There were four Dlinemen in either their second or third year on the team and they were beat out by three TrFr for starting assignments. I thought barmore was an animal. Unblockable. Why didn't he see more starts or at least more snaps? What's the deal with mathis? Even with all the injuries on the DL and him being one of older Dlinemen he can't get any starts. Just not good enough?

From the roster you provided there were six LBs available with more experience than a TrFr. Some of those guys had to be ILBs? Couldn't an OLB have moved inside? C Allen played in all 13 games. How bad was his injury? He could have sat some of preseason camp and first couple of games to get him 100%. It's not like he was needed to secure a victory for bama.

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Posted by Crimsontide1713

Member since Dec 2019

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Posted on 6/25/20 at 12:13 am to 167back

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I thought barmore was an animal. Unblockable.

He was. Maybe a bit too unblockable tho. Overran the QB often and didn’t play his gap.

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What's the deal with mathis? Even with all the injuries on the DL and him being one of older Dlinemen he can't get any starts. Just not good enough?

He’s fine, good rotational player. Saw some significant playing time when Davis was injured near the end of last season

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From the roster you provided there were six LBs available with more experience than a TrFr. Some of those guys had to be ILBs?

3 were ILBs

Moody was a 3 star, never panned out

Benton was a bust, completely useless. I have no idea why he played so much versus LSU. It was like playing 10 v 11.

Kaho was ... idek. He had only been on campus about 4 months total so he was extremely inexperienced and he had a ton of family issues.

We actually played Lewis and Jennings at ILB some throughout the season, mostly in the LSU game. As you might have thought, playing a 6’5 260 lb pass rusher at ILB is not a good idea

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C Allen played in all 13 games. How bad was his injury? He could have sat some of preseason camp and first couple of games to get him 100%. It's not like he was needed to secure a victory for bama.

OLB was fine, they were not an issue. Allen looked visibly less explosive but that was expected.

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Posted by SummerOfGeorge

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Posted on 6/25/20 at 2:15 pm to 167back

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I thought barmore was an animal. Unblockable. Why didn't he see more starts or at least more snaps?

He was an animal when he was, he also committed a bunch of penalties and jumped wrong gaps a lot. Young guy who hasn't become consistent yet.

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What's the deal with mathis?

Just hasn't developed into anything more than a rotational guy.

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Even with all the injuries on the DL and him being one of older Dlinemen he can't get any starts. Just not good enough?

We missed on both backers and DL in that 2017/2018 group, so guys like Tevita Muska (who wasn't a SEC player) ended up getting snaps.

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From the roster you provided there were six LBs available with more experience than a TrFr. Some of those guys had to be ILBs? Couldn't an OLB have moved inside?

Most of those guys were pure outside guys - Allen, Jennings, Lewis. Benton did move inside some, but he was pretty much a total disaster. Kaho showed signs, but he basically didn't practice his entire 1st year due to health, so developmentally he was more like a true freshman. Moody was a last minute signing when we whiffed on a bunch of backers.

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C Allen played in all 13 games. How bad was his injury?

He was clearly not the same guy - very stiff.

Bottom line - it was a melting pot of issues. Lots of recruiting misses/getting beat in 17/18 for guys, injuries, some guys that didn't develop. It was a perfect recipe for disaster.

This post was edited on 6/25/20 at 2:17 pm

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