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So let's jump in. Today is Wednesday, 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:53.359 May 14th, 2025 in the Year of our Lord. We are 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:56.020 amateurs are blessed to be here and happy to 00:00:56.020 --> 00:00:59.020 talk about Alabama football today. And that's 00:00:59.020 --> 00:01:01.100 what we're going to jump into. We're going to 00:01:01.100 --> 00:01:06.280 jump into the Alabama offense for 2025. We're 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:08.480 going to look at what the problems were from 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:12.900 last year with the We're going to jump into the 00:01:12.900 --> 00:01:16.019 various areas that were concerns from last year, 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:18.780 how they may be addressed this year, how things 00:01:18.780 --> 00:01:23.599 look up for the offense this year and. Then we're 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:25.640 going to look at the position groups and we're 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:27.340 going to talk about what we think the outlook 00:01:27.340 --> 00:01:30.599 is for the offense. So we're going to jump into 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:33.560 it. Let's go into the rundown. First off, I'm 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:35.920 going to list some problem areas and we're going 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:39.260 to jump into it in detail. Number one, there 00:01:39.260 --> 00:01:41.659 was inconsistent play at quarterback. I thought 00:01:41.659 --> 00:01:44.680 the quarterback from last year regressed versus 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:47.659 how he did the prior year, took too many sacks. 00:01:47.780 --> 00:01:50.680 We had an inexperienced first time offensive 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:52.959 coordinator to boot. We had a head coach. change 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:56.040 and we had a new OC come in and he had never 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.280 been an OC before. At the running back level 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:02.299 last year, we did not have a dominant NFL level 00:02:02.299 --> 00:02:05.140 running back that Alabama's used to having. We 00:02:05.140 --> 00:02:09.319 had inconsistent offensive line play. We didn't 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:12.960 have a consistent run blocking scheme and game 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:15.460 and we had breakdowns in the pass protection. 00:02:16.219 --> 00:02:19.599 Transition from saving to DeBoer went okay, not 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:23.180 great. And when the offense was forced to pass. 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:26.000 They couldn't move the ball consistently and 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:28.680 could not win when they're forced into pass only 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:30.620 options. We didn't have a quarterback that could 00:02:30.620 --> 00:02:33.759 pick apart the defense and move the team down 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:36.919 the field. It was either explosive play or bust 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:41.020 and the offense was just inconsistent. So those 00:02:41.020 --> 00:02:45.080 were the issues that just in a highlight issues 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:49.379 that we had from last year. Jump in Will Kay. 00:02:50.459 --> 00:02:53.539 Comment on the struggles from last year and where 00:02:53.539 --> 00:02:57.180 you thought we were really struggling on the 00:02:57.180 --> 00:03:05.780 offensive side. Jalen Milero. Now I will say 00:03:05.780 --> 00:03:09.740 he looked like the Heisman winner against Georgia. 00:03:09.819 --> 00:03:12.800 I mean, when he plays Georgia and LSU, he's the 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:14.500 best player I've ever seen. I mean, the past 00:03:14.500 --> 00:03:16.800 two years, not just this past year, but, you 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:21.180 know, when he was saving too. I was at that game. 00:03:21.419 --> 00:03:25.240 I was also at the game after that, the Vanderbilt 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:28.300 game, where, you know, he wasn't bad. He did 00:03:28.300 --> 00:03:30.280 have two turnovers. That was more of a defensive 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:35.039 game, but he's just so hit or miss. I thought, 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:37.219 you know, the defense was fine for most of the 00:03:37.219 --> 00:03:39.979 year. Last year, they gave up 40 to Vanderbilt, 00:03:40.020 --> 00:03:43.039 and it seems like they just didn't show up in 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:45.939 the games that they, you know, they just kind 00:03:45.939 --> 00:03:51.750 of tossed them aside. Vanderbilt. Oklahoma, you 00:03:51.750 --> 00:03:53.370 know, Michigan was just a bowl game. It didn't 00:03:53.370 --> 00:03:55.150 really matter, but Jalen Milrow was terrible 00:03:55.150 --> 00:03:59.729 in that. So just peaks and valleys, you know, 00:04:00.090 --> 00:04:03.870 went to LSU and beat them by four touchdowns. 00:04:04.250 --> 00:04:07.330 Was beating Georgia by 28. They did come back, 00:04:07.509 --> 00:04:10.909 but beat them. Tennessee, Jalen Milrow wasn't 00:04:10.909 --> 00:04:15.770 great. I think that Ty Simpson is more... Ryan 00:04:15.770 --> 00:04:20.050 Grubb and Kalen DeBoer Speed, more of a pocket 00:04:20.050 --> 00:04:22.250 passer, and he's going to get a lot of help with 00:04:22.250 --> 00:04:24.230 his receivers, which might be the best in the 00:04:24.230 --> 00:04:27.970 country next year. Jam Miller's back, you know, 00:04:27.970 --> 00:04:30.829 good. He'll just have a lot around him. So I 00:04:30.829 --> 00:04:33.149 think that he doesn't have as much pressure. 00:04:33.230 --> 00:04:39.709 So that's what I'll say about that. Dr. T? Yeah, 00:04:40.189 --> 00:04:44.339 on The Hills of Will, I agree. I think Jalen 00:04:44.339 --> 00:04:46.779 Mulro was the problem last year. He had some 00:04:46.779 --> 00:04:50.139 good games, but I think we won in spite of him, 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:52.560 not because of him. And most of the time, I think 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:55.819 you had a first year offensive coordinator who, 00:04:56.379 --> 00:04:58.879 man, you put him in that situation and it's tough. 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:00.899 And now if you're experienced like Lane Kiffin 00:05:00.899 --> 00:05:03.839 or maybe Sarkeesian, they can do it with somebody 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:07.699 like Blake Sims or Jalen Mulro. But a new guy 00:05:07.699 --> 00:05:11.060 trying to use a runner like that, um, who can 00:05:11.060 --> 00:05:13.319 throw a deep bomb and that's about the extent 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:15.939 of his weapons. It was tough. And I think we, 00:05:16.139 --> 00:05:19.060 we realized, you know, early on, we don't have 00:05:19.060 --> 00:05:23.819 a great OC and, uh, we don't have a really, uh, 00:05:23.819 --> 00:05:27.680 a really complete quarterback and, uh, it was 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.019 going to be difficult. I didn't expect Vanderbilt 00:05:30.019 --> 00:05:33.319 or Oklahoma, but I expected us to only go as 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:36.459 far as Milro could take us unless Debore had 00:05:36.459 --> 00:05:40.060 the leadership to pull him out. Like Sarkeesian 00:05:40.060 --> 00:05:43.220 pulled yours out once last season, maybe twice. 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:44.980 But I remember one in particular game who wasn't 00:05:44.980 --> 00:05:47.259 playing well, they pulled him out. And we could 00:05:47.259 --> 00:05:50.860 have easily done that this season. And I heard 00:05:50.860 --> 00:05:53.199 a guy on the radio yesterday saying if it had 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:57.300 been Saban this year, which is easy to say, but 00:05:57.360 --> 00:05:59.319 Bet he would have pulled him out. He feels like 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:01.279 halfway through the year. But I think DeBoer 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:04.139 was not comfortable doing that. So we went as 00:06:04.139 --> 00:06:06.779 far as we could with an inexperienced OC and 00:06:06.779 --> 00:06:09.759 an average quarterback. Hey, guys, I want to 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:11.800 throw out a couple of stats here that I think 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:16.120 are real interesting. In the wins, so we had, 00:06:16.259 --> 00:06:18.920 what were we, nine and four last year. So in 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:24.439 nine wins, Milro's passing completing percentage 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:29.139 was 70%, but the average yards per game were 00:06:29.139 --> 00:06:32.800 215 passing yards per game. And he threw for 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:35.540 an average of one and a half touchdowns per game 00:06:35.540 --> 00:06:39.740 and threw for less than one interception per 00:06:39.740 --> 00:06:43.660 game. So it was 0 .5 interceptions. So it was 00:06:43.660 --> 00:06:47.160 one and a half. So it was a... two to one ratio 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:50.279 of TDs to interceptions in the wins. And then 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:54.600 in the wins also Milro rushed for 76 yards and 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:58.720 two touchdowns. So he averaged almost four touchdowns 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:02.220 per game with less than a half of an interception 00:07:02.220 --> 00:07:06.899 per game in the wins. In the four losses, Milro 00:07:06.899 --> 00:07:11.060 had a 55 % completion percentage. So he went 00:07:11.060 --> 00:07:14.920 from 70 % completion percentage to 55%. He did 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:20.139 throw for more yards, 226 yards versus 215, but 00:07:20.139 --> 00:07:23.670 he only threw one. passing touchdown per game 00:07:23.670 --> 00:07:27.829 in the four losses and he averaged two interceptions 00:07:27.829 --> 00:07:30.870 per game in the four losses and then on the rushing 00:07:30.870 --> 00:07:35.610 side he averaged a nine yards rushing per game 00:07:35.610 --> 00:07:41.089 in the four losses and he averaged 0 .25 touchdowns 00:07:41.089 --> 00:07:43.410 per game in the four losses. So what did they 00:07:43.410 --> 00:07:46.910 do? They forced in those four losses, forced 00:07:46.910 --> 00:07:49.790 Milro to throw the ball. They loaded the line 00:07:49.790 --> 00:07:52.810 of scrimmage. They did not let him break containment. 