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Posted on 8/11/19 at 10:18 pm to prevatt33
Posted on 8/11/19 at 10:18 pm to prevatt33
Waddle's breakaway speed is in a different hemisphere compared to the Duece.
While Palmer could break 6 tackles on any giver run, he got caught from behind quite a biit.
I'm not taking anything away from Palmer. I actually think he was an overall better player than Waddle.
Speed kills, and Waddle has plenty to burn.
While Palmer could break 6 tackles on any giver run, he got caught from behind quite a biit.
I'm not taking anything away from Palmer. I actually think he was an overall better player than Waddle.
Speed kills, and Waddle has plenty to burn.
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Posted on 8/11/19 at 10:27 pm to Lieutenant Dan
Waddle and Antonio Brown are actually same height/weight. I think their games are kinda similar. Can’t stand AB, but respect his game.
I also liked the Jackson comparison.
I also liked the Jackson comparison.
Posted on 8/11/19 at 11:32 pm to bamasgot13
LINK ]Injuries give others opportunity to shine for Alabama By TideSports-August 11, 2019 quote:
The University of Alabama’s first scrimmage heading into the 2019 season left some shuffling — in part because of injuries and also because of expected competition. That was true on both sides of the ball, especially with Trey Sanders, who was being counted on to supply depth at running back, out with an ankle injury that will require surgery.
Najee Harris and former Hillcrest High star Brian Robinson have been the leading candidates at running back through August but with Sanders out on Saturday, that meant added opportunity for redshirt freshman Jerome Ford — who was “probably the leading rusher” in the scrimmage, according to UA head coach Nick Saban — and true freshman Keilan Robinson.
After gaining 437 yards on 87 carries last season, Brian Robinson was already looking for extra playing time as the Crimson Tide must replace NFL draft choices Josh Jacobs and Damian Harris.
“Obviously it’s more serious,” Robinson said earlier this week. “I always took things serious, but it’s just the next level now, knowing that my role’s increasing and I’ll be used for more things. (It’s) just focusing on everything I need to fix in order to be prepared.
“If you’re not ready to play, the coaches are ‘t going to lie to you. The film’s not going to lie to you. At that point, you just need to focus on what you need to get better so that you will be when you are given the opportunity to play.”
Saban noted some progress in the first scrimmage but said things are still taking shape with less than three weeks to go before the season opener against Duke.
“We’ve got some other guys we need to really work hard with so that we develop a lot of depth on our team,” Saban said following the Saturday scrimmage. “We had a lot of good things happen out there today. We had a lot of guys make really good plays, and we had guys who didn’t make good plays. But I think the most important thing that we can do right now is for everybody to focus on, “Where am I at as a player?” That’s all that matters. “What do I need to do to improve?” I think the thing that you don’t want to happen is, how many of the errors we made were mental errors — penalties, unforced errors. Nobody on the other side to beat you, but you basically beat yourself. We’ve got some guys who have a lot of experience who are probably a lot closer to being game ready than others.”
There was no official word Sunday regarding the status of senior linebacker Josh McMillon, who left the scrimmage with what Saban described as a possible knee injury “that we need to look at.” see above, seems out for season with that knee. Saban is scheduled to meet with the media again following Thursday’s practice.
Reach Cecil Hurt at cecil@tidesports.com or via Twitter @cecilhurt
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:03 am to RollTide66
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM - ALERT - STEPHEN M. SMITH POST - LOOK AWAY - !!! (Considering what happened in scrimmage on Saturday, this post seems like much ado about nothing?)...but I could be mistaken!!!
Photo comes from Mike Bernier's twitter account
LINK ]UA punter Mike Bernier out of transfer portal, will return for a fifth year By Stephen M. Smith Posted on August 11, 2019
Stephen M. Smith is the managing editor and senior writer for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can “like” him on Facebook or “follow” him on Twitter, via @CoachingMSmith.
