Did anyone see the AL.com story with Grubb talking about the QBs?

Not that you can tell anything at this point but he soudned the most enthused about Mack and Russell

Yep. That's how it sounded to me.

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God please don’t tell me we have a 2017 Tua situation

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I’ll take that. We won a National Championship with that recipe.

This is all just taken from the short video of his interview after practice.

Listening to him, it sounded exactly like most people assume -

Ty starts.
Mack has ability but is behind Ty.
Russell is a very talented freshman who probably won't play much this year.

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told yall from the jump I wouldn’t be shocked if Russell started.

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Well, he won't.

Ty will get it by default. I think he can do fine, I just don't think his top end is as high as Russell. Ty has been here 3 years and has yet to throw a TD even in garbage time. I also imagine his low is not as low as a guy like Milroe. We probably have the same record with him as we did with Milroe last year, maybe even better. Russell, though, seems like a future Heisman contender and 1st rounder. But you don't need to ruin him by starting him too early.

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He's the layup shot on a short par 4 where you think you might be able to reach the green if you swell up on your drive. The sensible choice.

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Sounds like the QB for 92, 09, 11, 12, 15, and 20 NCs

The seasons with uber talented BY and Tua starting...0 NCs

The baseline is that we have to have a competent QB to succeed in this offense or we're fricked.

I think Simpson can meet that baseline even if the others have more potential upsides.

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Sounds like the QB for 92, 09, 11, 12, 15, and 20 NCs The seasons with uber talented BY and Tua starting...0 NCs

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First of all Mac was very much elite in 2020 and a massive part of Bama’s offense. AJ was good in 2012.

But all those teams except for 2020 (which relied on Mac and the offense) had very very good defenses. It’s not like Bama was winning those games mostly because they had a “game manager” passing game instead of an elite pass heavy one. They won more so because the defenses were suffocating types that didn’t usually gave up much points and were pretty disciplined.

I hope we have that kind of top 3 defense this year but I’m not going to count on it

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AJ and Mac were Heisman finalists and Johnny Unitas award winners. Mac was a 1st round pick

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Mac was a seasoned senior with a couple of high pressure starts(due to injury) under his belt before he ever got his own season as the feature starter.

AJ was a stone cold winner with good but not elite physical skills...playing on stacked teams. He was at Bama 2 full seasons before he first got his start.

The problem is that some of yall are so star struck that you are clamoring for a kid to start with ZERO experience because he was an elite recruit...but then expect upperclassmen type results.

I think its been shown that otherworldly skill alone at the QB position(Bryce Young) cannot will a team to a NC and may actually hinder it because the coaches tend to put games on his shoulders rather than develop a balanced offense.