and our biggest enemy is always the injury bug right you so so this year we we we’re very fortunate we got guys with small Nicks and things but we we did learn today there was one major injury and that was
Devonte Smith who was trending upward as far as getting on the field as a starter as in uh as a safety next to Caleb Downs um with Malachi Moore playing that starting at the start but um we see that his injury has created not only a opportunity for Jalen key but an
Opportunity for guys like Tony Mitchell you know guys like uh Earl little getting pushed into that that um that fourth and fifth DB roll a lot sooner so uh first the Smitty the the Devonta Smith injury coach Sean take it away how does that affect us in the secondary if
It affects us at all early in the season I think it affects us I think it affects us because Devonte has been here for a while anytime you get a player hurt that that that’s went through multiple Springs that hurts that hurts but we still have Caleb downs we still have
Jalen King we still have Malachi Moore at the star we still have Christian story who I’m excited about um I know he had a little knee injury but I think Christian is going to come back and do some big things this is his opportunity because I think he was
Behind behind Devonte if I’m not mistaken behind Caleb if I’m not mistaken so he has an opportunity to get on the field now and prove his worth I know he’s an older guy it’s time it’s time for Christian to get his opportunity it’s time for him to get on
The field and do some big things I think we’re deep at the safety spot deep at the star spot I’m not really you know I hate something I worried about it but I think it’ll hurt us in the aspect of experienced players I think it will hurt
In that aspect anytime you’re losing an experienced player like that I think it has potential to hurt you but I think in the grand scheme of things once these guys play together a little while I think would be just fine in the secondary overall and I I credit that to
Cross-training you got five or six guys playing that corner and safety you know star you know the money’s Corner money safety because I think we forget that we have two different uh dime sets you know you have your corner dime and you have your safety dime where your third safety comes in
Um your or your fourth Corner comes in in our Corner down so I love being able to have that type of um flexibility to mix and match guys to where you don’t have to force guys into uncomfortable but uncomfortable positions like we saw DeMarco Hills get
Put in so many times last year right I feel like I feel like I’m getting me started on that don’t even get me on my soapbox about that good listen mans was the perfect I think Helms would have been the perfect money safety for any other system under other than Pete golden you
Know walking him up close to the sideline put him on the bigger body receivers not putting that guy in space you don’t put a safety like that in space a guy with that physicality that can support you on run support like he can he’s basically a small linebacker
Out there and he kept him on the hashes by himself that’s a liability every time and from what I’m hearing from what I’m hearing and we all know Malachi Moore had his troubles but healthy Malachi we know can cover healthy mouth he’s not the fastest but healthy Malachi is smart he’s he’s
Sneaky and he’s an opportunity so I’m excited to see you to depth put the use of Coach Jay Smitty being hurt and uh I don’t know did any of you guys hear the severity of the energy uh injury um coach J take it away man well unfortunately I haven’t heard the
Severity hopefully he’s not too impactful hopefully he’s not too long um yeah if you guys in the comment section know about it definitely type it in um but I I mean I I agree I agree with Sean I mean for the most part we we do
Have a lot of death I mean when you take I mean first of all one name I haven’t even heard yet Jake my boy Jake Pope you know Jake Pope had a phenomenal spring for what I’ve heard he’s had a solid training camp um this I I’m extremely excited to see
What these safeties can do again you’ve got guys like Jalen key look at our star position as far as looking at some of those like like Coast boo said some of those dime sets again or a little Malachi more um you you do have some death Christian
Stories a guy that’s been a part of the program for a while um but Devonte Smith man is a guy that’s just it’s it sucks because it’s one of those situations where this is a guy that for the most part has kind of been it’s a it’s a it’s a great story right
For the most part he’s always been that underrated Devonte Smith of the Smith that like a lot of people like when you talk about the receiver and you know he’s he’s that one player that for the most part has just been working his tail off and he’s been in the weight room
He’s been in the film room he’s been trying he’s been making other players uh particularly better getting on them showing some good some some high quality leadership and to see something like that goes man it reminds me a little bit of Moody hopefully it’s not as severe as
Moody but hopefully I mean for the most part Smith is a per is a player that for the most part has a lot of upside to his game he’s a guy that for the most part again if you can come back extremely quickly that’ll be great for us hopefully he’s not too severe
Um but death wise I do believe again it’s Gonna Hurt it’s gonna hurt a little bit it’s gonna hurt a little bit because to have a player that’s so reliable just in case that somebody else goes down or a guy that was again it was vying for that starting spot you know it
Definitely hurts a little bit but I am confident with the with the amount of depth that we have at that particular level um I think we’ll be fine there right and I think um the way that you know coach Saban has withheld it from because apparently he’s
Been hurt for a couple weeks you know and we’ve had the angry talks with Coach Saban and and I haven’t he hadn’t revealed anything up until today so that kind of leads me to feel like either he’s making a comeback returning to the to the you know getting in back into the
Game or is one of those things where he’s not going to be available and you know he was into the scheme Smitty man if you look at his Transformations body transformation from Spring until fall Camp yeah him Caleb Downs them guys look like they just rocks man like hey and
Then Christian story too for his slender build like dude put on they beefed up and like you said I would love to see Jake Pope and Christian story get on the field third quarter man I would love to see Jake Pope out there Jake Pope I feel
Like we we need of any sincere you know what I’m saying that’s that’s our that’s Vinnie sincere 2.0 Vinnie reincarnated but more athletic a little bit more speed and just just as much intensity and you got guys like Jake Pope that’s going to benefit from Smith being out
For a few weeks you know or not being able to be in that rotation so I think it’s a good thing for you know Bama and the depth bad thing as far as having that experience like you guys said on the field and like Smitty is a reliable
Guy he’s it’s never been a guy you know him being a problem or a locker room issue it’s just been a Playbook thing for Smitty he didn’t come out of the next uh uh extravagance defensive system he was a safety that could sit there and cover you know play the middle of the
Field because he was that good in high school I I think people forget how good go check out Devante Smith’s highlight film from his high school coming into Alabama he’s not a he’s nowhere near slack he losing him is big but luckily we’ve been able to hit the transfer
Portal get Jalen key who’s showing up saving his was able to mention him and Trey Amos by name so you know anytime you start getting a nickname from coach Saban that means something you know when he when he shortening your name up it means something so that’s big for us and
A big thing for just us as a as a squad man like you said experience getting guys reps is most important let’s get to some of these uh chats real quick some of these questions I saw a few of them um I saw some things about uh everyone
Have a good night no no no no them boys yoked up like that right this is what I’m saying man that just goes to show you the Testament of the Alabama program and how guys come in and just get dedicated um one thing I did want to touch on before
We move on to the depth chart man um not depth chart but the the you know our predictions and everything for Saturday scheme wise let’s talk about it this is what we love to talk about us three in particular um let’s attack the offensive side tonight um empty y’all know this Saturday we
Kick off 7 30 p.m Eastern Standard Time against um MTSU Middle Tennessee State University and this team yes on paper you know historically it looks like we should just you know pumble these guys but they do oppose a threat they they play football like all players do you know what I’m saying they
They have the capability to create some some mismatches and if exploited could make this game look worse than what it should be you know look closer to what it should be and I ain’t saying that they could I don’t think they’ll take Alabama three quarters but I do think
The first quarter they can they can definitely show some surprises at us and cause us to kind of open our eyes a little bit wider than what they will be already Saturday so coach Sean you take it off and just get into the statistics and the research that we were doing and
Then Coach they give you a reaction of what you think Middle Tennessee state is going to come and do uh offensively like off the bat just tell it let us let us know how you feel go ahead coach let me say this as far as our offense go this