Photo comes from Mike Bernier's twitter account
LINK ]UA punter Mike Bernier out of transfer portal, will return for a fifth year By Stephen M. Smith Posted on August 11, 2019
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Alabama’s special teams received a huge boost to start fall camp.
Mike Bernier, a former walk-on, spent the summer in the transfer portal – until he shared via Instagram on Saturday, Aug. 3 that he will return to the program for a fifth and final season.
The punter from Bob Jones High School (Madison, Ala.) left a scholarship at Eastern Illinois, because he wanted to be closer to his mother. Despite losing her to cancer before the start of the 2018 season, Bernier dedicated his performance to her and inspired his teammates.
He replaced a struggling Skyler DeLong in the Crimson Tide’s matchup against Tennessee and started the next seven games after that one. Bernier was no JK Scott, but Alabama just needed some form of positive consistency at the time.
Listed at 6-foot-2 and 219 pounds, he had 15 of his 25 punts – 60 percent – to not be returned. Bernier dropped five attempts inside the opponents’ 20-yard line and 10 fair catches called. His longest boot traveled 55 yards and he averaged 40+ yards per punt versus Georgia (SEC Championship Game) and Auburn.
DeLong has made improvements as he enters his sophomore year; however, he still can be sharpened some more. Bernier’s return, coupled with a surging freshman in Will Reichard, should be all that is needed to push DeLong.
Stephen M. Smith is the managing editor and senior writer for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can “like” him on Facebook or “follow” him on Twitter, via @CoachingMSmith.
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 12:08 am
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:49 am to RollTide66
Josh McMillon is out for year according to reports... by Kyle Henderson
Alabama Football - BamaInsider
Published on Aug 11, 2019
Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Josh McMillon is out for the season according to reports along with a few more injury notes
Nothing really new, just a different format and maybe you will hear something new? maybe not
Alabama Football - BamaInsider
Published on Aug 11, 2019
Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Josh McMillon is out for the season according to reports along with a few more injury notes
Nothing really new, just a different format and maybe you will hear something new? maybe not
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 12:50 am
Posted on 8/12/19 at 8:35 am to bamasgot13
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Waddle and Antonio Brown are actually same height/weight. I think their games are kinda similar. Can’t stand AB, but respect his game.
I also liked the Jackson comparison.
I think that he reminds me of Tyreek Hill, and Steve Smith the most. Brown is probably a good comparison as well.
Very quick, crazy breakaway speed, but also pretty strong, and physical for their size.
Waddle looks to be stronger, and more physical than Jackson IMO
Posted on 8/12/19 at 9:37 am to RollTide66
Cecil was on wjox this morning. He said both QBs (Jones and Tua) had a good scrimmage. Hopefully that means the Oline did pretty well. As Cecil has said in the past, when you play yourself, the sum of the parts equals zero. So if the offense does well, that means the defense??? But this might be as loaded with talent as our offense will ever be.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:02 am to IB4bama
Does anyone know where to find any scrimmage notes that were posted? Or if anyone attended the scrimmage, who shined? How did Shane Lee look out there?
TIA
TIA
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:10 am to Hawaiian Punch
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Does anyone know where to find any scrimmage notes that were posted? Or if anyone attended the scrimmage, who shined? How did Shane Lee look out there?
In this thread. quote:
TIA
No problem. You're welcome. This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 11:13 am
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:11 am to IB4bama
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So if the offense does well, that means the defense???
I think it's important to note that the 1s played against the 2s in this scrimmage. So, #1 offense vs. #2 defense, and #1 defense vs. #2 offense.
ETA: I believe Mac was playing with the 1s, against the 2s.
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 11:13 am
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:15 am to Sl0thstronautEsq
LINK ]What's next for Alabama at LB after Joshua McMillon's injury? (BamaOnLine)
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Another year, another Alabama linebacker injury.
Redshirt senior Joshua McMillon is expected to miss the 2019 season with a knee injury he suffered on Saturday in a preseason scrimmage, according to AL.com. McMillon was expected to start at inside linebacker alongside junior Dylan Moses.
