re: Alabama 24 vs. Texas 34 | FINAL | ESPN

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At WR we've been spoiled with multiple first round draft picks over the last several years. You can name at least 8 that would keep any of this year's crew from ever seeing the field.

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Wide receivers looked a lot better last night than they did in 2022. Are you forgetting the constant drops last season and going back to the title game against Georgia? Last night they made a bunch of leaping grabs, adjusted to overthrows, underthrows, passes behind them, etc. That's a position group that looked to have taken a massive leap. Defense was much more fundamentally sound. Offensive line was bad, as they were last year, but it looked worse than it was due to Milroe's mistakes in the pocket and Texas being able to put seven or eight guys near the line of scrimmage. Even the snap issues are often with the quarterback - McLaughlin had these same issues when Milroe was in last year but did much better with Young. McClellan looked very good until, again, he couldn't compete with the stacked box. There was notable improvement from last season at many positions, but Milroe obscured it all.