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re: Rank the Bama starting QBs under Saban

Posted on 1/4/24 at 1:41 pm to
Posted by The Silverback
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Posted on 1/4/24 at 1:41 pm to
2020 version of Mac Jones #1
Posted by Bama Bird
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Posted on 1/4/24 at 1:45 pm to
I got assblasted for putting Mac behind AJ and Tua in September, 2021

I eventually moved Mac ahead of AJ, but it's just funny to see so many posts saying it now
Posted by Gideon Swashbuckler
Member since Sep 2019
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Posted on 1/4/24 at 2:39 pm to
Tua- ice cold as a freshman off the bench. Nobody throws receivers open or anticipates throws better. Not in college.
Mac/BY- 2a & 2b. Although both are significantly different in how they got the job done, they both were money. BY got screwed out of his title by injuries to Metchie and Jamo.
AJ- consistency consistency consistency
JPW- tough as nails. BAMA goes undefeated with JPW in 2014 and 2023.
Hurts- great runner. Just never advanced as a passer. 98% on the coaches.
GMac- Gmac didn't frick up 2009, played masterfully in that SECCG. That is all I got.

The rest are tied for last.
Posted by remaster916
Alabama
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 1/4/24 at 2:53 pm to
Best to worst

Tua
Young
Mac
AJ
Coker
Hurts
Milroe
Sims
McElory
JPW
BB8
Bateman
Ty

That is just based on what they did at Alabama and not after.
Posted by PowHound
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Posted on 1/4/24 at 2:56 pm to
If Mac plays more than a season probably. Not sure what the criteria we are using.

AJ won two titles, and wouldve won a 3rd with a kicker or lack of voodoo.

He went nearly two full seasons without turning the ball over. I think he still holds the UA record for most attempts without throwing an int

If the playoff had existed he would have won 3 in a row
This post was edited on 1/4/24 at 2:57 pm
Posted by Chad4Bama
Member since Sep 2020
5689 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 7:47 pm to
quote:

John Parker Wilson
Greg McElroy
AJ McCarron
Blake Sims
Jake Coker
Cooper Bateman
Blake Barnett
Jalen Hurts
Tua
Mac Jones
Bryce Young
Jalen Milroe
Ty Buchner


Outside of Buchner, Barnett and Bateman, we win the NC this year with any other QB on the list.

AJ- best career. Not many QBs have 3 NC rings in the sock drawer.

Mac- best single season.

Tua- most talented Bama QB in my lifetime.

Bryce- even with the Heisman, it's still all about championships so he's just behind the top 3. He should have gotten one in 2021 if not for losing his WRs. Supremely talented...hard to watch him suffer through a rookie NFL season on the least talented team in the league.
Posted by chefrossi
Member since Jan 2022
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Posted on 1/9/24 at 6:55 pm to
1. AJ McCarron
2. Mac Jones
3. Tua Tagovailoa
4. Bryce Young
5. Jake Coker
6. Greg McElroy
7. Jalen Hurts
8. Blake Sims
9. John Parker Wilson
10. Jalen Milroe
Posted by My2Bits
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Posted on 1/9/24 at 6:59 pm to
Tua and Bryce the most talented. Hurts the most admirable.
Posted by BFANLC
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Posted on 1/9/24 at 7:34 pm to
1. Milroe


Everyone else is just second place
Posted by 1BamaRTR
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Posted on 1/9/24 at 7:39 pm to
1. Tua
2. Young
3. Mac
4. AJ
5. Coker
6. Sims
7. Hurts (funny enough will have possibly the best NFL career)
8. GMac
9. Wilson

I’m not ranking Milroe yet but he’s probably not going to surpass the top 4 or come anywhere remotely close to them

I understand people putting AJ no.1 but I’m not putting AJ no.1. I could maybe put him over Mac. But Tua was the most accurate out all of them by far. Bryce had a great WR duo in 2021 but didn’t have the run game and defense holding guys to under 13 ppg like AJ. He basically had to run the offense because of our dumbass OC. Also AJ didn’t have the legs to survive behind that garbage OL play in 2021 or 2022.
This post was edited on 1/9/24 at 7:40 pm
Posted by Bama Bird
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Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 1/9/24 at 7:48 pm to
Tua was on a different level. I think everyone needs to go back and watch a few games from 2018-19. It's unbelieveable
Posted by 1BamaRTR
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Posted on 1/9/24 at 8:06 pm to
He hasn’t been exactly the same since the hip injury. Weird saying that even though he’s won the nfl passer title but his mobility (both in terms of pocket but also just running) was been affected. But prior to that he was insane. Even now his anticipation on throws and accuracy anywhere on the field is better than any Bama QB on these lists
Posted by Chad4Bama
Member since Sep 2020
5689 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 8:20 pm to
quote:

Even now his anticipation on throws and accuracy anywhere on the field is better than any Bama QB on these lists


Forget Bama alone... Tua's accuracy and anticipation were the best I've ever seen anywhere.

After he hit 2nd and 26 as a true freshman, I never would have thought that'd be his only NC. Also should have had a Heisman. His injury was right up there with Namath's as far as limiting a still incredible talent. Both just had that added mobility diminished.
This post was edited on 1/9/24 at 8:21 pm
Posted by My2Bits
2500 mi from Tuscaloosa due west
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 1:43 am to
Tua’s and Young’s escapability in the pocket were Houdini-esque. Time and again they’d get snowed under only to squirt out of the pile and then throw a strike downfield.
Unbelievable stuff. Hurts was no slouch either.
Posted by Wulfgar
Member since Jan 2013
1208 posts
Posted on 1/10/24 at 7:36 am to
1.AJ
2.Tua
3.Mac
4.Bryce
5. Jalen Hurts
6. Coker
7. GMac
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