You’re probably thinking: This is Alabama. They’ll be fine! I get it. The Tide have reeled in the nation’s No. 1 overall class in eight of the last nine years. The Tide’s depth is better than almost anyone nationally. Yet … linebacker is a major concern. And that was true before McMillon went down.
Outside of Moses, the Tide have little to no experience at inside linebacker. McMillon is yet to start a game entering his fifth year in the Alabama program; most of his career experience came through special teams reps. He’d established himself as a strong presence during spring ball, all but locking up the starting job. There just isn’t much proven depth behind him.
“It would best be described as a major question mark,” BamaOnline Senior Analyst Travis Reier said. “And you could really say that’s the case when you got to McMillon behind Moses. While McMillon is more trusted than the other guys, he’s headed into his fifth year and hadn’t see significant action to this point. There was question whether McMillon could produce to the level of inside linebackers before him.”
“It’s not like (that group is) severely lacking in game experience compared to McMillon. There was a major void to fill there regardless.”
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 11:21 am
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:19 am to TidalSurge1
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The list of players who could potentially fill McMillon’s spot is long: Markail Benton, Jaylen Moody, Ale Kaho, Shane Lee and Christian Harris. There’s one common theme throughout that group – they’re all underclassmen without a start between them.
Benton, a redshirt sophomore, is the most experienced of the quintet. Moses sat out Saturday’s scrimmage and Benton started in his place opposite McMillon. So, Benton likely gets the first crack to fill the role. Moody and Kaho are second-year players in the program. Moody was a late take in the 2018 cycle after the Tide missed on a few targets. But he earned a role on special teams in Year 1, and he had a strong A-Day effort. Kaho, a five-star prospect in the Top247, came to Alabama from Washington with a ton of hype. But he’s yet to really separate himself in about 12 months on campus.
Lee and Harris are 2019 signees with potentially bright futures. Lee, the No. 78 player in the 247Sports Composite, enrolled early and led Alabama on A-Day with eight tackles. There’s been buzz around his name early. Harris (No. 110) is one of the more intriguing prospects in Alabama’s class. A high school corner and receiver, Harris is a little bit behind his fellow competitors at the position. But his upside is as high as anyone.
“It’s kind of like restrictor-plate racing in NASCAR,” Reier said. “You’ve got this pack of cars who are jostling going through turns and the back stretch. You’re waiting to see this separation take place.”
McMillon’s main advantage over his fellow competitors was experience. Defensive coordinator Pete Golding could lean on McMillon as a secondary communicator in the middle next to Moses. Even more responsibility falls on the preseason All-American with McMillon out of the picture.
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 11:27 am
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:19 am to TidalSurge1
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Reier compared this injury situation to 2009 when Rolando McClain almost single-handedly led Alabama’s linebacker corps to national championship after a season-ending injury to Dont'a Hightower. McClain finished that season with 105 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, five interceptions and as the Butkus Award winner.
Moses, who will be Alabama’s every-down MIKE, is tasked with both the management of the defense and significant responsibilities against the run and the pass.
“They’re going to need Dylan to be Rolando McClain from 2009,” Reier said.
If you think “an Alabama linebacker is injured” sounds familiar, you’re not wrong. The Tide have had a rash of injuries at the position the last few seasons: 2016 – Alabama lost Shaun Dion Hamilton to a torn ACL in the SEC Championship game. 2017 – Alabama lost multiple starts or games from Hamilton, Mack Wilson, Moses, Anfernee Jennings, Terrell Lewis and Christian Miller. 2018 – Lewis and Chris Allen suffered season-ending knee injuries before the season began.
That luck alone shouldn’t put Alabama in a terrible depth hole. But the Tide have coupled those injuries with a few recruiting misses and attrition. Alabama lost out of Nakobe Dean (Georgia) and Henry To’oto’o (Tennessee) last cycle, both of whom were talented enough to potentially start inside this season. There has been coaching attrition at the position with Tosh Lupoi leaving for the NFL. There have been ultra-talented players getting kicked out of the program like VanDarius Cowan, who will start at West Virginia this season, and five-stars who haven’t developed like Ben Davis.