Is a team that returns I think they have eight of 11 starters back they have their entire defensive front back they getting a guy back named Richard Kinley who was injured last year these guys listen they beat Miami Miami could not run the ball on these guys so I
Understand it’s MTSU but if we come out there fumbling around going three and out going three and out going three and out you will look up in the third and fourth quarter and we’re gonna be in a fight a fight and you know that that’s
That’s that we none of us won’t none of us want that fight let’s put these guys away early these guys are are their offenses Up Tempo they’re gonna run a lot of plays they mix in a lot of a a read option into their their RPO systems
They mix these two offenses uh they got a quarterback back who actually started sixth game he played in Eight Games but he started six games last year I can’t pronounce the young man’s last name I think it’s pronounced Nicholas vitaya Tay right it’s v-a-t-tiato Oto yeah maniato look he had six stars last
Year so this guy you know he’s not green he’s not green at all 71 of their offense came from the passing game at 71 they got a couple of transfers in the uh transfer portal some running backs their defense is good is very good their defense has a lot of guys who’s
Played a lot of football so this is a team that we need to come out put our foot on their neck early we cannot allow this team to get into Rhythm score some little cheap touchdowns on us this is a team we need to punch in the mouth run
The ball alone beat him up in the trenches and do our thing on early this is somebody we need to put away early don’t let this team get confidence and take our confidence from us so we need to do our thing with this team and put them away early because this team does
Have potential to hurt us if we’re not careful right and and I know we didn’t get it until the numbers country I I don’t I don’t pay attention to numbers uh when it comes to um opening week you know because it it it’s never what it truly is you never know
What A team’s identity is until week five week six anyways you know most teams that’s what you really know most teams that get started early they’re consistent week four throughout you know the rest of the season but guys who are fine looking searching for their identities such as Alabama
Um I think week six is where you find it but a team like Middle Tennessee State they’re not changing their philosophy and their game plan because they’re coming in to play Bama they’re going to throw the ball and that’s what I’m excited about uh historically Middle Tennessee State explain to the fan base
Who meant in Tennessee state is as an offense historically man they don’t play Man they’ve always been uh so they’ve always had a solid foundation that’s what I like about Middle Tennessee State so much they’re not going to be afraid of us right if if any fans are thinking that all of a
Sudden they’re going to come into this game they’re they’re not they’re not going to be afraid of us they’re not afraid to play against big Power five Schools they’re not afraid to punch people in the mouth um their defensive formation they run a multiple fourth reset but I I really I
Really like their scheme I love their philosophy and uh man I look at Middle Tennessee State they brought a lot of transfers in guys they bought they bought a lot of traffic in they’re gonna have guys are going to be able to come in there and compete and it’s going to
Compete day one um we talk about with us with us kind of changing our philosophy Well Middle Tennessee state is trying to do the same thing because we all know that the how big the transfer portal is and we all know for the most part how teams are changing more more so than
Ever right players are not really you know players are leaving after one year or two years Middle Tennessee State you know again a lot of their players have also kind of left or they’ve also kind of transferred as well but they’re trying to upgrade they’re trying to be
What Colorado is right now so Middle Tennessee state is trying to go they’re trying to also get in that projection of upwards uh the same as us and we’re still trying to figure out who we are right for the most part we we’ve talked about how we’re trying to get back to
The standard and we’re trying to uh get back to murder ball defensive philosophy all this type you know all the above but we got to prove that on the football field we gotta we got to do it because we’ve also had you know some some down
Moments in Fall Camp we’ve also had some question marks receivers dropping the ball um quite quite as frequently like how we did last year that was a big concern for us is that going to happen with this game because I’m telling you this is a team that likes the Press they like to
Jam they like to be extremely physical their safeties like to come up and hit a little bit they they like to cheat I mean again which could they definitely like to you know come up and cheat a little bit but they’re they’re not afraid they’re not afraid to attack us
And um you know what has been the one thing that’s been talked about as far as as far as Alabama football how teams are not afraid of them anymore yep right so so what Middle with Middle Tennessee this is gonna be one of these teams is
Going to come up they’re going to try to punch it in the mouth they’re going to try to establish uh early position as much as possible and uh overall wise I think for I think this is honestly going to be a good test for us until moving on
To next week where we’re going to be right back in T-Town uh going against Texas because Texas is definitely not afraid of us especially when they got a taste of early blood last year so having a team like Middle Tennessee coming in here uh definitely putting in the work
In attacking us uh relentlessly on the defensive side of the ball that’s going to be exciting that’s going to be something I’m extremely excited about and again not enough people are talking about their front four they have a very very solid front four man and then and
It’s going to be a great test especially when it comes to whoever who’s gonna whether it’s Del court or Ferguson wherever our left tackle position is going to be whether if it’s going to be Elijah Pritchard Caden doctor or maybe we can change a little bit maybe JC
Maybe Latham could play that’s something that we’re going to figure out by the time opening week goes uh but I’m excited for this I think that this is going to be a great test for moving on forward for you know obviously week two against Texas right um I’m not going to
Say a great test I think it’s a good gauge gang Gage here where you guys are where their competitive nature is because there’s no reason why Alabama shouldn’t go in and be able to knock the rust off within the first eight snaps no matter which side of the ball comes out
First that those eight snaps it should be something clicking by that seventh or eighth snap and you can tell by the mentality of the team when the the play college I think it’s really going to start with the play collar the style of play column will come out in especially
On the on the offensive side I will defending their offense this Kevin still go ahead and allow guys to be athletes and really impress us to play Man coverage across the board lock your guy down we’re gonna have to leave one high we’re going to bring one of the safeties
In the Box to help them our support you know which which last year and I I watched the San Diego State game Middle Tennessee State versus uh San Diego State and Middle Tennessee State even though they won they didn’t blow they didn’t take the top off because their
Offensive line struggle so I I’m I’m curious to see are they able to Sure up that because they bring back a lot of experience at their offensive line but I’m curious to see can they uphold against a hungry defensive line in Alabama you know just Nick boyby jaheem
Otis Tim Smith uh Dil Latham uh Tim Keenan I mean guys are hungry guys are hungry and then I see James Smith is going to be in the rotation and how does Curtis Perry get inserted the the motor how does he get inserted he’s gonna he’s gonna have opportunity so a struggling offensive
Line last season to end last season they bring back you know two young guys in um Rutledge and Kelly I’m looking at the the projectors roster now the projected starting lineup and um I’m looking in they have the experience everywhere they have the experience in the key spots but
How much experience is that in that talent I mean in that front line and then are they uh ready to take on the likes of a Justin the boy B or you know Tim Smith or jaheem Otis you know from the jump guys that are truly hungry remember this coach
I know this is game one but this does tell you the style of Defense these guys want to play these guys had 37 sacks and like 30 enforced forced 30 turnovers last year right this is a team that’s going to attack you they’re not gonna sit back and drop eight and Rush three
They’re not gonna do that man this team love the cheats so that leads to my next question can do the wide receivers do we see them be able to create uh separation this year I don’t have to pay press are we scheming our passing game to where it doesn’t put Jalen mineral in
The tech check type offense are we putting them in position to beat guys early get the ball out early are we putting them in position to read read deep check down left you know like I want to see consistency over anything I don’t even honestly if they pressing our
Guys today if they if they really gonna press us and put seven in the Box I want I still want to see a 65-35 run past stock offense I want to see us hand the ball off 30 plus times this game and I mean like not late in game I’m talking
