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re: Is anybody worried about the defense?
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:56 am to CAbamafan
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:56 am to CAbamafan
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The ONLY thing that would keep us from a national championship this season is if Tua were to get hurt.
Or if Tua throws lots of picks. He still is a largely unknown quantity.
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Posted on 5/14/18 at 9:09 am to Fells
Two big concerns for me:
1) Rush defense, particularly up the middle. Maybe this will be fine -- it always has been, since Saban has been here -- but as of right now, we don't have a proven anchor at nose. And depth is a concern.
2) Communication in the secondary. I think we're going to have some serious growing pains and busted coverages at times. Minkah made the right decision to go pro, and I don't begrudge him leaving one bit ... but man, I'd love to have him back there for one more year to help all these new guys learn the system.
I freely admit I'm spoiled. I'm accustomed to seeing Alabama roll out a top-three defense, if not top-ranked, every year for the past several years. We may not be at that level this year, but I still think we'll be top-10, worst case, unless we have significant injuries again.
1) Rush defense, particularly up the middle. Maybe this will be fine -- it always has been, since Saban has been here -- but as of right now, we don't have a proven anchor at nose. And depth is a concern.
2) Communication in the secondary. I think we're going to have some serious growing pains and busted coverages at times. Minkah made the right decision to go pro, and I don't begrudge him leaving one bit ... but man, I'd love to have him back there for one more year to help all these new guys learn the system.
I freely admit I'm spoiled. I'm accustomed to seeing Alabama roll out a top-three defense, if not top-ranked, every year for the past several years. We may not be at that level this year, but I still think we'll be top-10, worst case, unless we have significant injuries again.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 11:34 am to Fells
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He still is a largely unknown quantity.
Totally. All we know is that he was able to beat the second best team in the country last year in one half, with a 13 point head start, for a national championship.
We really don't have a clue if Tua is any good yet.
This post was edited on 5/14/18 at 12:29 pm
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