Taken all together, Alabama’s inside linebacker situation is one in which far too many dominoes have fallen at once.
“It’s been a combination of things,” Reier said. “They talk about how winning a national championship requires a bit of luck. You go look at 2011, 2012 even 2015 those teams largely avoided injury. … This rash they’ve had at the two linebacker spots is truly unlike anything I’ve seen since Saban’s been here.”
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 11:24 am
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:34 am to Sl0thstronautEsq
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I think it's important to note that the 1s played against the 2s in this scrimmage. So, #1 offense vs. #2 defense, and #1 defense vs. #2 offense.
ETA: I believe Mac was playing with the 1s, against the 2s.
No offense to you, but this is not correct. What you described above is the format for Aday. Scrimmages are much different.
Scrimmages at times pit "good on good" (1s vs 1s), and it pits the starters versus the backups (1s vs 2s/3s), and it also pit the backups versus the backups (2s vs 3s, 3s vs 3s). This is evidenced by not only Saban's comments recently about Mac Jones's performance in the scrimmage, in which he said Jones played particularly well, and "some of it against the 1s", but also if you watch the highlight video posted yesterday, you can clearly see moments when both starting units are on the field, moments when the starters are playing against backups, and then plays where both sides are made up of backup units.
Personally, what I think is important to note is that our notoriously hard to please Coach called specific attention to how well the #2 QB played.
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 11:41 am
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:47 am to prevatt33
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:54 am to prevatt33
yep, what I understood was the Tua ripped the 2nd team defense up, and Jones played against the 1st and second team defense.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:11 pm to IB4bama
My notes on the Scrimmage:
Sorry for the delay had to travel back and school started for kids etc.
Ford looked really good. He will be a solid addition now that Sanders is out.
Benton played lights out. Is he stays that way he’s the guy.
Ben Davis played lights out and is a solid number 2 OLB now
Neal played really well. They ran Ford behind him 6 or 7 times and it was bulldozer combo.
Reichard is the best punter and kicker period.
Carter is a well communicated, smooth operator in the secondary, we are lucky to have him.
OL is a really good unit IMO
I really think the DL is going to be good. Considering we had a few guys pulled I still thought they played well. Dale and Ray are damn good ( so the young guys that played add great depth)
Mac Attack looked very smooth and much more comfortable in the pocket. He’s a little quicker than I thought honestly
Lots of young guys who looked good and athletic. All and all I think we have a solid team. My only worry at this point would be future injuries and maybe new blood in the secondary. Caveat on the secondary is that one massive weak link in Savion is gone ability wise it’s more X and O.
Sorry for the delay had to travel back and school started for kids etc.
Ford looked really good. He will be a solid addition now that Sanders is out.
Benton played lights out. Is he stays that way he’s the guy.
Ben Davis played lights out and is a solid number 2 OLB now
Neal played really well. They ran Ford behind him 6 or 7 times and it was bulldozer combo.
Reichard is the best punter and kicker period.
Carter is a well communicated, smooth operator in the secondary, we are lucky to have him.
OL is a really good unit IMO
I really think the DL is going to be good. Considering we had a few guys pulled I still thought they played well. Dale and Ray are damn good ( so the young guys that played add great depth)
Mac Attack looked very smooth and much more comfortable in the pocket. He’s a little quicker than I thought honestly
Lots of young guys who looked good and athletic. All and all I think we have a solid team. My only worry at this point would be future injuries and maybe new blood in the secondary. Caveat on the secondary is that one massive weak link in Savion is gone ability wise it’s more X and O.
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:19 pm to CrimsonBoz
Thanks Boz. News on Benton and Davis is especially good.
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 1:30 pm
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:36 pm to CrimsonBoz
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Ben Davis played lights out and is a solid number 2 OLB now
This would be huge if it continues...
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:37 pm to CrimsonBoz
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Ben Davis played lights out and is a solid number 2 OLB now
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