About early I want 21 carries before the end of the first half we need that we need that type of offense with a passion efficiency right you know 75 if you know 70 75 completion rating you know between who whatever quarterback is out there you get the quarterback 11 12 you know
Nice passes in the first half you setting yourself up for a good a good like plethora of play calling that you can run into Texas with for our offensive side and defensively man I we better dominate up front that offensive line struggled badly against San Diego
State and I mean bad bro and it’s that’s the only concern I have for them and that says a lot about what they have around their offensive line so um and and they brought in transfers experience transfers from um different schools to to fill up that receiving core you got Junior transfer
Senior transfer coming into offense that is catered to the wide receiver they don’t go out and get boo-boo receivers guys they had a guy last year losing top five receiving yards total receiving yards in the nation look Bama Bob said it best Bama Bob shout out to you man he
Said the Fear Factor needs to start game one nothing but other domination would be acceptable Bama needs to go out and destroy this team what would Georgia do what would any top team do to this team you got to go out and play well man this team I’m telling you they’re very good
Against the run I think this will be a good test for us for game one I think it will be a good test for us because they’re going to try to stop the run first and foremost you can believe that I would that’s what I would do they’re
Going to try to be focused on the Run stopping Jayla Miller from running the ball aspire to here or there and try to stop our backfield they’re going to make him throw the ball whoever throw whoever the quarterback is they’re going to try to make him throw the ball stop the run
And make their quarterback beat us you can believe that’s going to be their their uh antidote for business so we’ll see how it goes I’m excited to see this this secondary and this aerate because they’re going to put the ball in the air I’m that’s that’s the main thing I’m
Ready to see as much as I want to see the I want the front to be able to control the run and I want the secondary every pass I want uh a guy there no no broken coverages like I feel like this is the time for Kevin Steele to simplify
This defense to the point where guys just you know we get the two High car guys are ready they that’s you you I don’t care if we indicate we’re a man when by God’s stances by guys walking up I want to see that physicality make the
Ref make a ref stop us from being physical at the point of attack not when the ball is in the air but early in the play when you can put your hands on them when you can be physical let these guys play football coach and I am when I say
We’re poised for it guys Middle Tennessee state is the type of Team where their their Tempo is is really Tempo they’re looking to run 75 to 81 offensive snaps a game yeah you know yeah if not more if that if they’re running less than 70 plays they’re not
They’re not being efficient according to understand and they’re not trying to take top off all the time a lot of this stuff is just a lot of in inside the small spaces they like to capitalize on the small spaces underneath getting the ball into the athlete’s hands and that
Could be something great for like you said I I understand the schematic match up being a awesome opportunity for us because you see that I don’t think Alabama struggles with stopping the run against taxes in week two I think we sure up we we have a solid run defense I
Think our secondary has the most questions to answer as much talent is back there in that secondary they have the most questions to answer and we’re going to find out some answers and and we can work you better believe it they’re going to be tested let it be on
Record that I said this you look at every team that we play if you look for man for man Texas has one of the most talented rosters we will see all season now I’m talking about from quarterback every position their defense was extremely young they have all five starting line back from last
Year and to be truthful oh will did not have his best game against Texas that freshman kind of whipped him to be honest he didn’t have any I don’t remember him doing much in the Texas game Texas I remember them big penalties he had yes Ace with that that freshman
Was whipping up on three first Fighters man yeah just that just Kelvin Banks that’s his name Kelvin Banks when McDonald uh Felix um Felix amaduke from uh from Kansas State I mean my God man he’s the serious attack of the player and then they include Devin Campbell
Devin Campbell is a player that could be uh or DJ Campbell could be inserted in the starting lineup five-star guard possibly first round quarterback possibly first run where I receive an Xavier Xavier worthy possibly first round tight end and guess what I’m saying and let’s not let’s not do it
Y’all I I want so bad to get into it because the matchups is just across the board you talking about just Titans going at it recruiting class Titans going at it week two but we’re wearing week one chat don’t get too excited don’t look ahead that’s where we
Messed up last year we we were looking too far ahead Middle Tennessee state is going to be the perfect test and and before we start closing down guys um let’s let’s take some fresh tastes on the um just just the overall climate of the fan base I love to touch on fan base
I love to look at the chat I love it man man look look we we got to man cause Saturday there’s no more no more soap boxes we got to take it for what it is whatever product shows up Saturday all our speculations all of our High Hopes
Whatever there we’re going to get some answers Saturday that’s the good thing about this week we’re not looking like I hate to to continue to mention them but they are the defending the check the defending champs we’re not looking like George we don’t get uh are you Tennessee
Martin or whoever and then Ball State to follow up we don’t get that we get to jump into the fire that works out for us generally and usually the early big game if we struggled and win that game that turns out good for us historically as
Under coach Sable and I’m ready to see these guys show up week one if if we and we can get into predictions and all that if we could get into like a a a seven possession lead before we see some type of stuttering you know what I’m saying that’s that’s seven possessions that’s
Whether we getting two field goals and and and five touchdowns whatever if we can get a seven possession lead going into the third quarter that’s there’s a lot about the execution and the mindset of this defense coach J executing the mindset of this team as a whole where
Are you where you sitting that um with the mindset of the team how are you how are you feeling what’s your climate check let’s do climate checks oh so climb it man see listen I’m a buffalo kid man so listen if I say it’s gonna be if snowing man it’s bad it’s
Gonna be real bad so um no I think it’s I I think it’s warm if I warm like 70 72 71 degrees perfect weather hopefully for fall weather but um no I think that or wise it should be a good approach it should be a good
Approach um I think that for the most part going against Middle Tennessee um if we can just just be efficient be like simplify both the offense and the defense if Jalen Merrell starts obviously use his use his athletic ability to his Advantage gain gain confidence not just for that but but for
This offensive line I know a lot of people say well we want to start building up as confidence during the football but I for me I would like to see him run a little bit more get some confidence in the in this offensive line get the big bullies like Terence
Ferguson and Kaden Proctor out there uh running with Seth McLaughlin and then you have Latham with Booker I mean guys that are maulers like that’s what we want we want to right we want to try to get back to what we used to we got to
Start being a lot more assertive being a lot more physical and I think that’s something that we’ve that we’ve talked that we’ve talked about for a while that’s something that coach Saban and that the in that time Reese has talked about for a while trying to get back to
That old style that old tradition and um hopefully against Middle Tennessee State even you know it’s going to be very interesting because again you know like we said before they’re not afraid these are guys that again they love the first turnovers they love their safeties love
The cheat they love the gym they love to be physical and to go against the team that for the most part that doesn’t really have that fear um if I’m a Bama player I would be I would feel extremely disrespected I would feel like I have something on my
Shoulder and I wanna and I want to make them fear me right I want to try to get get that mentality back and uh you know again hopefully that can start up with us so OverWatch I’m feeling pretty good about this team I’m very confident um that you know that everything can run
Smoothly but obviously that’s got to translate on the football field and before you go coach Sean I like this comment by Bama I always believe in Alabama Alabama beat themselves last season playing undisciplined in those two roll officers on the road against LSU and Tennessee bottom line Alabama
Will be very tough to beat if they play discipline another comment it’s all going to come down to who has the best defense Alabama is going to score points I totally agree I don’t think this often slows down I think the offense is actually more efficient than last year
