re: Last years Georgia/Bama SECCG Refresh

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That doesn't bode well for Bama's offense this year. I had been giving McCarron the benefit of the doubt, but losing 3 elite college OL, a good blocking TE, and his bowling ball of a RB is going to make him look average in a hurry. I realize that Yeldon is a stud, but he also came out with fresh legs and he'll also need a yin to his yang to step up behind him this year. Unless the 3 OL and TE are replaced (and Bama's 2nd TE was nothing special from what I saw unless he was blocking as part of a double team -- hell, I'm special when I'm blocking as part of a double team with Fluker as my partner), then I think Bama is in for a longer year on offense against above average Ds than most realize. Any injury to Cooper or Yeldon could be deadly.

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I agree. Bama's offense should really stuggle this year. McCarron can't make any of the necessary throws besides the dinks and dunks and will probably regress as a senior QB notwithstanding having perhaps the best set of receivers in the conference. Alabama also usually stuggles to find capable offensive linemen and RBs so losing 3 linemen and Lacy will be too much to overcome.