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Title: "Injury-riddled Alabama defense has 'long way to go' after 1st scrimmage" Post by: WALL-E on August 10, 2014, 11:17:02 AM Injury-riddled Alabama defense has 'long way to go' after 1st scrimmage
Title: Re: "Injury-riddled Alabama defense has 'long way to go' after 1st scrimmage" Post by: Chechem on August 10, 2014, 11:53:14 AM Quote "Defensively, we have a long way to go," Saban said. "I think we missed a lot of tackles. We had a lot of young players that are getting a lot of opportunities because of the players that we have out. "We have a lot of defensive players that are out that if you added them up in the two-deep, that's quite a few guys." We need to have the starting 11 all healthy at once to have a meaningful scrimmage. Drake had a big day against the 2nd team (which was 2nd after 2nd moved to first due to injuries). Do Drake's stats mean anything? He's healthy, at least. Title: Re: "Injury-riddled Alabama defense has 'long way to go' after 1st scrimmage" Post by: Bandit on August 10, 2014, 12:47:25 PM Quote "Defensively, we have a long way to go," Saban said. "I think we missed a lot of tackles. We had a lot of young players that are getting a lot of opportunities because of the players that we have out. "We have a lot of defensive players that are out that if you added them up in the two-deep, that's quite a few guys." We need to have the starting 11 all healthy at once to have a meaningful scrimmage. Drake had a big day against the 2nd team (which was 2nd after 2nd moved to first due to injuries). Do Drake's stats mean anything? He's healthy, at least. With Drake, I consider any game type situation where he doesn't fumble, doesn't get benched, doesn't piss off a coach & doesn't get suspended a win. Title: Re: "Injury-riddled Alabama defense has 'long way to go' after 1st scrimmage" Post by: Chechem on August 10, 2014, 02:28:01 PM Quote "Defensively, we have a long way to go," Saban said. "I think we missed a lot of tackles. We had a lot of young players that are getting a lot of opportunities because of the players that we have out. "We have a lot of defensive players that are out that if you added them up in the two-deep, that's quite a few guys." We need to have the starting 11 all healthy at once to have a meaningful scrimmage. Drake had a big day against the 2nd team (which was 2nd after 2nd moved to first due to injuries). Do Drake's stats mean anything? He's healthy, at least. With Drake, I consider any game type situation where he doesn't fumble, doesn't get benched, doesn't piss off a coach & doesn't get suspended a win. Yes, joking aside (my Drake comments were only partly serious), I think the most positive thing about the stats is that Drake played a lot. To me, that says the coaches are planning for him to start behind Yeldon. WE NEED HIS TALENT ON THE FIELD. Title: Re: "Injury-riddled Alabama defense has 'long way to go' after 1st scrimmage" Post by: Bandit on August 10, 2014, 04:09:00 PM Quote "Defensively, we have a long way to go," Saban said. "I think we missed a lot of tackles. We had a lot of young players that are getting a lot of opportunities because of the players that we have out. "We have a lot of defensive players that are out that if you added them up in the two-deep, that's quite a few guys." We need to have the starting 11 all healthy at once to have a meaningful scrimmage. Drake had a big day against the 2nd team (which was 2nd after 2nd moved to first due to injuries). Do Drake's stats mean anything? He's healthy, at least. With Drake, I consider any game type situation where he doesn't fumble, doesn't get benched, doesn't piss off a coach & doesn't get suspended a win. Yes, joking aside (my Drake comments were only partly serious), I think the most positive thing about the stats is that Drake played a lot. To me, that says the coaches are planning for him to start behind Yeldon. WE NEED HIS TALENT ON THE FIELD. I agree. When his head is on straight he is a beast! And with inexperienced QB, we'll need the running game to be strong to take pressure of them. Title: Re: "Injury-riddled Alabama defense has 'long way to go' after 1st scrimmage" Post by: Jamos on August 11, 2014, 05:44:33 PM I will be there Saturday to watch the team scrimmage and get my opinion of the team, hopefully the team will have a good day.
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