With Bryce me personally and that’s nothing against Bryce Bryce is still the greatest quarterback to ever suit up for Alabama in in the history of Alabama hands down what he did under the circumstances nobody would have done it in the history of Alabama so we give
Them as props and here we go no depth chart Great scheme and I see the motivation in it no other coach has that has thought of it either that’s why I’m so glad he’s on our Sidelines roll tide roll for Life yes go and I’m right man
Go ahead Jake go ahead Jay no I’m gonna say if I if I can if I can add this think about think about this is extraordinary for the last five six years what has Alabama normally been ranked either number one number two and they’ve always been projected to make the playoffs or
Go to the national championship game this is the first time I’ve seen in a while where this Bama team isn’t really projected to make it to the playoffs they’re not even projected to make it to a national championship game they’re not even projected to win the SEC this is
The first time in a while where I think the media has gone like Paul Finebaum the rest of these guys has really gone against Alabama for not for for not you know not having everything ready like they like Nick Saban got criticized for not naming a starting quarterback when
You had you know again while Lane kiffin did and and Georgia did with Carson Beck like Nick Saban’s getting all his criticism for not really figuring out the quarterback spot so you can add that for extra motivation extra rat poison rat poisoning positively yes um that this team can potentially get it going
Based off of that this is probably the most doubted Bama team we’ve seen since 2015 when they lost to Ole Miss after week three give me a climbing check fan base fan base talk from the fans side what do you what do you feel like the the fan base is going to learn
Um week one against Middle Tennessee State I mean for me we just need to get back to being Bama we need to get off the wine and cheese we need to you know stop the Clapping on touchdown dude I can remember when the starting lineups were called The Crowd
Would go ballistic listen now they started allowed to call I they just clapped we just sit on our you know myself included you know we we just need to get back to being Bama man you know for me my climate check my attitude check is going to start with the
Player’s attitude I wanna know I keep hearing about murder ball I keep hearing about how good the defense is going to be with Kevin still I gotta see it man I’m pessimistic by Nature I have to see it I I the Tennessee game is stuck in my
Brain I’m sorry I didn’t like what I saw from the Tennessee game from a coaching standpoint so that concerns me I want to see us come out and I want us to dominate this team from of the opening kickoff to the last whistle I want to
See us dominate man I want the fans to be screaming their heads off not thinking about Texas thinking about the game at hand I want us to come out and have a top 10 performance from the fan standpoint offense defense and special teams and coaching all together
Collective that’s what I want to see from the jump doesn’t matter that it’s MTSU doesn’t matter we got the biggest game we played in recent memory at Brian Denny next week after we got to come out and take care of business I think it was
Mike Mack up up in the comments who said something about it doesn’t matter who’s the quarterback is stop the mistakes kill the mistakes kill the dumb penalties man we got to come out Mike Mack that’s it right there I agree with him a thousand percent it doesn’t matter
Who the quarterback is we got to come out and take care of business on our end no penalties dominate your box let me see that you hungry I don’t want to see any Louie bags on Instagram I don’t want to see your cards on Instagram I want
You to come out and realize everybody is calling y’all out your name everybody thinks you’re weak everybody I’ve seen one analyst picked us fourth in RSVP fourth behind Tennessee SEC West Tennessee LSU in Georgia I want you to take that personal man because a lot of
Players bled for this in the past so I can take you back from Antonio Langham in them in the early 90s all the way to the players who just the last National Championship team it’s a lot of players who wore their Crimson Jersey who bled
For this so it’s time for you to go out and dominate your box and lastly let me say this to the college football game day crew that every one of them picked Alabama nah nah nah nah nah so what you said when I sent the picture no no no let me
Get two more no no hold on so when I say yeah stars all caps hell no no hell no I can see it Kyle I’m sorry but let me get drunk for a minute don’t pick us man keep that energy about Georgia and how great they are no disrespect Bama sucks remember
Keep that energy Sports illustrator that old gluteus maximus is getting tight now because he feels about to start we better pick coach Saban to be safe keep that energy about how bad we are because we coming to prove all of you wrong buddy Kirk Herbst street because
He has been with us from from day one he said from day one I’m running with Bama Desmond Howard and the other Pat McAfee picking Bama nah I don’t want to hear that keep that energy that you had about Bama that all this whole summer period
And guys just and to kind of wind this thing down we come into a close to piggyback off of everything you all said the fact that we we literally haven’t had this conversation like this y’all but the mindset of of the the coaching panel you know what I’m saying to be on
The same wavelength as far as what we need to see discipline is what I hear and God’s just enjoying being a part of the team that once we get back to that that’s what Bama football was about we started this whole the the Bama Brotherhood that the the the fraternity that’s in that
Locker room you know I get I get the I envy the fact that I can say that you know that balance sci-fi whatever they say you know what I’m saying like I envy that you know what I’m saying like I envy that man you know and this team I
Feel like they got that energy not the hey man it’s going to be okay that we ain’t performing our the story that came out about guys holding each other accountable for post practice workouts or post-practice reps because one guy that wants to get better the offensive lineman wanted to get better
Deontay Lawson the defensive player said okay let’s let’s work on it a defensive player that isn’t projected to be a starter said he wasn’t going to stay Lawson and and and the uh offensive line checked it we we everybody if somebody need to get better we’re going to work
Together to get better it ain’t just about a d-line going against the old line to get better teach that olama how to reach that second level right here on the first level those small things matter man and when you see things like that happening in the locker room you
Find your teams that are hard to be broken on the field no matter what happens on the field two negative players can go by two big plays and then that third when it should be a touchdown your guy like uh uh Christian story is is in there because you know it’s it’s
Just coach Saban wants to put him in that pressure moment and he’s ready because of the extra reps that he put in it’s it’s saying that like that that matters man and and we gotta we gotta take accountability as a fan base for what we contribute to these boys this
This is a social media uh influence Society a lot of these kids look for a validation by through what this what we say what we do as the median as fan base and as a fan you know let’s take the L’s as they come let’s take the The Growing
Pains as they come but at the end of the day these are young men who are putting their bodies in their lives on the line for our entertainment we literally watch these guys for entertainment if if none of these players ever play football how would that affect my life other than
Being miserable without seeing football you get what I’m saying so this this is something that we got to appreciate as a fan base and as as as people man we got to get back to Jess and you know enjoying the moment I feel like this is
The best time to be an Alabama fan knowing that Saban is coming to coming to the end the downhill side of his career not saying that he’s digressing but realistically coach Saban is not trying to coach until he’s 100. he’s no he’s no it’s not there if he could he
Would but he knows what time it is that’s why he’s trying to set these guys up for Success this coaching staff there’s a there was a scheme and there was a philosophy behind assembling this group of guys and who he kept from previous years and it’s going to work
Out just fine and as we we get into our closing guys let’s get to our predictions we’re going to go 30 seconds a piece predictions I want the scoring prediction offensive MVP and defensive MP and this is early week predictions we’re going to be back with y’all later
This this uh week with our final game predictions after we get a little bit more news a little more status about who’s going to be playing what type of schemes you know get our inside stuff but 30 seconds let’s see any mini minimal goes Sean 30 seconds I won’t
Give a prediction man because the last time I gave a prediction we lost the LSU so I’m very superstitious so I’m gonna leave that part out but I will give you my defensive MVP as a guy I’ve been on Kyle will tell you this from day one his
Name is trez Marshall tread is going to dominate that box from the middle linebacker spot he’s going to be aggressive and my offensive MVP I’ll probably go with Roy Dale Williams will come in and carry that rock those are my two okay Coach Jay I would say I’m gonna give it I’m gonna
