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Posted on 1/3/26 at 7:53 pm
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Posted on 1/3/26 at 8:12 pm to UASports23
Makes it even wilder when you consider we have one of the best receiving units in the country.
Germie, Cuevas, Horton, RW, Brooks...
Mac Jones with this talent is winning the Heisman and another championship
Germie, Cuevas, Horton, RW, Brooks...
Mac Jones with this talent is winning the Heisman and another championship
Posted on 1/3/26 at 8:13 pm to UASports23
Bama bounce was real
Posted on 1/3/26 at 8:14 pm to YStar
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Germie, Cuevas, Horton, RW, Brooks
He didn’t win it with Harris, Waddle and Smitty and that offense put up nasty numbers and were unstoppable
Posted on 1/3/26 at 8:17 pm to UASports23
Many of those guys didn't really amount to much. Also missing Henderson, Bond, and Law.
A handful of these transfers that were alright college players at their next destination. Bond was a flop for Texas but I think he's got a decent shot to be a good pro. Aaron Anderson is probably going to have a great season at LSU next year and also have a great shot of being a good pro too.
So we're talking about signing two guys with legit pro prospects and maybe 6 guys who at least contributed a bit in college after leaving. The inability to squeeze that production out of these guys is a coaching problem. Guys like Holden actually stuck around a bit but never got traction here. Goes to Oregon and became a decent college receiver.
A handful of these transfers that were alright college players at their next destination. Bond was a flop for Texas but I think he's got a decent shot to be a good pro. Aaron Anderson is probably going to have a great season at LSU next year and also have a great shot of being a good pro too.
So we're talking about signing two guys with legit pro prospects and maybe 6 guys who at least contributed a bit in college after leaving. The inability to squeeze that production out of these guys is a coaching problem. Guys like Holden actually stuck around a bit but never got traction here. Goes to Oregon and became a decent college receiver.
This post was edited on 1/3/26 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 1/3/26 at 8:18 pm to labamafan
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He didn’t win it with Harris, Waddle and Smitty and that offense put up nasty numbers and were unstoppable
Well yeah only because Devonta won it. If not for that Mac Jones would have.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 8:20 pm to YStar
Hot take:
If Waddle didn't get hurt thus requiring Sark to really maximize finding ways to work Smith open, Mac Jones would have won the Heisman in 2020 because the production at WR would have been more evenly distributed between Waddle, Smith, and Metchie.
If Waddle didn't get hurt thus requiring Sark to really maximize finding ways to work Smith open, Mac Jones would have won the Heisman in 2020 because the production at WR would have been more evenly distributed between Waddle, Smith, and Metchie.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 8:21 pm to YStar
My point isn’t that Mac wasn’t good but those guys don’t even hold a candle to just those three players and it’s not close. He’ll Ty could have won a Heisman with that RB and those 2 WR. This wasn’t all in Ty. We have a serious deficiency in WRcralent, OL talent or coaching and RB talent.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 8:24 pm to labamafan
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He’ll Ty could have won a Heisman with that RB and those 2 WR.
Well that's not true because Ty wouldn't throw those deep balls and doesn't have the accuracy that Mac Jones has.
Mac Jones is one of the best QBs in Alabama's history yet you're making it seem like he was just some guy.
Dude was throwing absolute beauties making it look too easy. Yes those WRs were amazing but Mac was seeing everything, making the right calls and delivering dime after dime.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 8:26 pm to UASports23
Not one guy on that list could have been a number 1 WR.. mostly 2’s and 3’s. Absolutely crazy that people think Alabama was stocked with talent when Saban left.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 8:38 pm to UASports23
Our evals were absolutely awful at a number of position groups at the end of the Saban era.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 8:47 pm to JoylessMurderball
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Absolutely crazy that people think Alabama was stocked with talent when Saban left.
Roster, culture, and coaching rebuild had to occur under DeBoer.
Excited to see how year three plays out under DeBoer.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 11:19 pm to Diego Ricardo
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Holden actually stuck around a bit but never got traction here. Goes to Oregon and became a decent college receiver.
Lol, no he didn’t. Holden did very little at Oregon.
This post was edited on 1/3/26 at 11:21 pm
Posted on 1/3/26 at 11:26 pm to TS1926
I think he had 5-600 yards his senior year. That’s decent.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 11:32 pm to Diego Ricardo
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I think he had 5-600 yards his senior year. That’s decent.
You are correct. The thing I remember about him was you could count on him dropping a pass on a key down when Bama needed to move the chains.
Flash forward, I was watching Oregon playing I forget who. The Ducks has 3rd and 6 from there own 15, the QB hit Holden right in the hands for a first down and he dropped it.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 12:26 am to YStar
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Mac Jones is one of the best QBs in Alabama's history yet you're making it seem like he was just some guy.
Mac is the best to me, with Young a close second
Posted on 1/4/26 at 12:55 am to A-TOWNUAFAN
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Mac is the best to me, with Young a close second
I didn't want to say it but that's how I feel as well. Mac's story is even more remarkable because he was a 3-star who worked his way with two very big guys casting enormous shadows.
Love for AJ, Tua, Bryce, Hurts, etc.. from our Saban run but Mac Jones was absolutely magic. Crazy how they discredited him because his WR talent when he was literally throw perfect passes, with quick reads. I mean absolutely confusing defenses.
Mac Jones is why Sark got that Texas job. He was that good and it's odd for me that he doesn't get heralded.... but I have to hear a million defenses for why a QB can't make the correct read on time, why he doesn't ever try to test the defenses with consistent downfield shots, why he doesn't know how to run, slide or when to get down, why he has happy feet even when not under pressure, etc...
We know what an amazing QB looks like and we haven't had one for years. We get guys we have to get behind and they let us down.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 8:02 am to JoylessMurderball
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Not one guy on that list could have been a number 1 WR.. mostly 2’s and 3’s. Absolutely crazy that people think Alabama was stocked with talent when Saban left.
It will be interesting to see if Rico Scott ends up on that list.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 10:12 am to Diego Ricardo
Everyone talking about Jones with these receivers and those receivers and what he may or may not have done with this team are forgetting one critical detail about 2020:
Najee Harris had almost 1500 yards in only 13 games, and almost 6 yards a carry. And he had the OL to go with that.
6 yards a carry.
You can't have the successfully type of passing game you're talking about without at least a competent running game. Mac Jones likely wouldn't have done much better against defenses that know that we can't run the football to save our fricking lives.
Najee Harris had almost 1500 yards in only 13 games, and almost 6 yards a carry. And he had the OL to go with that.
6 yards a carry.
You can't have the successfully type of passing game you're talking about without at least a competent running game. Mac Jones likely wouldn't have done much better against defenses that know that we can't run the football to save our fricking lives.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 10:16 am to BamaGradinTn
Great offenses can run the ball whenever they want to even if they prefer to toss it around.
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