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re: Which would you rather?
Posted on 5/10/17 at 8:03 am to FearlessFreep
Posted on 5/10/17 at 8:03 am to FearlessFreep
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Don't kid yourself - that team went 12-0 through the sheer force of Saban's will.
It still had 16 players with NFL talent 13 players with the type of talent which garners 1st-3rd round picks. I bet Auburn has never had 13 1st-3rd round picks on our team at any one time in our history. I haven't done the research though.
To offer an example of what that means. Think about how Adams play this season caused others to play at a higher level. He was only a 3rd round pick. Imagine if our D had 5 other picks 1st-3rd round and our O had 6.
This post was edited on 5/10/17 at 8:05 am
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Posted on 5/10/17 at 12:27 pm to Tigerman97
quote:Which is a tribute to the coaching they got under Saban, and the prestige of the Bama name.
13 players with the type of talent which garners 1st-3rd round picks
Checking Scout's rankings, those 13 first-day guys included almost as many guys who were ranked 2* or lower (4) as they did 4* or higher (5), and of the latter category, only 1 (Andre Smith) played a down for the Tide prior to that '08 season - the other four were true FR/JUCO transfers.
That 2008 team was solid, but "ridiculously talented", from a pure athleticism standpoint? I don't think so.
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