You know I’m gonna say Jaylen Miro I think Jayla Merrell’s gonna be the offensive MVP um as far as score goes let’s say 49 let’s say 49 10 49 10 and the defensive MVP we got to give to jaheem Otis uh clogging up that middle freeing up giving other players an opportunity to
Get to get free shots um second defensive second player I would definitely say is in the running is Chris Braswell led the SEC in quarterback pressures uh Court as far as win rate goes he was also one of the best that’s a guy that just for the most
Part he’s going to get a lot better as far as getting home to that quarterback and finishing off these plays so that’s probably gonna be my second guy okay look at him staying with the 30 seconds all right here we go score and prediction I’m giving us a 55 to
I give them nine and that’s a late nine that’s three maybe early in the first quarter because they get a big play Crossing you know half you know uh Midfield you know getting to like the 30 week be stiffing up in the in the you
Know get close to Red Zone so I give him three early and then like two late field goals maybe you know uh in the second half garbage time type stuff um offensive MVP I’m gonna go with DJ Dupree oh I feel like because of the way Middle
Tennessee likes the scheme is dial up the pressure CJ Dupree against any linebacker on that roster is a mismatch and that’s the easiest pass for Jay Romero in the Tommy Reese schemed offense you know so I’m gonna go with CJ Dupree I think he has like a big game six catches something
Like that with 112 yards maybe two touchdowns two two big Reds on touchdowns but he makes some big plays in the in the open field um and opens it up for everything else around it uh defensively I’m gonna go with somebody in the second there guys
And I think this is gonna be his coming out party because we don’t know well a lot of the fans don’t know a lot about them other than that he’s a transfer but Trey Amos Trey Amos is going to come out as a starter no matter if he’s the the left
Corner right corner whatever um star he’s been practicing that star position we had a deep rotation at the star position Trey Amos is going to come out and he’s going to ball I think he I think he’s probably going to be the first guy to get tested and he’s going
To capitalize and get that interception and then 1B Caleb Downs I see Kevin Downs getting this over the top pick a tracking pick in the in the secondary so let’s go down these comments as we get ready shut it down um we got the offensive MVP David Kendall says Jan Miller defensive MVP
Kool-Aid score 73-6 you think saber letting us put up 70 points week one I don’t think so man oh maybe I don’t know man now I’ll say revenge tour maybe I I think if we do it’s it’s one of the things where it’s Ty Simpson
Gets in it at the beginning of the third quarter and gets the same play calls and he’s just slinging it you know shout out to Michael Davis with the comment I predict pain I love that yes I predict pain yeah hey I really want these guys to
Just execute man at the end of the day like I said any cable Downs will be the defensive MVP I honestly think this guy is going to really live up to the auto hype I don’t think anything that he does on the field is going to surprise us because honestly
Go watch that news film from his sophomore year up until his senior he did it he didn’t fall off at all and that’s at every position wide receiver running back Quarterback free safety strong safety he didn’t fall off at any position he lined up at Jack sometimes
Like he he was an edge rusher or something like and he played in some competitive bar so I think I think uh Caleb Downs looks good this this opening week my man Roy Dale Williams will have a coming out party Saturday he with my man Roy Dale Williams will steal the
Show watch okay right there I think Jan Miller comes out and steals the show honestly I I just think Jan Miller gonna break one of them 40 50 yard type things and it’s like dang he’s our he’s the third one you know I think Royale Williams imposes his
Will feel honestly like for real like he shows SEC like he ain’t he don’t care about his body you know he one of them dudes even the ACL injury he had man the way it happened for him to get up like he did you a freak bro like I had an ACL
Injury so I know getting up and take trying to take that first step right that was walking man before we go yeah if we can name one player who you want to see step up Tim Smith got to show me something Saturday man oh man Tim Smith
Has had to show me some of the inconsistencies I want to see him come out and dominate man I want to see Tim Smith step up and show me something Saturday Coach Jay Jeremiah Alexander I he’s gonna get an opportunity to play I think he’s I think
He’s gonna get an opportunity to play he’s one of my favorite players Thompson Alabaster you know type of kid I think he’s gonna get an opportunity but just to see that potential and and to see that that five-star status something that I I I predicted three years ago he
Could be he could be the next Alabama star I would like to see some some of that growth a little bit later on this game facts actually hey Doc yeah hey and I was just about to highlight her comment Yeah Tim Smith uh damn we got another offensive defensive MVP and score
Protection Bama Bob Bama Bob I think you feeling like me I I want to be realistic about our defense things are going to happen this week one it’s going to look so I don’t think there’s a shutout if we do shut Middle Tennessee out I’m excited people people should people
Say we shouldn’t get excited about beating but if we shut them out hold them scoreless field goals no touchdowns less than three penalties on the defensive side I expect some offensive penalties you know five star guys being aggressive I expect that I don’t mind those those pillars even on the
Defensive line jumping and knocking the crap out somebody you know like if we want to get penalty make it count but let’s not let’s not let the penalties determine the game so I’m right there with you Obama I could see some some small mistakes that don’t that aren’t
Costing it’s not nothing we’re gonna be highlighting and saying oh that’s going to be a problem I don’t think we get exposed this game um last Point closing out uh go ahead go ahead Jay I was a quick quick thing let’s not lead the game in penalties we
Were one of the worst teams in the nation and penalties let’s not leave the gaming penalties that’s all I gotta say about that man I’m but discipline discipline this one that’s what we need to come in with this weekend no passing through parents calls
And and if if we do let it be because you’re playing the ball through through the receiver not because you’re playing the receiver through the ball you know what I’m saying like that that’s that’s the most tail backer stuff I’ve ever seen in my life yeah I’ve
I don’t know what technique coach Saban was allowed or I mostly if you go we’ll talk about that later in the season anyway guys I want to see improve and I I think really need to take their opportunity and show up this year Jermaine certain um I want Jermaine Burton with that
Beautiful release and Route running and Route technician that he has and the separation he can create I want him to do that every play I want him to be physical he’s not a physical blocker he’s a Savvy Blocker in the Run game I want him to impose that this year I want
Him to use that and create value for himself just as the clip you see the athleticism you see the savviness he has when he’s catching the ball I mean he’s had to be the leader this year and I think mentally he’s there this year I think he’s there this year and I would
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Y’all don’t have anything else I don’t have anything anybody in the chat everybody in the chat Roll Tide it’s been fun tonight thanks for tuning in to Monday night quarterback with the coaches I’m your point guard your your uh assistant offensive coordinator uh coach smook and you got your defensive
Coordinator and coach Sean and your defense your your head offensive coordinator Coach Jay out here we doing his thing man hey I appreciate y’all for tuning in and Roll Tide everybody well I’m sure that our team players all looking forward to the challenges of the season but I think the biggest challenge for
You know our team is to create an identity for this team to prove that you can be a dangerous team to prove that you have the energy focus and enthusiasm not just to win a game but to beat the other team and there is a difference in
That and I think that difference you know primarily is the way you compete the way you complete the way you play the Relentless competitive attitude that you have for 60 minutes in a game to play to a standard your standard now that the scoreboard or anything else determine what your performance level is
And you know that’s something that I think this team has to prove you know that it can do you know Middle Tennessee is um you know they won eight games last year they beat a top 25 team in Miami they won a bowl game against San Diego
State you know Rick stockstill has been there for a long time he’s done a really good job they’ve got a great offensive scheme in terms of how they do things problems that they create so it’s going to be challenging from our players from that standpoint there are very
Aggressive defensive team a lot of stunts a lot of blitzes a lot of negative plays so it’s a very challenging preparation for our offensive team and they’re sound and solid and do a great job on special teams so this is a a challenging team for us to play but again you know we’re