00:07:53.149 --> 00:07:55.250 They did not let us run the ball. And they said, 00:07:55.290 --> 00:07:57.329 pick us apart if you can. We're not going to 00:07:57.329 --> 00:08:00.470 give you explosive plays over the top. You got 00:08:00.470 --> 00:08:03.089 to pick us apart with the five to 20 yard passes 00:08:03.089 --> 00:08:06.970 and Milro couldn't do it. And it's going to be, 00:08:06.970 --> 00:08:11.709 it's really interesting that Milro and Shador 00:08:11.709 --> 00:08:15.529 Sanders Milro went I think in the third round 00:08:15.529 --> 00:08:19.189 and Shador Sanders went in the fifth round and 00:08:19.189 --> 00:08:21.889 we would have done a lot better with Shador Sanders 00:08:21.889 --> 00:08:25.339 under center. with this team last year. He's 00:08:25.339 --> 00:08:27.740 highly accurate, great ball distributor, would 00:08:27.740 --> 00:08:29.540 have gotten the ball out. He could throw the 00:08:29.540 --> 00:08:31.379 deep ball, the intermediate, the quick pass. 00:08:31.699 --> 00:08:33.320 He couldn't run the ball. He couldn't have had 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:35.519 the explosive plays, but I think he would have 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:38.000 been a lot better off with that type of quarterback 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:41.139 last year. And so that's the thing about Milro 00:08:41.139 --> 00:08:44.200 is the inaccuracy holds on the ball too long, 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:46.460 takes sacks because he's holding on the ball. 00:08:46.580 --> 00:08:48.860 He didn't read the defense well. So I thought 00:08:48.860 --> 00:08:52.039 those stats were very telling for the problems 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:54.980 that we had last year. year and they just wouldn't 00:08:54.980 --> 00:08:59.379 give Ty or Austin Mack snaps when Millrow wasn't 00:08:59.379 --> 00:09:01.299 playing well. They were just gonna die on that 00:09:01.299 --> 00:09:07.059 hill and it was it was tough to watch. Scott? 00:09:09.460 --> 00:09:12.580 Well guys I have a confession to make. Okay. 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:17.600 Remember I am a Florida man in many ways. So 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:22.809 all the videos you see I'm that guy. I've enjoyed, 00:09:22.830 --> 00:09:26.610 I suffered from some saving fatigue as a casual 00:09:26.610 --> 00:09:29.590 fan. So then I was just in the last few years 00:09:29.590 --> 00:09:33.330 is kind of enjoying the competitive balance and 00:09:33.330 --> 00:09:36.070 watching Georgia do well and just not paying 00:09:36.070 --> 00:09:39.789 attention and detail other than noting that Millrow 00:09:39.789 --> 00:09:43.250 was inconsistent. So this exercise for me is 00:09:43.250 --> 00:09:46.570 going to be academic. I just don't have the viewing 00:09:46.570 --> 00:09:49.830 history, but you guys sound super smart and I 00:09:49.830 --> 00:09:52.379 believe what you're saying. Thank you, Scott. 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:55.600 It's my pleasure, and you may have another if 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:58.080 you ever ask. Okay. I want to say something, 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:00.639 John, also about Milro that I didn't say earlier. 00:10:01.460 --> 00:10:03.720 Little things that bothered me about him that 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:06.659 I had not witnessed in other quarterbacks, at 00:10:06.659 --> 00:10:10.139 Alabama at least, is that it's almost like he 00:10:10.139 --> 00:10:12.379 doesn't know how to play the position really 00:10:12.379 --> 00:10:16.779 well. For instance, when he would run, oftentimes 00:10:16.779 --> 00:10:20.059 he would run out of bounds a yard early Which 00:10:20.059 --> 00:10:21.820 he could have easily had another a first down 00:10:21.820 --> 00:10:23.519 with one more yard But he would just run out 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:26.320 of bounds one yard early not even look for contact 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:29.559 Even though he's 225 pounds a small court would 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:30.960 come up to try to hit him and he would run out 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:33.980 of bounds And I'm thinking Milro dude one more 00:10:33.980 --> 00:10:35.879 yard. We had a first down that happened several 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:38.519 times It was dry vendors and then also he would 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:40.879 throw he would go well across the line of scrimmage 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:43.340 and throw and that was called on him multiple 00:10:43.340 --> 00:10:46.639 times last year and You know, he's also he's 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:50.129 really fast. Yes, but He doesn't follow blocks 00:10:50.129 --> 00:10:52.309 really well in several games. He would leave 00:10:52.309 --> 00:10:55.210 the block and then get tackled and it was just 00:10:55.210 --> 00:10:56.809 frustrating it's like he has a lot of gifts, 00:10:56.850 --> 00:10:59.090 but he doesn't quite know how to use them and 00:10:59.090 --> 00:11:02.389 and So yeah that really frustrated me and of 00:11:02.389 --> 00:11:04.309 course he couldn't read defenses He never really 00:11:04.309 --> 00:11:06.309 went through progressions much at all. It was 00:11:06.309 --> 00:11:09.350 just kind of either a bomb or get sacked It seems 00:11:09.350 --> 00:11:12.690 like a lot of times. But anyway, we'll find out 00:11:12.690 --> 00:11:17.029 this year, I guess And I think that on top of 00:11:17.029 --> 00:11:19.710 that we had offensive line struggles last year 00:11:19.710 --> 00:11:22.769 and I don't think we had a top level. We didn't 00:11:22.769 --> 00:11:26.970 have a Derek Henry, Jamir Gibbs, Najee Harris, 00:11:27.409 --> 00:11:30.590 Josh Jacobs, even a Damian Harris. I didn't feel 00:11:30.590 --> 00:11:33.970 that any of the running backs there that were. 00:11:34.090 --> 00:11:36.769 in the rotation last year, guys that are going 00:11:36.769 --> 00:11:39.470 to be starting NFL running backs. I could be 00:11:39.470 --> 00:11:42.570 wrong, but I didn't think we had that kind of 00:11:42.570 --> 00:11:47.269 running game. And then the offensive line, the 00:11:47.269 --> 00:11:49.870 pass protection was not what we would want either. 00:11:49.950 --> 00:11:53.169 I mean, how many times were guys getting beat 00:11:53.169 --> 00:11:55.230 on the edge with speed rush? And I don't know 00:11:55.230 --> 00:11:59.110 how much of it was design and poor pass blocking 00:11:59.110 --> 00:12:01.590 design and poor plays and mirror holding on the 00:12:01.590 --> 00:12:04.529 ball versus just our offensive line. could not 00:12:04.529 --> 00:12:09.509 hold up effectively across the board. And one 00:12:09.509 --> 00:12:12.029 of those tackles that was getting really torched 00:12:12.029 --> 00:12:14.830 last year were speed rushers. And we'll talk 00:12:14.830 --> 00:12:16.409 about that later, but hopefully they're going 00:12:16.409 --> 00:12:19.289 to be a lot better in pass protection this year. 00:12:19.470 --> 00:12:21.690 And also with Ryan Grubb coming in, they're going 00:12:21.690 --> 00:12:24.490 to scheme it up. But I just thought our offense 00:12:24.490 --> 00:12:28.629 was boom or bust. It was explosive play or nothing. 00:12:28.929 --> 00:12:31.590 We were not an offense that was good at putting 00:12:31.590 --> 00:12:36.289 together three 10 play drives in a game and scoring 00:12:36.289 --> 00:12:39.250 21 points off a long drives. It was either big 00:12:39.250 --> 00:12:41.730 explosive plays for touchdown with Milrow running 00:12:41.730 --> 00:12:45.210 it in or going over the top to Ryan Williams 00:12:45.210 --> 00:12:49.830 or Jeremy Bernard or it was fumble interception 00:12:49.830 --> 00:12:54.039 or three and out and punt the ball. And so that 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:55.919 was just very frustrating that I didn't feel 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:57.980 like we had a consistent effort, even in the 00:12:57.980 --> 00:13:00.879 Georgia game where Milro was great in the first 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:03.899 half. And then he had one explosive play in the 00:13:03.899 --> 00:13:06.139 second half, but we almost lost that Georgia 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:08.659 game because in the second half, other than that 00:13:08.659 --> 00:13:11.639 big play to Ryan Williams, the defense really 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:13.419 bailed us out or Georgia would have beaten us 00:13:13.419 --> 00:13:18.580 in that game. So it was not even a full game 00:13:18.580 --> 00:13:20.879 that Milro put together and yet he was being 00:13:21.100 --> 00:13:24.059 touted as a Heisman winner. And then in the Vanderbilt 00:13:24.059 --> 00:13:26.279 game, he did some good things in the Vanderbilt 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:28.779 game, but he also had some turnovers and took 00:13:28.779 --> 00:13:32.539 some unnecessary sacks and, you know, wasn't 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:34.720 great. And then against Tennessee, Oklahoma and 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:36.980 Michigan, they just shut him down. They just 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:39.509 said, You're not gonna run against this. We're 00:13:39.509 --> 00:13:41.990 not gonna allow the running game. We're not gonna 00:13:41.990 --> 00:13:43.929 give you the deep ball and good luck picking 00:13:43.929 --> 00:13:48.230 us apart with three to 15 yard passes. Tom Brady, 00:13:48.230 --> 00:13:50.769 he is not. And it's gonna be really interesting 00:13:50.769 --> 00:13:54.389 in the NFL if someone can develop Milrow. The 00:13:54.389 --> 00:13:57.629 best case scenario for Milrow is he's Jalen Hurts. 