re: Of all the juniors returning - Allen the biggest surprise so far

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I would like to know how you are coming to that opinion?

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The OL and WR positions are expected to improve.

Both our Kicker and our Punter are back.

We do lose Robinson/Reed/Pettway, but we return Allen/Hand/Payne/Tomlinson plus Anderson/Williams/Reuben*/Evans at LB. throw in 4 of the 6 main DBs being back (and if TB gets a spot he has experience from 2014) and it is very possible that the 2016 Bama team surpasses the 2015 Bama team.

I'm not saying it'll happen, but it is certainly feasible. We always have one of the best rush defenses, but say it drops off a little bit. Well our pass rush and secondary return pretty much everyone, so you'd think our pass D would improve.

We return Ridley/Stewart, Foster comes back from injury, and OJ Howard may very well be coming back. We return the entire left side of the OL (and you'd think C-Rob would be back to form) plus our RG. So with the experienced talent at WR and OL you'd think our passing offense would improve. With more experience on the OL and MAYBE more lateral ability at RB our run game may drop off, but it should be fine. Bo Scarbrough was the #2 RB behind LF (though listed as an Athlete) in the 2014 class, no one doubts he has talent.