Concerned about how do we establish an identity for our team in terms of how we compete and how we play regardless of you know who we might play I know that um you know your number one focus is not on the game it’s on the depth chart and
Look there’s a lot of competition on the team and when we put a depth chart out you all think that’s like final like this is like etched in stone that it’s going to be this way forevermore just because we come out of fall camp and that’s where it is but it creates a
Lot of distractions on our team creates a lot of um you know guys thinking that well this guy won the job now and I’m not going to play or whatever and quite frankly you know we don’t need that and I want all of our players to continue to compete to
Continue to compete for playing time to try to play at the highest level and I don’t want anybody on our team to think they’re a backup player or whatever and you know the depth chart kind of does that I think most of the players on our team know who should start in the
Game and who shouldn’t start but that’s something that they do day to day in terms of the way they compete in the way they play and nobody’s entitled to playing just because we put it on a piece of paper and say this is the way it is today so I apologize for that
But it is what it is what kind of progress did you see from the guys that are competing at the safety position in the preseason yeah well you know Caleb’s done a really good job I know he’s a young player but he’s done a really good job he’s smart
He’s bright he understands football very well um you know Jaden key has done a really good job he’s got a lot of experience even though he hadn’t played here he’s played other places in a very similar system so you know those two guys have done a good job Malachi can play you know
Safety or Star so um you know Smitty’s been out with uh with this foot for for a while and we certainly think that he would be in the mix if if he were healthy Christian story is you know a Dependable guy at the position so that’s kind of where it’s at right now
MTSU has one of the better secondaries in their league what are the challenges of going against that group well I think they they play really well they get a lot of turnovers um but they create a lot of pressure um there are pressure defense and they
Put a lot of pressure on their secondary and their Corners have played very well whether they play off or man-to-man and press their safeties are very aggressive and make a lot of plays so I think there’s a little bit of big little that goes with this team if you look at the
Statistics of the way they played they make a lot of plays on defense and when it comes to negative plays that they create turnovers that they get but they’ve also given up plays and I think you got to have lots of patience you’ve got to have a good plan in terms of
Trying to minimize how much they can create negative plays but also maximize taking advantage of making some explosive plays Nick several offensive linemen have discussed wanting to play a more dominant physical brand of football this season how have you seen that transpire how would you evaluate how that’s been through fall
Camp and preseason well I would say that’s up to them they want to be a dominant physical that’s part of the identity that we’re trying to create and want to create at every position not just in the offensive line so um and to be able to be able to have
Balance on offense you got to be able to control the line of scrimmage and get movement up front and play physical but it’s the same thing in the passing game you got to be able to protect the quarterback and um so you can make plays in the passing
Game so we always want to be physical we always want to be dominant we want to be that on the defensive line we want to be that on the offensive line and style of play can determine that to some degree and but having balance and being able to
Do both those things I think is the most critical Factor you referenced the Middle Tennessee State game against Miami last year that was a game where they showed an ability to hit on explosive plays in the past game what type of challenges that present to your secondary and how do you
Go about counteracting that yeah well I think the multiples of formations that they give you whether it’s empty for open wide out all kinds of things you know are going to put guys you know at some point in time you got to play guys man-to-man so
Um and you guys got to win you can’t give up explosive plays um so I also think you got to mix it up and you know sometimes when people spread you out you got to play maximum coverage sometimes you got to play maximum pressure but whatever you have to be
Able to execute so that you’re not giving up explosive plays I mean that’s turnovers explosive play ratio those are the two most critical factors in winning and losing games so I think you got to be patient these guys are going to go no huddle they’ll
Go fast at times players got to be able to get lined up and execute and not let that affect their Rhythm and how they play and they did make a lot of explosive plays against Miami last year and that’s something that you know we’re always
Trying to take away and it’s going to be a challenge for our guys in the back end but it’s also when you give up explosive plays it’s usually all loving guys you know sometimes you lose past rush Lanes quarterback scrambles that was a big one whatever so everybody’s got to
Do their job to eliminate the other team’s ability to make explosive plays how much of being a good Blitzer is instincts anticipation just having a good feel for it and what did you think about the way the defense executed Blitz calls and practice this month
Uh you know we’ve done a pretty good job with the pressures you know so far but you know containing the quarterback not not necessarily thinking just because you pressure you want to sack the quarterback because the worst thing that can happen when you pressure is somebody gets pushed by
If you get pushed by the quarterback you’re playing with 10 guys so you ask me how much of it is instinctive and how much of it is I don’t care what position you play at some point in time instincts take over just like defensive back okay the ball’s coming I
Can intercept it I can SWAT and hook it I can break down and tackle the guy it all depends on how fast the ball is getting there and what your position is so how much is that coaching and how much is that instinct so if I’m past Russian
And I try to speed brush a guy and he softsets me and pushes me by how much of that is ability and how much of that is lack of instincts the guy soft said you should bull rush him you should power rush them don’t get pushed by the quarterback not the time
Trying to make a sack when to use your hands when do you use what pass rush move like a wrestler when do you use what move it’s the same thing when you’re playing defensive line or offensive line you’re using your hands you’ve got body position you get a guy off balance one
Way how you going to push them back the other way so we try to teach guys all those things but when it comes to fastball application it’s no different than the baseball analogy that I use I use it with the players all the time I
Say you just swung in a pitch over your head everybody understands is like what are you doing you watch baseball don’t you I see these guys in major leagues do it involves four feet outside slider swinging at it look bad doing it yeah looks worse coach this isn’t your first opening day
With Alabama but every year seems to be exciting for the fans there’s been a few years we’ve been in Atlanta to start or Orlando what does it mean to be here in Tuscaloosa and what’s your message to the fans about coming out to this game against Middle Tennessee well we all you
Know we’ve always had great fan support regardless of where we played there’s always been great enthusiasm I think our fans are a big part of the team of the atmosphere that they create you know during games is you know something that’s part of the tradition around here
That makes guys want to play here whether they’re recruits coming to see the games or whether they’re players on the field so it’s always important and this game is important to us it’s important for you know this team to create an identity and the fans can have
A significant impact on that with their energy and enthusiasm what does JC Latham mean not only to the offensive line but just the stability bringing his leadership and his expertise to the team yeah JC’s played really well I’ve shown a lot of maturity it’s become a a leader of sorts of the
Offensive line uh he’s a physical guy he plays a lot of toughness um you know we’ve tried to eliminate you know penalties and being able to stay focused on doing the right things with the offensive line and with JC and he’s done a pretty good job of taking those
Challenges and I tried to implement them in a way that’s going to be a positive thing for our team so what sort of progress have you seen from Jalen Melrose since he played last year I think Jalen has made a significant amount of improvement I think he’s more
Comfortable in the pocket I think that um you may ask more confidence in the way he executes and the way he plays he’s been more consistent in in the way he’s played and and I think that’s you know going to be the key the drill for him to
Be able to maintain that consistency in every practice so that he is developing the kind of habits that are going to carry over in the game and help him be successful and cam what type of growth that you see from jumerian Latham up front um he’s done a really good job you know