00:13:57.850 --> 00:14:00.529 That's what he hopes he can become. That's what 00:14:00.529 --> 00:14:04.210 the NFL types are banking on. But I think Shador 00:14:04.210 --> 00:14:08.330 Sanders is gonna be a much more effective. quarterback 00:14:08.330 --> 00:14:10.830 than Milro is, because I just don't think Milro 00:14:10.830 --> 00:14:13.769 has the ability to read defenses and the accuracy 00:14:13.769 --> 00:14:15.950 to do what he needs to do, even though he is 00:14:15.950 --> 00:14:21.230 a fantastic athlete. But we'll see. I mean, I 00:14:21.230 --> 00:14:24.049 hope he does great. I'm just very, very skeptical. 00:14:28.289 --> 00:14:30.110 Yeah, I mean, he's a fantastic athlete. And I 00:14:30.110 --> 00:14:31.870 guess what you mean by that is he can run fast. 00:14:32.420 --> 00:14:35.080 But he has no, well, he can throw the ball. He 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:39.000 can throw the ball deep, but right. Yeah. Yes. 00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:40.779 I just felt like on the basketball court, I don't 00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:42.539 think he'd be that great. I don't think he'd 00:14:42.539 --> 00:14:44.580 be a great baseball player. What I mean by that 00:14:44.580 --> 00:14:48.419 is like, remember, remember, um, uh, good grief, 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:50.100 his name slipped my mind. Who's the Carolina 00:14:50.100 --> 00:14:53.779 Panthers quarterback just lost us. to my Cam 00:14:53.779 --> 00:14:55.799 Newton. Bryce, Bryce, Bryce, Bryce. Oh, yeah, 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:57.480 yeah. I'm sorry, man. Yeah, he was a point guard. 00:14:57.539 --> 00:14:59.279 He was an all -state. Right. And I see, I didn't 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:00.879 even know that, John, but I remember watching 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:04.320 Bryce. He would get some bad snaps. His, his 00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:06.960 head never went down. He'd pick the ball up and 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:09.679 just keep the players just keep going. If Milroy 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:12.460 got a bad snap, it was a, it was a big deal. 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:14.700 It's a bad snap. He might not get it. He's going 00:15:14.700 --> 00:15:16.559 to take a sack. He's going to start running. 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:18.720 I mean, he just didn't have good hands. I never 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:21.490 saw any short to intermediate. Intermediate passes 00:15:21.490 --> 00:15:24.889 because take some touch now he can heave it because 00:15:24.889 --> 00:15:27.830 it takes one speed all you got and he can heave 00:15:27.830 --> 00:15:30.169 it But I just don't see that translating into 00:15:30.169 --> 00:15:34.149 the NFL not having Good hands not having good 00:15:34.149 --> 00:15:36.529 touch. He can't throw it hard and he can't throw 00:15:36.529 --> 00:15:39.950 it far But I just don't you know, I don't think 00:15:39.950 --> 00:15:42.370 that's gonna pan out and I think Ty Simpson is 00:15:42.370 --> 00:15:44.289 a there's a quarterback I think he played quarterback 00:15:44.289 --> 00:15:47.110 a lot in the past and I think he knows how to 00:15:47.110 --> 00:15:49.629 play the position I want to say his dad was a 00:15:49.629 --> 00:15:52.009 coach. Is that right? Correct. That is correct. 00:15:52.330 --> 00:15:53.809 Yeah. And so I just think he's going to bring 00:15:53.809 --> 00:15:56.590 the intangibles that Mill Road didn't have. And 00:15:56.590 --> 00:15:58.110 we're going to, we're not going to have as many 00:15:58.110 --> 00:16:00.470 drive stoppers. I just think it will be a more 00:16:00.470 --> 00:16:02.909 consistent offense and he'll probably he's had 00:16:02.909 --> 00:16:06.330 two years in the system of the new OC and you 00:16:06.330 --> 00:16:08.210 know, Ryan Grubbs and Nick Sheridan. So he'll 00:16:08.210 --> 00:16:10.330 probably have a bigger playbook when they need 00:16:10.330 --> 00:16:12.409 it. So I think we'll have much more success. 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:18.399 And I think the Nick Sheridan fact, it's going 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:23.379 to be really interesting to see how inexperienced 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:26.679 and how much did Nick Sheridan hurt us in game 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:30.500 planning and coaching us up and really being 00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:33.960 able to run an offense and to prepare the team 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:36.620 and to get them to do. And I'll give Milro credit 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:39.820 for this. He's a great deep ball thrower. He's 00:16:39.820 --> 00:16:43.419 a great Throwing a post route, a go route, the 00:16:43.419 --> 00:16:46.220 deep ball. That's what he can do. But, you know, 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:48.759 a short intermediate pass, he could never do 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:51.779 what Tom Brady could do, which is just throw 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:55.080 a guy open three, five, eight, 10 yards, hit 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:58.440 him in the right spot, see it and read the defense 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:01.620 and just pick a team apart with those short intermediate 00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:04.059 passes. That's what he can't do. But getting 00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:08.240 back to the Ryan Grubb. I believe Nick Saban 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:13.119 tried to hire Ryan Grubb as his OC his last year 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:16.720 and Ryan Grubb stayed at Washington and then 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:19.359 he went to Seattle instead of coming over with 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:22.099 DeBoer. DeBoer wanted him to come here and then 00:17:22.099 --> 00:17:24.920 things didn't work out at Seattle and so now 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:28.440 he came back here and I'm really excited that 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:31.640 we're going to have a high level offensive coordinator 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:35.799 on the Sarkeesian level, on the Lane Kiffin level. 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:38.380 and to see what he can do with Ty Simpson. Ty 00:17:38.380 --> 00:17:40.259 Simpson's a five -star quarterback. He was a 00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:43.799 five -star quarterback for a reason. I don't 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:47.859 think he ever was given a real opportunity to 00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:50.519 win that job. If you remember, Buckner came in 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:53.579 from Notre Dame, and Tommy Reese was a Notre 00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:56.460 Dame guy, and he played favorites with Buckner, 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:58.559 I think, because of that Notre Dame connection, 00:17:58.619 --> 00:18:00.660 and for whatever reason, he never really gave 00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:03.539 Simpson a chance to win the job over Milro. It 00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:05.460 was going to be either Buckner or Milro, and 00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:08.240 then Saban just went with Milro. And then look 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:12.950 how much more productive Milro was. He had 23 00:18:12.950 --> 00:18:16.170 touchdown passes under Saban, and I think he 00:18:16.170 --> 00:18:19.309 only had five interceptions versus 11 interceptions 00:18:19.309 --> 00:18:23.349 last year and only 16 touchdowns. So his touchdowns 00:18:23.349 --> 00:18:26.809 went down, his interception. So Millrow got worse 00:18:26.809 --> 00:18:29.650 his first year under DeBoer versus he did as 00:18:29.650 --> 00:18:33.069 well. So there were coaching issues to it. He 00:18:33.069 --> 00:18:35.609 didn't get, they got worse. So, you know, there 00:18:35.609 --> 00:18:37.529 were just a lot of things. So I'm optimistic 00:18:37.529 --> 00:18:40.430 about Ty, but we just haven't seen Ty. We don't 00:18:40.430 --> 00:18:43.029 know. We didn't get to see anything in spring 00:18:43.029 --> 00:18:47.569 practice. Dr. T, you were at the spring. I don't 00:18:47.569 --> 00:18:49.210 know what you want to call it. What a spring 00:18:49.210 --> 00:18:52.250 game, but the spring extravaganza. But did you 00:18:52.250 --> 00:18:54.109 really get to see anything? I mean, could you 00:18:54.109 --> 00:18:55.750 see anything from the quarterbacks? I'll tell 00:18:55.750 --> 00:18:58.849 you what I saw. In the box I was in, I saw some 00:18:58.849 --> 00:19:02.650 good food, good hot dogs. I'm just kidding. But 00:19:02.650 --> 00:19:04.950 no, I mean, I was invited to go to a box. And 00:19:04.950 --> 00:19:08.390 that was the highlight of the day, the box. Uh, 00:19:08.630 --> 00:19:10.430 no, I couldn't tell a lot. I mean you could tell 00:19:10.430 --> 00:19:13.730 it it seemed apparent to me that ty was the man 00:19:13.730 --> 00:19:16.309 in charge out there I did notice the other guys. 00:19:16.349 --> 00:19:18.730 I mean again, it's a small sample size, but the 00:19:18.730 --> 00:19:21.150 other guys threw picks pretty pretty bad picks 00:19:21.150 --> 00:19:24.390 I'll say like in double coverage ty didn't ty 00:19:24.390 --> 00:19:27.470 just kept moving the ball and the drills, um, 00:19:27.509 --> 00:19:29.789 you know, there was no they couldn't tackle ty 00:19:29.789 --> 00:19:32.329 so, you know, it's not quite a game -like scenario, 00:19:32.329 --> 00:19:35.569 but But it seemed pretty apparent to everyone 00:19:35.569 --> 00:19:37.980 that was watching near me that Ty is the best 00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:40.640 player right now on the team, I mean, best quarterback 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:44.599 option. So yeah, I just think Ty is going to 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:48.140 be a lot better, steady. He has Williams back 00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:49.859 and we'll go into all that later, but he has 00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:53.339 a lot of weapons around him and a great OC. So 00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:55.319 it should be pretty good this year, I think. 