re: Official Portal Thread

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He is not replaceable.

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Saying a player isn’t replaceable is retarded.

How many Alabama players that aren’t “replaceable” have come through the program and left and then have been replaced?

Why are we freaking out that this dude transferred? If Downs would have stayed and left early for the draft would we be freaking out and saying he’s not replaceable?

Damn it you are going to make me do this, fine.

We lost a WR with 1st round potential, which is a key word, and gained a receiver who was going to be the lead receiver in an offense that is going to produce 3 NFL draft picks. We also are potentially adding an impact recruit at the position.

We lost a freshman QB who has great potential but who has never played a down for us and added a QB that for this offense is the equivalent to that player in the mind of the coaching staff.

We lost a TE who literally has 21 catches in his career, we are basically looking at his potential in the new offense. The idea that guys on this roster can't flourish in this offense as much or more than NiBlack is nonsense. Plus TE are overrated anyway not named Brock Bowers.

We lost a first round Tackle which is true but we gained the best center in the country and one of the best Oline coaches in the country. You don't need a first round right tackle to have a good line which last year proved. What you need is a cohesive unit that plays well together. The expectation is we get that.

I dont disagree with the secondary that is what I said depth and experience in that area.

Now about the depth everywhere else.

QB, replace Sayin with Mack

RB lost Roydell but I am sure most are happy with talent and depth there

WR, Lost Bond gained Bernard, I doubt there is much concern between the talent of the guys we lost and the guys we have.

Oline lost Proctor and Ferguson, gained a competent center and is a group that can easily be way better than last year even with those loses.

Dline as good if not better with Overton

Linebackers, the same possibly better with Carter

DB lost a ton of depth and experience.

We all know this isn't an exact science and obviously experience and position depth is impacted, but if you look at the ratings of players we lost (sans going into the NFL) we have basically replaced about the same number of 3, 4 and 5 stars we lost through the portal with our additions and draft class. Some things are not one to one like say Downs for Williams, but we also lost "depth" guys like Buchner and Holstein.

Depending on the specialist we are somewhere between 80-83 scholly players with still some to be lost and added problem.

And by the way no one said losing these guys was a good thing. The point is, one, the talent overall on the roster is at or near what it was when Saban retired and two you can hope to expect improved performance via coaching.

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Saying a player isn’t replaceable is retarded.

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Let’s define replaceable as someone who you can bring in or promote a player of equal or greater value.

Who could we conceivably bring in from the portal that would be better than the guys we lost? If we can’t find someone of equal value we have people who can start for them, but not at the level of production we had before.

There aren’t any players available in the portal as good as Bond, Proctor or Downs. Therefore how are they replaceable?

We are still really good but to pretend losing those guys doesn’t matter is laughable.

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Proctor, Downs, Bond, Niblack

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or one of those players we have coming in the new class or already on campus comes in and did just as good or better. The team turns over every year, just turned over a bit more. It's a new staff so it's a new start everywhere. I can say pretty definitely proctor at least was going to have to lose about 20lbs to be able to play LT when huff takes over, his lines require athleticism, and I would have been surprised if he remained the starter without a body recomposition.

Sure downs was good to great, especially as a true freshman, but let's not ignore he was not great in coverage, more of a run stopper ,and he got picked on quite a bit by the better qbs. We have a 5 star Mincey coming in, who's to say he can't be just as good early?

Bond is the most replaceable, and I think he had in fact been replaced by someone just as variable in Bernard. Bernard actually had more all purpose yards and the same# of tds than bond did last year despite being the 4th option at wr

I take it back, niblack is the most replaceable. That dude's was lazy as frick and sucked at blocking, just like that other te we had recently who transferred to Texas and who's name I can't now remember. If we just want a big receiving right end, odom in the incoming class is going to be an upgrade from niblack

Can’t we use the spring transfer portal window to bring in a couple of defensive backs ? Seems like people are forgetting that little fact. Amos and Key were brought in after spring training last year.

We could. Jackson and Moore along with some other guys on the roster or coming in could step up. We have no idea how it plays out. Collectively a new set of DBs could be just as effective as last years. We won't know until we line up. We didn't know what we had in Levi Wallace and Anthony Averett til we did. It is just the area where we lost the starting talent and a number of guys we felt good about replacing them.

Yes, I think a lot of us see potential there.

While we might not be the current favorite for Jabbar Muhammad, don’t be too surprised if he ends up here as well

UAB and ULL at that.