He’s been hurt a little bit on and off since he’s been here he’s gotten a little bigger he’s gotten a little stronger and um you know he’s a very good athlete I think he’s more confident in terms of learning the defense making less mental errors I think it’s important to him I
Think he’s showing a lot of maturity in the way he’s developed and progressed so I think he’s a guy that can make a significant contribution for us up front given the situation at quarterback do you enter this game expecting to use multiple quarterbacks or is there a game
Plan just drawn up for whoever is the starter uh I don’t have any expectations for that right now I mean you know we’re going one day at a time and um you know we’re repping the players and even regardless of what happens in this game
It’s the same thing that I told you guys before just because whoever starts in the first game that doesn’t mean that you don’t have to continue to compete and play throughout the season because the competition doesn’t end with the first game at any position including quarterback so Um you know my expectation is is what can we do to get them better today so that we can play better the next day and the next day and then when the game comes we’ll be playing as well as we can we need to be planned to create value for
Themselves as players as well as our team to be able to have success all right thank you it’s game week and fired up this is uh in our world it’s the greatest greatest week of the year and you know I’m sure every coach every player in the country
Is saying that now so but we’re excited about it we’ve had a really really good off-season going all the way back to January uh then through spring practice this summer and then Camp so I like where we’re at right now I like our team it’s a very very
Committed and con and competitive team and so I’m excited about these guys and looking forward to watching them play obviously we’ve got a tremendous Challenge and a tremendous opportunity this week with Alabama one of the best teams in the country you know there’s you know they they lose
Two games last year by a total of four points and uh everybody thinks the you know the sky’s falling down there so it’s uh you know really really talented team we’ve got to play well we expect to play well and uh just looking forward to getting down there and starting this
Season off so they got a lot of good players and uh but we got a lot of good players too and uh you know I believe in our team and we’ve got to play well anytime you play a team like Alabama top 2-3 team in the country you got to play
Well you can’t give them anything you got to make them earn everything they get and uh you know and then we’ve got to play really well so that’s our expectation and uh we’ll go down there and and uh you know play and I expect us to play
Good I expect us to I know there’s never any question that will play hard I know we’ll play hard but I expect this to go down and play well this weekend so looking forward to the to this opportunity so I’ll open it up to you guys coach samed out and go Blue raiders.com
Alabama’s got two new coordinators this year but one on offense one on defense how do you go about preparing for what could be some new looks from a team when you when you don’t have any tape on them for week one well I mean I think any time you look at
Alabama when they’ve had coordinator changes schematically they haven’t changed that much you know Kevin Steele the defensive coordinator this is his third time with Coach Sabin at Alabama he was at Miami last year as the defensive coordinator and what they did at Miami was there’s some carry over there’s some similarity
To what you know he had done at Alabama while he was there so uh you know we’re preparing for Alabama you know and then same thing offensively you know coming from Notre Dame uh Tommy coming from Notre Dame there you know I don’t foresee them changing
Drastically I know they they want to run the ball better than what they did last year or maybe a little bit more effectively than what they did last year so you you play that into it they got the quarterback uh dilemma a little bit who it’s going to
Be but you know whoever they put out there is going to be a talented player so we’ve got enough you know tape we’ve watched a little bit of Notre Dame we’ve watched a little bit of Miami we’ve watched a lot of Alabama coach Cecil Joyce Daily News Journal
Uh coach uh talk about the quarterback situation Alabama and you expect multiple quarterbacks and how does that affect how you prepare for them I don’t know what to expect uh you know just putting you know myself in those shoes you know they may want to play multiple guys
They’ve red shirted a couple guys last year they got a transfer in from Notre Dame so maybe they want to play multiple guys I don’t know it’s not my team so uh you know we’ll prepare we’ve we’ve watched a little bit of all those guys and we’ll prepare for whoever comes out
There and that’s all you can do you can’t you can’t worry about who they’re going to play or what they’re going to do control what we can control that’s all we can do so whoever goes out there schematically you know it’s gone it’s not going to be a I don’t think it’s
Going to be a drastic change from you know Ty Simpson to you know this guy to the other guy whoever it’s going to be so um go out there and do our job do it the best that we can do it and I hope hopefully that’s good enough
Chip Walters blue Raider Network your quarterback situation you you’ve come out of spring this year pretty much knowing who your your guy was going to be and talk a little bit about Nick’s story and you know having been a Bowl MVP two years ago to redshirting last year it’s kind of unique
Yeah and and I’m not saying this because Nick’s in here uh but I love Nick I respect Nick I respect the heck out of him all the way back to recruiting him in high school you know when he had to go through the the he was part of the
Covet deal where you know uh lost his season but wanted to play so he went to another place so he could play and then coming here sight unseen you know he wasn’t able to visit here and uh just the relationship that we developed is special to me and um
And then you know coming in as a freshman you know he wasn’t ready at that you know when he first got here and not many of them are so we were playing was the red shirt him and we had one quarterback leave and then Chase got hurt and ultimately we thought you know
Nick gave us the best chance to win and he proved that that was accurate and uh so in this day and time it’s hard for guys not to be selfish and you know you you don’t play at all you’re on the scout team you don’t play at all for
Seven weeks seven games and then Here Comes coach hey you want to give up your red shirt year in the middle of the game and uh he didn’t blink an eye and uh respect guys like that and uh you know so he played those five games
His true freshman year and you know I told him I said you know the next year compete for the job if you’re the guy you’ll be it and if not try to get your red shirt Year back and uh you know chase you know played and Chase had a
Great year and uh Nick came in a couple games last year when when when Chase went down but Chase is a great I mean Nick is a great teammate he’s a great great player he’s fun to coach he works extremely hard and uh you know now he’s earned this
Opportunity to lead this team out of the tunnel the first game and uh you know just have a lot of respect for him and admiration for him and and what he’s done in a short period of time here and he’s played what seven games something like yeah six again whatever it is not
Even complete games and um you know so I I I’m very very confident in Nick and very confident that he’s going to have a heck of a year this year coach you’ve coached down at Alabama in 2015 with the blue Raiders you have a lot of coaches on staff that played in
That game what are y’all telling the team this year about to prepare for that environment specifically I I will meet tomorrow you know I I didn’t talk about it one time during Camp you know it’s they know who would play uh we’ll talk a little bit about it but all that stuff
We’ve been in big stadiums we’ve been in loud stadiums played music loud the other day and practiced during some team stuff just so the offense could get acclimated a little bit to you know some crowd noise but I didn’t say hey Nick this is what it’s going to be like on
Saturday you know just played it and I don’t make a big deal out of that kind of stuff and uh you know Brent and Marquis and Shane and those guys have played down there and all that stuff so you know same thing as last year at Miami same thing at Syracuse and same
Thing in Missouri all that kind of stuff we just you know we go down there and roll up our sleeves and go to work and fight our guts out for 60 minutes coach uh Calvin white MTSU Sidelines I know that the first game isn’t always you know the best measuring stick
Especially against an opponent like Alabama but after all the work you guys have put in during Camp is there something specific that you’re hoping to take away from this opening week yeah you know I think that’s uh the big thing is you you just want to go out and play
As clean a game as you can and you always look at first games uh most of the time people lose the game they don’t get beat in first games because of mistakes that they make whether it be in the kicking game or give up big plays on defense or
You turn the ball over on offense so to go down there and play a clean game our objective is to win this game you know and uh but to do that we’ve got to play clean we’ve got to play smart we can’t do things to beat ourselves and with like I
Said penalties turnovers missed tackles giving up big plays things in the kicking game that you know tend to show up a little bit more in first games one connection between you and Coach Steve I didn’t know about this week was your daughter Emily actually worked for