00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:59.160 All right, Will Kay, you've been awfully quiet. 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:03.460 Jump in here. Kind of sounds like Ron Grubbs 00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:08.390 trying to avoid Jalen Milro. It does. DeBoer 00:20:08.390 --> 00:20:11.230 asked him to come. He's like, nah, Jalen Millrow 00:20:11.230 --> 00:20:14.210 leaves to go to Seattle. Kellan DeBoer asked 00:20:14.210 --> 00:20:15.470 him again. He's like, yeah, I think I'll give 00:20:15.470 --> 00:20:20.210 it a chance this time. I love it. I love it. 00:20:20.430 --> 00:20:24.190 But remember this, I think Ryan Grubb got paid 00:20:24.190 --> 00:20:27.769 a bunch of money to go be the OC in Seattle. 00:20:27.990 --> 00:20:32.630 And then I think he got fired. Then why was he 00:20:32.630 --> 00:20:34.150 paid a bunch of money if he was going to get 00:20:34.150 --> 00:20:36.690 fired? Well, they paid him a bunch of money to 00:20:36.690 --> 00:20:39.390 get him to go to Seattle instead of coming to 00:20:39.390 --> 00:20:43.069 Alabama as the OC, I think. And he was going 00:20:43.069 --> 00:20:45.430 to try his hand at the pro. And this is just 00:20:45.430 --> 00:20:47.450 kind of what I've picked up through reading. 00:20:47.829 --> 00:20:51.269 And then I think for whatever reason, they let 00:20:51.269 --> 00:20:55.150 him go this year, I guess. Was it McDonald, who's 00:20:55.150 --> 00:20:58.069 the head coach there? They must have had a falling 00:20:58.069 --> 00:21:00.750 out. So that's what I heard there. But yeah, 00:21:00.750 --> 00:21:02.950 it does seem like he was trying to avoid Milro, 00:21:02.970 --> 00:21:07.039 and I don't blame him. Yeah, I mean look at Michael 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:11.339 Pinnix, you know The Washington is not like a 00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:16.880 top -tier program or anything and They went do 00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:18.920 they go undefeated until the championship game. 00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:23.079 That is correct He had Pinnix for two years at 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:27.839 Washington and then I believe he had him at Indiana 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:31.319 too. I believe that Grubb was coaching him at 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:34.980 Indiana, but That's right. Pennex came over from 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:37.019 Indiana and he had blown his knee out. Apparently, 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:40.619 Pennex was a great dual threat quarterback at 00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:42.460 Indiana and then he blew his knee out and I think 00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:45.299 he had another knee injury again. So he's had 00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:47.279 both of his knees repaired, but they turned him 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:50.819 into a great pocket quarterback who could scramble 00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:53.960 when he needed to. And it was his second year 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:58.230 at Washington that he really popped. You know, 00:21:58.230 --> 00:22:00.470 that's one of the things I'm worried about here 00:22:00.470 --> 00:22:04.529 is that Simpson will be good this year. And if 00:22:04.529 --> 00:22:06.890 he's going to pop, it's going to be the next 00:22:06.890 --> 00:22:08.789 year where he's going to go from good to great. 00:22:09.589 --> 00:22:13.049 But, um, you know, AJ McCarran in his first year 00:22:13.049 --> 00:22:15.890 was a game manager and yet we still won the natty. 00:22:16.009 --> 00:22:18.450 And then he really popped his next year and his 00:22:18.450 --> 00:22:21.150 last year. Um, and, you know, that's something 00:22:21.150 --> 00:22:25.430 to, to, that we need to discuss is do we think 00:22:25.430 --> 00:22:30.299 tie? Is going to pop this year and be like a 00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:32.440 Bryce Young did in his first year and just killed 00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:34.940 it? Or is he going to be just the game manager, 00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:37.700 the guy that can do well enough to get us into 00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:40.299 the playoffs and maybe even win a Natty and then 00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:43.859 really pop the next year? That's one of the concerns 00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:46.500 I had. You look at Burrow, Joe Burrow first year 00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:50.660 at LSU. He's OK. Next year, he kills it. He's 00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:54.559 a Heisman winner. And same thing with Jaden Daniels. 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:56.799 His first year at LSU, he was pretty good. They 00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:59.539 did beat Alabama. But the next year, he just 00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:02.500 was killing it again. And I think that's one 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:05.559 of the things about Ty is he's set on the bench. 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:08.640 He's bided his time. He's learned a lot. He's 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:11.619 21. I certainly think if we're having to play 00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:15.400 Keelan Russell over Ty Simpson, this is probably 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:17.480 a lost season because it can be really hard. 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:21.220 for a true freshman to come in here and lead 00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:24.119 us where we need to go. Ty needs to do it. And 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:26.579 then maybe Ty goes pro after that. We turn it 00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:29.900 over to Keelan Russell. But I have real concerns 00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:34.160 about if Ty's not the guy that the other two 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:37.200 guys are not ready to lead us back to the playoffs. 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:44.839 Give me your thoughts. Yeah, I mean, sometimes 00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:47.259 quarterbacks. I mean, if Kaelin DeBoer wants 00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:50.980 to keep his job, I think Ty Simpson has to be 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:56.119 good this year, don't you think? No. No? No, 00:23:56.160 --> 00:24:03.059 I think if we had nine wins, he keeps his job, 00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:04.319 but we're going to do better than that, don't 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:06.819 you think? I think he's got to make the playoffs. 00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:13.710 I think he has two years for sure, DeBoer. Yeah. 00:24:13.750 --> 00:24:16.170 Last year was the stinker. And this is from the 00:24:16.170 --> 00:24:19.089 guy outside looking in who's just now getting 00:24:19.089 --> 00:24:22.650 re -engaged to Alabama football. I'm not worried. 00:24:24.410 --> 00:24:26.910 I'm just, I'm not that not that nine and four 00:24:26.910 --> 00:24:30.230 is embarrassing. You know, you had a, like you 00:24:30.230 --> 00:24:33.569 guys said, a quarterback that was kind of a trick, 00:24:33.569 --> 00:24:37.009 you know, almost like a magician, but not a quarterback. 00:24:37.890 --> 00:24:41.589 Um, and just the clips I've watched to this Simpson 00:24:41.589 --> 00:24:45.809 guy. Super comfortable. And I think John, I need 00:24:45.809 --> 00:24:50.690 22. He's a junior, right? Junior. So he's probably 00:24:50.690 --> 00:24:53.009 a senior in about, you know, four, four years. 00:24:53.150 --> 00:24:55.710 He's at least 21. So, you know, that's the point. 00:24:55.809 --> 00:25:00.329 He's 21 Austin Max, what 19 and Aquila Russell's 00:25:00.329 --> 00:25:03.150 only 18. So we need the 21 year old to be the 00:25:03.150 --> 00:25:06.789 mature guy and to lead this team. And, and I 00:25:06.789 --> 00:25:10.329 think the The point I was making in referring 00:25:10.329 --> 00:25:13.789 him or comparing him to AJ McCarran is McCarran 00:25:13.789 --> 00:25:16.589 was just a game manager the first year. We won 00:25:16.589 --> 00:25:19.369 the natty. So I think the big thing is don't 00:25:19.369 --> 00:25:22.150 turn the ball over. Make the passes when you 00:25:22.150 --> 00:25:24.509 need to throw the ball away. Sometimes punting 00:25:24.509 --> 00:25:28.539 is not a bad thing. hand the ball off, just work 00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:32.420 the offense, and don't make stupid plays, don't 00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:35.119 hold on to the ball too long, be accurate, and 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:38.299 we can do really well with him being a game manager. 