re: All you Milroe fans step up and get some

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Not a fan of his QB “skills”…especially when there’s a 5* passer sitting on the bench.

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Ty Simpson whether he ultimately ends up better than Bryce or not would not be better than Bryce is right now because he just doesn't have the experience with the offense. So if you're putting Ty in you basically are showing a defense the same offense you've been running but likely more conservative with a "worse" player running it.

You put Milroe in for a half and now possibly for another game and the defense has to change things up. If he does start this week they don't know what our offense is going to look like when we have time to make a gameplan specifically for Milroe going into the game, and we aren't going to take Bryce playing off the table completely either so they can't just ignore that possibility in their own preparation.

Now all that said, I think if we are looking at a long term absence for Bryce we would see Ty take over. Milroe has a ways to go before hes even at Hurts level passing, and that was painful at times even with a much better WR group than we have now and with a better OC.

I'm team Ty but I do think Milroe is a better short term solution.

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You have no indication Ty Simpson is ready to play. He’s a true freshman. If he were the better option saban would’ve went with him yesterday. It’s a shame the young man only had one poor throw and some of you are crucifying him.

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Exactly. I’m hopeful that Ty becomes a stud after Milroe too but he could also be our next Barnett. Barnett looked great until the lights came on.

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Judging a player, at any position, based on how he plays when thrown into the fire unexpectedly and especially on the road, is dumb.

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100% agree
Plus, these guys complaining about him want him to throw like Bryce. He doesn’t have to throw like Bryce to be highly effective because he’s such a great threat as a runner. If he throws as well as Nick Marshall(I think Milroe’s arm is better) we’ll make the playoffs.
It’s all a moot point for this year though. Bryce is fine. I stopped worrying about him when Saban said this is something Bryce has had happen before and after a few days the arm strength comes back

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By a considerable margin.

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In Hurts’ SECOND year as a full time starter, Bo Scarborough had the 2nd most receptions on the team with 17

Keep in mind that that receiving group consisted of Calvin Ridley, Devonta Smith, Irv Smith, Henry Ruggs, and Jerry Jeudy

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How do you not watch Milroe and think “Holy shite this guy’s ceiling is limitless”

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I’ve watched him last year and this year and seen him miss nearly as many as he has completed and some ste way off target. Some others that are completions are also well off target. The long ball on Saturday that was sky high and way short is an example. If he hit the receiver in stride instead of having to stop would probably been a touchdown.

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It definitely is, but how long do you give a guy?

And I'm not implying Milroe has had enough time or enough of a chance to prove it, he clearly hasn't.

Do we wait until the second half of a national title game that we are losing? Its a good question.

Not one that even Saban has an answer for I'm afraid.

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If God forbid Young is out for the year and Milroe somehow gets us to the Natty with @Tennessee, @LSU, @Ole Miss, SECCG against Georgia, and a Semifinal game on the schedule, I’m gonna say that Saban made the right call


Why not see how the dude does in 1 game as the full time starter before we bury our redshirt freshman backup

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Why not see how the dude does in 1 game as the full time starter before we bury our redshirt freshman backup

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Oh yeah I 100% want to give him this week. At most schools the backup QB is the most popular player, at Bama it might be the backup's backup

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Wanna guess who had one of the absolute worst deep ball percentages through 3 weeks this year?

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Its a good bet the guy that has thrown 134 passes may more likely have thrown a bad pass. Since we’re comparing Milroe to Young, which is ridiculous, we’ll also note that Young’ s career completion pct is 66.7% and Milroe is 56%.

Not sure why so many are trying so hard to spin it that Milroe is a proficient passing qb because he isn’t

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Its a good bet the guy that has thrown 134 passes may more likely have thrown a bad pass. Since we’re comparing Milroe to Young, which is ridiculous, we’ll also note that Young’ s career completion pct is 66.7% and Milroe is 56%.

Not sure why so many are trying so hard to spin it that Milroe is a proficient passing qb because he isn’t

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The point being that Bryce Flipping Young, with 15 starts under his belt, got off to a weird start in this offense tailored to him. Additionally he got most of the off-season and in-season reps in practice


To bury Milroe for looking subpar as a passer after being thrust into a road game against a ranked opponent in an offense not tailored to him, with limited reps, and no competitive game experience, is silly

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Im judging Milroe based in a year snd a half. 19 completions in 34 passes, which is 55.9% any way you spin it and many of those were horrible passes way off the mark.

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So far this season Milroes adjusted completion percentage (which is basically how accurate was the pass regardless of drops or if a WR bailed them out on a catch)? 70.8%

97. CJ Stroud (Ohio State) (72.3%)
103. JT Daniels (West Virginia) (72.0%)
111. Jalen Milroe (Alabama) (70.8%)
112. Aiden O'Connell (Purdue) (70.7%)
114. Sam Hartman (Wake Forest) (70.5%)
118. Quinn Ewers (Texas) (69.4%)
121. Malik Cunningham (Louisville) (69.3%)
154. Jaxon Dart (Ole Miss) (65.1%)
168. Cade Klubnik (Clemson) (61.5%)

Discussing 2023 and beyond is a separate thing. As for this weekend, he has more than enough tools and demeanor with the skills of guys around him to play winning offensive football if the staff does their job with the right plan.