Him a little bit when she was a student down there in the football office uh what do you remember about her experiences down there that she’s told you about and sort of that connection between the two of y’all yeah I mean she had a great experience I mean whatever they won three SEC
Championships two national championships they went to the playoffs all the years that she was there she was involved in the the recruiting part of it she was involved in the logistics you know part of it so it was a great experience for her to be around
That and you know and then her like they’d go in the SEC Championship then she’d go with us to the Bahamas bowl and she’d come back and go to the playoffs with them and I mean she had a she had a great experience and just being around a lot of you know
Good coaches down there Burton Burns who’s not coaching there anymore but a lot of good people coach saving saving obviously but it was a great experience for her and um you know she’ll be down there you know this week also to rekindle her friendships with the Alabama people and hopefully she’ll be
Rooting for her daddy and her brother coach new rules in effect this year what do you did you see any games over the weekend and how any of the timing rules and things like that might have an effect no I mean and I’m on the rules committee so I’ve got a pretty good
Understanding of everything they’ve said that just keeping the clock running after the first down after first downs other than the last two minutes of the second and fourth quarters they’re talking about taking anywhere from five to seven plays out of a game and when you watch a game on TV you know
You’re not sitting there that’s 58 that’s 59. you know so it’s hard to see the one thing that came up you can’t call back to back timeouts is I believe it was UTEP they called it time out then they had a substitution deal right after the time out where the they didn’t get
To play off and they called Another Time Out can’t do it so it was a five-yard penalty so I don’t think to the normal person than the normal eye the naked eye you’re going to sit there and say yeah that was a really really fast game you
Know I think it’s just going to take you know people getting used to that clock not stopping hey what’s going on everyone it’s Kyle Henderson of Bama football on YouTube coming to you outside of Bryant Denny Stadium following Nick Saban’s press conference you can watch that right here
On Bama football on YouTube a couple points that I wanted to share with you after coach Saban’s press conference is the fact that he didn’t release a depth chart now what’s the significance of this well really not too much other than the fact that he’s never done this
Before every single year on this Monday we get a depth chart that’s why people are making a big deal about it I want to get your take inside the comment box do you feel that this is a roster management tactic now with the transfer portal kind of the world that we live in
If you’re not a starter You’re Going to exit the program or do you feel as saving has said that he wants to continue the competition within each position now I think it’s important to note that Alabama going into the season they had 21 players enter the transfer
Portal it’s kind of the world that we live in with that said Alabama did bring over a few transfers with most of them being starters outside of Tyler Buckner the quarterback transfer from Notre Dame and of course we don’t know who the quarterback is going to be at this point
On Monday going into week one so I want to hear from you inside the comment Box about the depth chart situation and Coach Saban said look I get it you care about the depth chart I’m not releasing one at this point it is what it is
Um he did comment on Jalen millro today which I thought uh with some were some good comments and he did say that Jalen has improved in terms of staying in the pocket I like that you know I think when we look to Jalen millro we see him as a
Dual threat quarterback but if you can stay in the pocket go through your progressions that’s a sign of maturity as a quarterback I feel that Jalen has a lot of intangibles we did see him in two games last season not a large sample size but
The games that we did see him he has playmaking ability we know that how is it going to fare on Saturday when faced against a rush when given the keys to the team we’re all tracking Jalen Miller’s progress but coach Saban said that he has made some progress and wants to see
Some continued consistency from his quarterback are we going to see multiple quarterbacks playing on Saturday Coach Saban was asked that question coach Saban said that he is taking it day by day and as you said the best player will play so we’ll continue to see which quarterback plays how many reps I’m sure
Every single throw will be under the microscope I have a statistic question for you kind of going back to Jalen Miro and I asked our viewers on the live show on Sunday night if Jaylen Monroe does get to start I feel he does do you feel that we’ll see more than 15 Russian
Attempts from Jalen Miro more or less than 15 rushing attempts and those are natural rushing attempts it’s not like design plays I’m just saying 15 rushing attempts from milro more or less inside the comment box I’m kind of going with less um coach Saban did talk about Middle
Tennessee and the challenge that they will present Alabama now of course Alabama is a 39 and a half Point favorite in this game but he said look last season Middle Tennessee state was able to beat Miami who was ranked number 25. what’s notable about that game is last year Miami’s
Defensive coordinator was Kevin still but where is Kevin still now Kevin still is here at the University of Alabama as the D.C and one of the ways that Middle Tennessee was able to take advantage of Miami was they were able to spread Miami out and they had nearly two wide
Receivers in that game catch for 200 yards the teams that gave Alabama fits last year in the two games they lost LSU and Tennessee they spread Alabama out Middle Tennessee has the air raid style attack now they do have a new quarterback and they lost some wide receivers but they do return eight
Starters to the offensive side of the ball and their offensive line is mostly intact so I think those are the challenges that coach Sabin will uh was talking about and he also said that look when you have an air raid style that your players are going to be forced at
Times to go into man coverage now while you have Kool-Aid and while you have Terry on returning with a good amount of experience along with Malachi Moore you do have some new you guys to that secondary let’s talk about uh Caleb Downs he’s a freshman of course he’s
Ready plays against the best every single day but when Saturday comes it’s a different speed but it will present an opportunity for Alabama secondary to get ready for that week two matchup against Texas because you know that Texas is going to sling the ball all over the
Field at least you would assume that being the weapons that they have on the defensive Side Middle Tennessee over the last three seasons they have nearly 80 turnovers last season for example they had 20 interceptions and I think that’s noteworthy because Alabama returns a quarterback with limited experience whether you look at Jalen
Milro or Ty Simpson or Tyler Buckner and middle Tennessee’s defense is able to play opportunistic football so look for them to try to create some turnovers try to make momentum changing plays on the defensive side of the ball I think when you look at Middle Tennessee their defense overall it’s kind of a
Blue-collar type of Defense which I like I mean you’re going to get some pressure but the guys in the secondary do play opportunistic football coach Saban did mention regarding an injury report and most of this team has been healthy which is very noteworthy same thing with Middle Tennessee but Devonte Smith who
Plays in the secondary yes Alabama has another Devonte Smith is out with a foot injury he didn’t say if he was going to play or not on Saturday but he did say when talking about the safeties he mentioned Caleb Downs Jalen key did transfer from UAB and Malachi Moore
Didn’t mention Devonte because he said he’s been out with uh injury otherwise he’d be in that category with the safeties as well so as soon as we know more on Devante Smith we’ll bring that to you regarding an injury on the recruiting front uh Jay Lindsay who is a
6’5 235 pound tight end out of Butler Alabama did decommit from Mississippi State and he’s kind of on flip watch for the Alabama Crimson Tide now I get it Alabama already has a tight end in Caleb Odom and the guy is phenomenal but I think Jay Lindsey he’s pretty athletic
And I think you need different components to that tight end room kind of waiting for him to flip he’s out of the class of 2024. Julian’s saying your quarterback number one quarterback in the nation looks Flawless week two he looked amazing I mean the footwork the playmaking ability I mean this guy has
It all who wouldn’t want to come to Alabama to play for him he’s clearly the next Guy online Ryan Williams the guy shot out of a cannon that’s the type of speed that Alabama needs that’s the type of speed that we’re accustomed to at the wide receiver position currently the
Class of 2025 Prospect out of uh Saraland High School I mean he’s a big time playmaker he could actually reclassify that’s kind of what we’re hearing we’re tracking that wouldn’t that be a slam dunk to class of 2024 I think he comes in and he could potentially play immediately with that
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