00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:42.319 He does not have to be what Joe Burrow was the 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:45.740 year LSU wanted for us to do well, because when 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:48.460 we dig into this roster, we have a bunch of five 00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:50.859 -star guys, we have a bunch of four -star guys, 00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:54.279 we did well in the transfer pool bringing guys 00:25:54.279 --> 00:26:00.099 in. No one left after the spring practice and 00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:02.339 transferred out, which hats off to the board 00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:04.859 for being able to keep everybody. I couldn't 00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:07.799 believe that I couldn't because North Carolina's 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:10.599 roster was. It was like fruit basket turnover. 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:13.339 The the amount of turnover guys leaving and other 00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:16.680 guys coming in and you know we get. We got a 00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:21.160 24 year old trying to be Miss Maine and. Belichick 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:23.480 and all that kind of craziness. So I love the 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:26.880 stability of what's going on here. So I don't 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:31.700 think Ty Simpson has to. be a top 10 NFL draft 00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:35.619 pick this year for Alabama to do really, really 00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:38.740 well. Now, if we do well, we go to the playoffs 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:42.140 and he comes back next year, maybe Keelan Russell 00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:44.700 sticks around. Austin Mack will be gone. He's 00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:47.859 not going to sit for two years and not get to 00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:51.000 play. Whereas Keelan, if he's smart, will bide 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:54.559 his time. and then be ready to take off because 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:57.220 Ty will be gone in two years, maybe just one 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:59.480 year, but probably likely to stick around for 00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:02.500 two years. And meanwhile, Keelan Russell can 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:05.599 be honing his craft and playing in mop up duty. 00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:11.460 But I think Ty Simpson doesn't have to be amazing 00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:14.609 if he can just. be that point guard, get the 00:27:14.609 --> 00:27:16.970 ball out. We've got weapons all over the field. 00:27:17.529 --> 00:27:19.670 And if some of the running backs can come through, 00:27:19.710 --> 00:27:22.230 I think we can have a great season. But he doesn't 00:27:22.230 --> 00:27:26.950 have to put up 4 ,000 yards and throw for 40 00:27:26.950 --> 00:27:32.269 touchdown passes. He does need to throw 25 touchdown 00:27:32.269 --> 00:27:35.569 passes and throw only five or six interceptions, 00:27:35.910 --> 00:27:40.640 not throw. 14 touchdown passes and 10 interceptions. 00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:42.339 I mean, we're in trouble if he does that. He 00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:44.440 certainly is not going to be able to run for 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:50.079 20 touchdowns like Jaylen Milrow did, but he's 00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:52.180 just got to be able to get it in other people's 00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:54.220 playmaker's hands and let them do their stuff. 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:57.920 You know, I noticed that the 8A game also, Ty, 00:27:58.119 --> 00:28:02.730 was very comfortable with Checking down, going 00:28:02.730 --> 00:28:05.990 to the running back on plays. I mean, just things 00:28:05.990 --> 00:28:08.630 that you love to see in a quarterback that we 00:28:08.630 --> 00:28:11.710 haven't seen in a couple of years. He made smart 00:28:11.710 --> 00:28:15.430 plays. I remember last year he came in and mopped 00:28:15.430 --> 00:28:18.470 up duty one game. I can't remember the game, 00:28:18.589 --> 00:28:20.930 but I remember the first play was he rolled out 00:28:20.930 --> 00:28:23.390 to his right and threw right over a linebacker 00:28:23.390 --> 00:28:26.559 to a tight end. Very easy 10 -yard pass. I just 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:28.740 had not seen Milro do before and I'm like, oh 00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:32.160 my gosh, that looks so nice and I'm excited about 00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:35.319 it and also Remember last year by the end of 00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:38.059 the year the receiver started to really show 00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:41.200 their frustration on the field with Milro and 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:44.559 we all heard the rumor that You know and the 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:47.319 board did not deny it that they all came down 00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:49.099 after the season and said hey Listen, we're gonna 00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:52.859 transfer if he comes back, you know, DeBoer said 00:28:53.150 --> 00:28:55.569 That's not all true. He said something to that 00:28:55.569 --> 00:28:57.349 effect So we know that that kind of happened 00:28:57.349 --> 00:29:00.750 and then yesterday on jocks a guy on there said 00:29:00.750 --> 00:29:04.470 That he you know, I love this third person thing 00:29:04.470 --> 00:29:07.009 here But he said I have a very good reliable 00:29:07.009 --> 00:29:09.829 source from a very good player on the team That 00:29:09.829 --> 00:29:12.809 the players went to tie midseason even and said 00:29:12.809 --> 00:29:15.990 hey You got to go plead your case to the play 00:29:15.990 --> 00:29:18.890 to start and they said tie said i'm not doing 00:29:18.890 --> 00:29:20.930 it that way I'm only going to get it if I earn 00:29:20.930 --> 00:29:23.690 it. I'm not going to go Uh, you know politic 00:29:23.690 --> 00:29:25.990 to play and which makes me like it even more 00:29:25.990 --> 00:29:28.410 if that's true But so I think the players even 00:29:28.410 --> 00:29:31.069 last year saw it that he needed to start so that 00:29:31.069 --> 00:29:33.450 makes me feel like hey Even though it's his first 00:29:33.450 --> 00:29:35.910 year to start. He's pretty good I think the players 00:29:35.910 --> 00:29:39.089 feel like he's pretty good and I think he's gonna 00:29:39.089 --> 00:29:41.170 have like a mac jones type year. I think he's 00:29:41.170 --> 00:29:43.349 gonna have his only year It's gonna be this year. 00:29:43.349 --> 00:29:46.910 He's gonna do very well I I expect us to win 00:29:46.910 --> 00:29:49.109 the whole thing and I think he's going in the 00:29:49.109 --> 00:29:51.720 draft and then key line starts next year Boom, 00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:55.119 you heard it here. Mike dropped. Well, the one 00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:58.980 thing about the Mac Jones comparison is remember 00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:03.480 Tua got wiped out with his hip and so Mac got 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:07.799 to finish that year and he had that that horrible 00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:10.940 loss where he threw two pick sixes against Auburn 00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:15.029 at Auburn. So Mac got his feet. to the fire. 00:30:15.410 --> 00:30:18.269 And also Mac at the A -Day game, one of his years 00:30:18.269 --> 00:30:23.029 was the MVP. So Mac had the on -field experience 00:30:23.029 --> 00:30:26.029 before that COVID senior year where they just 00:30:26.029 --> 00:30:30.609 rolled. So he was battle tested. And, you know, 00:30:30.710 --> 00:30:33.450 that's the one thing I'm worried about Ty is 00:30:33.450 --> 00:30:35.490 he didn't get the reps he should have gotten. 00:30:35.630 --> 00:30:38.089 He should have gotten a lot more reps this last 00:30:38.089 --> 00:30:41.339 year. And I'm not saying that Ty can't lead us 00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:44.160 where we need to go, but I think Mac benefited 00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:48.460 from making some horrible mistakes that year 00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:51.380 where Tua got hurt and his hip was... busted 00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:54.160 and you know he had the Bo Jackson hip injury 00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:58.000 and his season was done and so Mack had to play 00:30:58.000 --> 00:31:00.519 in some big games and he still almost got us 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:03.640 to the SEC Championship game and we should have 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:05.720 beaten Auburn except he threw those two picked 00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:08.059 sixes at the goal line. If we kicked field goals 00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:12.619 we beat Auburn, we go to the SEC Championship 00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:15.220 game. Now I think we would have skipped it. I 00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:19.180 think we would have LSU won and we would have 00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:21.019 skipped it, but with one loss would have gotten 00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:24.640 in the playoff as the fourth team against LSU 00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:27.519 and it would have been Mac taking us to the playoff 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:30.359 in all likelihood. But that was the one thing 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:33.259 is Mac got those tests and I mean he didn't do 00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:36.079 well. He took some hard knocks, but that had 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:39.599 him ready to go in that COVID year and Saban 00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:42.799 had him and that was a loaded team. So you know 00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:45.779 he just did the great. But I think Ty Sipson. 