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With so may teams (like ours) playing more DB heavy formations I think having thin DB rooms will become the norm for just about everybody. It seems to have hurt Alabama last year at the end of the year.

Pretty interesting thought.

Back in the day, Saban ran a standard 3-4-4 with the occasional nickle (Star).

Now, especially under Golding, he's moved towards a 4-2-5 or 3-3-5 base, with the occasional dime (Money).

Thus, I think you're spot on regarding the importance of the secondary in his current system, which is part of the reason the Malachi Moore (Star) and Jalyn Armour-Davis (CB) injuries seemed to affect them so much last year at certain points.

With these modern passing offenses, there really has to be a ton of depth in that DB room, and those guys have to be adept at multiple positions within the secondary.

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Posted by WorkinDawg

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Posted on 3/28/22 at 10:53 am to paperwasp

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With these modern passing offenses, there really has to be a ton of depth in that DB room, and those guys have to be adept at multiple positions within the secondary.

This is the era of the hybird DB/LB. All those "udnersized LB's" of the past are gonna feast. You gotta have 2-3 kids who can cover and get their facemask into someone's chest.

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Posted by DawgsLife

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Posted on 3/28/22 at 3:37 pm to paperwasp

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which is part of the reason the Malachi Moore (Star) and Jalyn Armour-Davis (CB) injuries seemed to affect them so much last year at certain points.

We picked on the kid Alabama had at CB in the title game. (Not sure what his name is) The TD Adonai Mitchell caught was over him, I think. A freshman, I think. The injury to the starter hurt you guys.
With more and more teams moving toward throwing the ball more I really think we will see more DB heavy formations like you said.

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With these modern passing offenses, there really has to be a ton of depth in that DB room, and those guys have to be adept at multiple positions within the secondary.