00:31:45.869 --> 00:31:48.910 can be successful this year. But let me ask you 00:31:48.910 --> 00:31:52.630 guys this question. What if Ty gets out there 00:31:52.630 --> 00:31:57.109 and he falls on his face and he's not the guy 00:31:57.109 --> 00:32:01.670 and they have to play Keelan? Can we make the 00:32:01.670 --> 00:32:07.849 playoffs if Ty does not come through? Ty's coming 00:32:07.849 --> 00:32:10.930 through. You said in Ty we trust. We're in this 00:32:10.930 --> 00:32:16.140 32 minutes deep already. Ty is the guy. Ty is 00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:19.559 the guy in 32 minutes. So are we, is this going 00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:22.380 to be a two hour session since we've just beat 00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:25.039 this guy like a drum or are we going to move 00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:28.279 on to other players? He's fine, man. He's fine. 00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:31.180 I want to talk about Keelin. Do we think a true 00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:34.720 freshman could take over? Let's say, uh, Ty falls 00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:37.779 on his face. Can Keelin come in and do it as 00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:41.819 an 18 year old, uh, true freshmen? Uh, Will Kay, 00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:48.339 what do you think? Well, I mean, yeah, like you 00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:51.859 said, he hasn't had a lot of experience. He's 00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:53.740 a five star. I mean, I feel like he's been the 00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:56.799 backup here for forever. I mean, he was the backup, 00:32:56.900 --> 00:33:01.720 backup to Bryce Young. At some point, I thought 00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:05.140 he might be like, what happened to him? There 00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:08.640 he is. At some point, I thought he was going 00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:11.960 to be like Paul Tyson, you know? Paul Tyson was 00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:14.630 supposed to be like the guy. But he just never 00:33:14.630 --> 00:33:18.710 panned out, but now he's getting his shot. But 00:33:18.710 --> 00:33:23.329 we have gone a full year with a mediocre quarterback 00:33:23.329 --> 00:33:30.309 and then a talented youngster step up. So if 00:33:30.309 --> 00:33:34.509 Keelan Russell is who we think he is, then absolutely. 00:33:38.459 --> 00:33:40.859 Dr. T, what do you think about that scenario 00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:43.579 where Ty fails and we have to go with Keelan? 00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:46.180 Well, first of all, I hate to beat the drum more, 00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:48.420 Scott, but I have to say this. What people don't 00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:50.700 appreciate about Ty, who haven't watched him, 00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:54.099 because I've hear people on the radio from far 00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:57.619 away say, oh, he's going to be a pocket passer 00:33:57.619 --> 00:34:00.779 like Mack Jones and just stand there. This guy 00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:03.740 can fly. He runs like, you got that right. He 00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:05.960 runs like a four, five, a four, six. The guy 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:08.320 can move. He's not as good as fast as Milro but 00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:11.119 this guy is an athlete. So I think people are 00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:13.179 going to be surprised what he does with his legs 00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:15.579 this year when plays break down. I guarantee 00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:18.280 you Ryan Grubbs, there are going to be some quarterback 00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:21.519 runs that he's going to gash defenses. Just watch. 00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:24.929 That's number one. Number two, Keyline. Yeah, 00:34:25.030 --> 00:34:26.869 John, I don't know. I mean, he's awfully young 00:34:26.869 --> 00:34:29.429 and I know a day it's just one little sample 00:34:29.429 --> 00:34:31.449 But man, he was throwing some pretty bad picks 00:34:31.449 --> 00:34:35.369 now the ball does zip. Okay, that's good The 00:34:35.369 --> 00:34:37.889 ball zips out of his hand. It's super beautiful 00:34:37.889 --> 00:34:40.789 to watch but I don't know cuz that's so if Ty 00:34:40.789 --> 00:34:43.769 falls on his face That's gonna be early. What's 00:34:43.769 --> 00:34:46.829 it gonna be? I guess Florida State ULM, Wisconsin 00:34:46.829 --> 00:34:49.590 So he falls on his face right in there and key 00:34:49.590 --> 00:34:52.300 line comes in and against Georgia No, I don't 00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:54.480 like it. I don't like it at all. Well, I think 00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:57.360 it would be Ty goes to Georgia, gets wiped out, 00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:59.739 is playing mediocre, but we win those games, 00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:02.579 but then Ty goes to Georgia, we get blown out, 00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:06.219 Ty plays terribly, and then they pull him and 00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:10.599 go with Keelan. So in that scenario, I think 00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:13.400 with this team with a really solid defense and 00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:15.849 a good offensive coordinator, They could probably 00:35:15.849 --> 00:35:17.429 get to the playoffs because the playoffs you 00:35:17.429 --> 00:35:20.269 can lose two probably and so yeah, I think it's 00:35:20.269 --> 00:35:23.190 possible but if we lose at georgia We don't have 00:35:23.190 --> 00:35:26.010 much margin, right? And so I don't know. It's 00:35:26.010 --> 00:35:29.429 a tall or tall task to get through the last eight 00:35:29.429 --> 00:35:32.929 or nine games without losing just one with a 00:35:32.929 --> 00:35:36.010 true freshman, but So I would yeah, could he 00:35:36.010 --> 00:35:38.289 could he pull a hurts? Could he do what jalen 00:35:38.289 --> 00:35:41.289 hurts did as a true freshman and lead us to the 00:35:41.289 --> 00:35:44.219 championship game? I mean, that would be my question 00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:47.420 is, could he be as good as Hertz was as a true 00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:52.260 freshman? I think he could be, yeah. And I think 00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:54.820 all of us are discounting Austin Mack and thinking 00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:57.159 Austin Mack's not going to play, he's not the 00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:59.480 guy, and then he's going to transfer after this 00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:02.300 year. That's my take on Austin Mack. Me too. 00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:08.969 I agree. Now, I think Keelan Russell... won't 00:36:08.969 --> 00:36:11.170 stay around in another year to sit. I think the 00:36:11.170 --> 00:36:12.929 money will be too good to go somewhere else, 00:36:13.130 --> 00:36:15.510 but you know, I don't know. We'll see what happens. 00:36:15.909 --> 00:36:19.329 Yeah. If Keelan has to stay his sophomore year, 00:36:19.329 --> 00:36:25.809 he's gone. You mean if he has to sit, if Ty stays 00:36:25.809 --> 00:36:29.929 another year? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. But if 00:36:29.929 --> 00:36:33.349 Ty's good enough, then he might go to the NFL 00:36:33.349 --> 00:36:37.070 draft. John, you back? I'm here. Can you hear 00:36:37.070 --> 00:36:40.760 me? Scott, are you there? We're all here and 00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:42.659 we're still talking about quarterbacks. Those 00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:47.260 are two things I know. 22 years old, 6 '2", 209, 00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:51.860 runs like a deer, cerebral, he's fine. We're 00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:55.760 good. Let's talk about the running back room. 00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:58.739 I'm concerned about the running back room. Somebody 00:36:58.739 --> 00:37:02.239 give me some comfort in why we're going to have 00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:04.739 quality running backs this year and have what, 00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:07.880 because in Alabama we expect to have NFL caliber 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:09.659 running backs. And I don't think we had that 00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:12.159 last year. Somebody make me feel better about 00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:15.840 the running back. You don't like angry Dick Young? 00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:17.860 His name's Richard. His name's Richard. That's 00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:20.610 why I said that. But some people call him the 00:37:20.610 --> 00:37:25.150 Big Dick. This is a Christian program, right? 00:37:25.510 --> 00:37:30.510 We call him Angry Dick Young. But I think that 00:37:30.510 --> 00:37:32.630 our running backs are fine. I mean, we got a 00:37:32.630 --> 00:37:35.829 stable. There's a lot of young ones. I don't 00:37:35.829 --> 00:37:37.929 know how to pronounce his name. Akeline, Ackland 00:37:37.929 --> 00:37:41.110 Deer, he's a five -star. Daniel Hill is good. 00:37:41.309 --> 00:37:46.389 Jan Miller is a good running back one. I mean, 00:37:46.409 --> 00:37:51.079 I like him. Maybe would have liked to see more 00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:52.880 Justice Haynes. But you know, last year we didn't 00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:56.480 run the ball a lot. It was more Jalen Milrow 00:37:56.480 --> 00:38:00.320 designed runs, you know, that little guard pull. 00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:03.880 I don't even know what you call that, like quarterback 00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:07.039 off tackle. But a lot of that on the goal line. 00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:09.280 The running back just didn't get a lot last year. 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:11.239 And I think you'll see more of that. And then 00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:18.250 Dralyn Washington out of Lafayette maybe. He 00:38:18.250 --> 00:38:20.590 was pretty good. I think he was like near a thousand 00:38:20.590 --> 00:38:22.690 yard rupture. I think you're going to see - And 00:38:22.690 --> 00:38:26.409 he can run. Dre Washington, I think he's four 00:38:26.409 --> 00:38:30.030 sub four fours. He's good. I agree. I watched 00:38:30.030 --> 00:38:33.090 tape on him. That guy's legit. You're going to 00:38:33.090 --> 00:38:37.409 probably see two, maybe three running backs go 00:38:37.409 --> 00:38:42.650 in there. Like a couple of years ago with McClellan 00:38:42.650 --> 00:38:49.460 and Roydale Williams and Jan Miller. Guys, I'm 00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:52.400 cautiously optimistic that Daniel Hill is gonna 00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:56.099 be a bowling ball and just wipe people out. I 00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:59.300 think he could be really good from everything 00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:01.420 I've read and heard. I haven't seen him play, 00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:06.440 but any comments on Mr. Hill? I think that there's 00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:10.480 only so much playing time that you can get, you 00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:12.380 know? I mean, are you gonna run four running 00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:15.539 backs deep? I mean, that's... Not a lot of stats 00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:17.900 are going to be accumulated because there's only 00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:20.980 so much field you can see I think there's going 00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:27.869 to be some third down situations but I can see 00:39:27.869 --> 00:39:30.510 Hill being the goal on back though. From what 00:39:30.510 --> 00:39:35.489 I understand, he is a solid 240 and he's strong 00:39:35.489 --> 00:39:39.010 and fast and he might be that guy that good luck 00:39:39.010 --> 00:39:45.210 breaks his yards after contact or high and one 00:39:45.210 --> 00:39:47.030 guy's not going to tackle him. He's going to 00:39:47.030 --> 00:39:50.789 knock people over. So I'm enthusiastic about 00:39:50.789 --> 00:39:52.570 that. I think Miller's going to get like 75 % 00:39:52.570 --> 00:39:55.869 of the snaps and then you're going to see two, 00:39:55.949 --> 00:39:58.230 maybe three others, you know, kind of fight for 00:39:58.230 --> 00:40:02.570 those snaps. And, you know, I know we're going 00:40:02.570 --> 00:40:06.329 to get into it, but I mean, are we going to need 00:40:06.329 --> 00:40:08.449 to run the ball that much? I mean, obviously 00:40:08.449 --> 00:40:10.789 we are, but we're going to have the best receiver 00:40:10.789 --> 00:40:13.869 core in the country, in my opinion. Yeah, Ohio 00:40:13.869 --> 00:40:18.010 State has Jeremiah Smith, but in terms of depth 00:40:18.010 --> 00:40:21.349 and ability, I think that ours will be the best. 00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:26.519 Dr. T, give us an assessment of the running back 00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:38.820 room. I think we have lost Dr. T. So hey, hey, 00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:41.380 how bit the guy, John, the guy you were talking 00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:44.960 about the goal line back, how tall is he? I think 00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:48.719 he's only 510. OK, so yeah, I'm agreeing with 00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:54.639 you because. Miller is what 220 and 510 and young 00:40:54.639 --> 00:41:00.000 is 511 216. I like those sizes. I don't know. 00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:06.659 I'm in that Dre Washington's explosive. So I'm 00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:09.300 feeling pretty good as the the naive one of the 00:41:09.300 --> 00:41:16.900 bunch. Yeah, Hill Hill is 240. Wow, yeah, he's 00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:21.019 a he's a he is a bowling ball. Right, but all 00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:26.380 of them are strong. They're not 180, they're 00:41:26.380 --> 00:41:34.559 220, 216, 240. I'm feeling pretty good about 00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:39.519 it. I guess Dr. Rick's taking a nap. I think 00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:45.679 he's lost his mic. The other one I'm really curious 00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:48.239 to see is Dre Washington because I think he's 00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:51.460 the burner. He is the closest thing we have to 00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:55.380 Jameer Gibbs on this because Jim Miller's not 00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:57.860 a burner. I think he's got, I think he's a four, 00:41:57.960 --> 00:42:05.679 five, four, six, 40 guy. And I think Richard 00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:07.880 Young's pretty fast, but again, I'm not sure 00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:13.300 he runs sub four, five. You're right, John. When 00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:16.880 I watched footage of all of them, Miller would 00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:19.320 get caught from behind, you know, in the open 00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:23.860 field. And whereas Dre would just create separation. 00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:33.219 So. Pick me up, Will, what do you think? Yeah, 00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:35.699 I mean, I haven't really watched a lot of them. 00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:42.659 Just Richard Young and Jam Miller. Justice Haynes 00:42:42.659 --> 00:42:47.539 is gone, but I think it'll be fine, you know, 00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:52.099 above average, but - Hey, John. You're there. 00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:54.039 You're there? Yeah, I've been here the whole 00:42:54.039 --> 00:43:06.130 time. You went silent. Dr. T, you went silent 00:43:06.130 --> 00:43:08.010 on us. Okay. All right. Well, what about the 00:43:08.010 --> 00:43:09.750 running back room? We were, we were waiting on 00:43:09.750 --> 00:43:16.670 you to give us a running back assessment. He's 00:43:16.670 --> 00:43:18.269 avoiding the question. He doesn't want to answer 00:43:18.269 --> 00:43:22.809 it. He pleaded the fifth. Yeah. He's, he's cooking 00:43:22.809 --> 00:43:25.230 something up over there. Doctors are smart, man. 00:43:25.269 --> 00:43:28.170 They know, they know how to play their hand. 00:43:30.269 --> 00:43:34.690 It's picking me up, but I can't hear them. I 00:43:34.690 --> 00:43:36.349 guess I can leave and come back, can I? Should 00:43:36.349 --> 00:43:43.409 I do that? Yeah, I think you should. All right, 00:43:43.409 --> 00:43:46.849 let's move on to the receiver room, Will Kay. 00:43:47.230 --> 00:43:49.289 I mean, I understand. They were talking, all 00:43:49.289 --> 00:43:54.309 of a sudden it went quiet. It'll be the best 00:43:54.309 --> 00:44:03.630 in the country. Obviously, Ryan Williams. All 00:44:03.630 --> 00:44:05.730 right. All right. Are we good now? That was kind 00:44:05.730 --> 00:44:09.030 of fun. I think that we won't lose any subscribers 00:44:09.030 --> 00:44:14.349 over that. Yeah. I hope not. But yeah, obviously 00:44:14.349 --> 00:44:18.170 Ryan Williams, the second best wide receiver 00:44:18.170 --> 00:44:20.750 in the country behind Jeremiah Smith, the best 00:44:20.750 --> 00:44:26.590 in the SEC. Jeremy Bernard, he was a good wide 00:44:26.590 --> 00:44:28.630 receiver too last year. And then I think Isaiah 00:44:28.630 --> 00:44:33.690 Horton is a good three. He can just throw it 00:44:33.690 --> 00:44:37.150 to anybody. It'll take the pressure off of Ty. 00:44:39.130 --> 00:44:41.670 And then we got Lotser Brooks. I've heard good 00:44:41.670 --> 00:44:46.090 things about him. I've heard he's another, you 00:44:46.090 --> 00:44:50.449 know, he's another waddle type guy. that he's 00:44:50.449 --> 00:44:54.210 a burner and you get him in space and he's going 00:44:54.210 --> 00:44:58.469 to make explosive plays and take it to the house. 00:44:58.550 --> 00:45:00.829 So I'm excited about that. Yeah, I mean, he might 00:45:00.829 --> 00:45:02.670 have too many weapons. There might be so many 00:45:02.670 --> 00:45:05.190 people open, he can't even make a decision. Well, 00:45:05.269 --> 00:45:08.309 Cole Adams is good. He's a good little slot receiver. 00:45:08.630 --> 00:45:09.550 Yeah, and then I would try to get to Cole Adams 00:45:09.550 --> 00:45:14.110 too. You know, he kind of reminds me of those 00:45:14.110 --> 00:45:17.369 New England Patriots. wide receivers you know 00:45:17.369 --> 00:45:20.230 that kind of just they were reliable they just 00:45:20.230 --> 00:45:23.329 caught it and just you know not not a lot of 00:45:23.329 --> 00:45:25.289 speed but you know he's a good punt return or 00:45:25.289 --> 00:45:30.329 two um but he would he would catch the ball um 00:45:30.329 --> 00:45:33.429 really good hands um doesn't fumble doesn't muff 00:45:33.429 --> 00:45:36.750 any punt returns so he's a good like third and 00:45:36.750 --> 00:45:38.849 short kind of guy we need like an out or a whip 00:45:38.849 --> 00:45:42.809 route um and then we get Jalen Hale back he was 00:45:42.809 --> 00:45:45.920 he looked really good um He got hurt last year, 00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:49.159 but the year before, he caught that touchdown 00:45:49.159 --> 00:45:51.320 against Ole Miss. I was like, this guy's for 00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:54.000 real. So we're going to have a lot of weapons 00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:59.239 with the receivers. And then Josh Quavis, I know 00:45:59.239 --> 00:46:02.659 he's a tight end, but he impressed me last year. 00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:05.519 He was really good, so we'll have him back too. 00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:07.960 Well, let's talk about Isaiah Horton. I think 00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:10.500 the thing that Isaiah Horton brings to the table 00:46:10.500 --> 00:46:14.690 is, I believe he's 6 '4". And I think 6 -3, sorry. 00:46:15.550 --> 00:46:19.329 All right. 6 -3, 175 averages 11 yards. Not bad. 00:46:19.849 --> 00:46:23.090 But he's that guy that in the goal line situations, 00:46:23.210 --> 00:46:25.170 he can beat a guy one -on -one. You can toss 00:46:25.170 --> 00:46:27.369 it up to him and he can go get the ball and come 00:46:27.369 --> 00:46:31.869 down. Michael Irvin type guy. I'm really excited 00:46:31.869 --> 00:46:34.650 about him. And Horton and Ty Simpson were on 00:46:34.650 --> 00:46:37.570 the same seven -on -seven team in high school. 00:46:37.769 --> 00:46:40.349 So they have a history of playing together, so 00:46:40.349 --> 00:46:43.010 I think they're going to have an instant chemistry 00:46:43.010 --> 00:46:45.630 from their high school days. So I think he's 00:46:45.630 --> 00:46:48.570 going to be a big red zone receiver and a big 00:46:48.570 --> 00:46:50.550 third down receiver when we just got to pick 00:46:50.550 --> 00:46:53.070 up, say it's third and 10 and we got to get 11 00:46:53.070 --> 00:46:56.530 yards. He's the guy you can go to because the 00:46:56.530 --> 00:46:58.869 one thing about Ryan Williams, he is explosive, 00:46:58.869 --> 00:47:03.269 but he's not the guy that's going to go up against 00:47:03.269 --> 00:47:07.050 a tall corner. and out jumped the guy. And I 00:47:07.050 --> 00:47:09.170 think that's where Isaiah Horton, I'm really 00:47:09.170 --> 00:47:15.090 excited about that. All right, let's move on 00:47:15.090 --> 00:47:17.489 to the tight ends. Will Kay, you were talking 00:47:17.489 --> 00:47:20.030 about the tight end. So let's talk about that. 00:47:20.690 --> 00:47:23.010 Yeah, I didn't know who Josh Quavis was last 00:47:23.010 --> 00:47:25.449 year, but he made some good plays. I really liked 00:47:25.449 --> 00:47:31.130 what he did. Didn't really use a lot of tight 00:47:31.130 --> 00:47:34.530 ends. Or I guess we did actually, you know, Robbie 00:47:34.530 --> 00:47:38.369 Udson, CJ Dupree. I don't know how tight ends 00:47:38.369 --> 00:47:43.809 fit into Grubbs' offense. And I'm not sure that 00:47:43.809 --> 00:47:49.309 we have a lot of depth, but I like Cuevas. I 00:47:49.309 --> 00:47:51.750 know we brought two guys in out of the transfer 00:47:51.750 --> 00:47:54.630 portal and a lot of people are talking up Marshall 00:47:54.630 --> 00:47:57.909 Pritchett, who I believe is at least a four star. 00:47:58.269 --> 00:48:01.050 So I think we've got some options at tight end, 00:48:01.070 --> 00:48:05.380 but I think it's unclear what the level of play 00:48:05.380 --> 00:48:06.800 is going to be, so we're just going to have to 00:48:06.800 --> 00:48:09.000 watch that. All right, let's jump into the offensive 00:48:09.000 --> 00:48:17.000 line. Will K, thoughts about the O line and question 00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:22.400 marks and thoughts? I like the offensive line. 00:48:23.699 --> 00:48:30.039 Kaden Proctor, he's pretty good. I mean, I think 00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:33.300 he's projected a first run. from draft pick. 00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:38.280 No doubt. He kind of gets burned sometimes. He's 00:48:38.280 --> 00:48:41.579 pretty big. If you got a speedy defensive end, 00:48:41.579 --> 00:48:47.139 he might have trouble with that. But the center 00:48:47.139 --> 00:48:53.019 is the best in the country. We got that Newberry 00:48:53.019 --> 00:48:56.460 guy from... Yeah, Cam Newberry came out of the 00:48:56.460 --> 00:48:58.159 pool. I think he was about one sack at Texas 00:48:58.159 --> 00:49:01.610 A &M or something like that. So I'm excited about 00:49:01.610 --> 00:49:07.570 him. Wilkin Formby, I just, I don't know about 00:49:07.570 --> 00:49:10.250 him, you know, maybe it's just the penalties 00:49:10.250 --> 00:49:13.349 with him. But the only thing that I've seen, 00:49:13.429 --> 00:49:15.949 you only notice an offensive lineman when they 00:49:15.949 --> 00:49:20.230 play bad, you know? So we need them to kind of 00:49:20.230 --> 00:49:22.949 not notice the offensive lineman. We don't need 00:49:22.949 --> 00:49:25.889 to name them. Because if you don't, if you do 00:49:25.889 --> 00:49:27.650 that, then you know that they're doing a good 00:49:27.650 --> 00:49:32.360 job. So. Yeah, this is a big year for Wilkin. 00:49:32.699 --> 00:49:35.619 Last year, Wilkin had some struggles, particularly 00:49:35.619 --> 00:49:39.260 in pass pro. He got burned by speed rushers, 00:49:39.260 --> 00:49:41.860 and I'm not sure how much of it was lack of putting 00:49:41.860 --> 00:49:45.099 a tight end with him or sending a running back 00:49:45.099 --> 00:49:49.260 to chip. But Wilkin is a big, strong bulldozer. 00:49:49.550 --> 00:49:52.829 of a guy and he's certainly strong enough. I 00:49:52.829 --> 00:49:55.369 hope he's worked a lot on his lateral quickness, 00:49:55.429 --> 00:49:59.630 his footwork, using those arms in pass pro because 00:49:59.630 --> 00:50:02.409 he is he is prone to a speed rusher beating him 00:50:02.409 --> 00:50:04.309 to the quarterback, so they're going to have 00:50:04.309 --> 00:50:06.409 to scheme things up. And I think one of the things 00:50:06.409 --> 00:50:10.710 they need to do is if if Wilkin does get in trouble 00:50:10.710 --> 00:50:13.309 where he's got a speed rusher is being beaten, 00:50:13.530 --> 00:50:16.789 what they need to do is run behind Wilkin and 00:50:16.789 --> 00:50:19.389 Jaden Roberts and just beat up whoever. The D 00:50:19.389 --> 00:50:22.349 end is there if he's a speed rush guy and just 00:50:22.349 --> 00:50:25.130 let Wilkin maul him to death. And by the fourth 00:50:25.130 --> 00:50:27.809 quarter, that guy will be in trouble. But I don't 00:50:27.809 --> 00:50:31.170 think they helped Wilkin a lot with the designs. 00:50:31.510 --> 00:50:33.610 And then hopefully Wilkin's really been working 00:50:33.610 --> 00:50:37.670 on his lateral quickness. So to me, Wilkin's 00:50:37.670 --> 00:50:40.170 probably the biggest question mark in the starting 00:50:40.170 --> 00:50:42.610 group. But I mean, they've really sung his praises 00:50:42.610 --> 00:50:46.170 in spring practice and his development. So hopefully 00:50:46.170 --> 00:50:50.099 after taking those lumps. that he did last year 00:50:50.099 --> 00:50:53.159 and with the holding penalties and getting beat 00:50:53.159 --> 00:50:56.840 on the edge and giving up sacks that you know 00:50:56.840 --> 00:50:59.039 he's learned his lesson he's ready to roll this 00:50:59.039 --> 00:51:02.260 year so he certainly was a highly rated four 00:51:02.260 --> 00:51:06.099 star he's big he's strong he can run block he 00:51:06.099 --> 00:51:09.420 can he can bulldoze some people. It's just can 00:51:09.420 --> 00:51:12.179 he hold up and pass pro against some of these 00:51:12.179 --> 00:51:15.840 high level rushing ends. But they can solve that 00:51:15.840 --> 00:51:17.840 by putting a tight end over there chipping with 00:51:17.840 --> 00:51:19.579 the running back. There's a lot of things they 00:51:19.579 --> 00:51:24.500 can do to help him out in that thing. But that's 00:51:24.500 --> 00:51:26.940 probably my biggest concern is just can he hold 00:51:26.940 --> 00:51:30.239 up against speed rushers? Hey, John, real quick 00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:34.099 to your point. I don't know how much this I guess 00:51:34.099 --> 00:51:37.539 you pronounce it Knudsen. from Weber State or 00:51:37.539 --> 00:51:40.639 Weber State is going to fit in, but he's a good 00:51:40.639 --> 00:51:44.599 blocker. I just in the footage I watched, so 00:51:44.599 --> 00:51:47.119 you may have a point there. Maybe they put him 00:51:47.119 --> 00:51:51.760 in to offer that assistance. And Quavis is a 00:51:51.760 --> 00:51:54.059 pretty big tight end as well. I think he can 00:51:54.059 --> 00:51:56.500 chip and then some of those running backs can 00:51:56.500 --> 00:51:58.179 do that, but I think that's some of the things 00:51:58.179 --> 00:52:01.840 they just gotta scheme it up and in obvious past 00:52:01.840 --> 00:52:05.170 situations they've just gotta do things. that 00:52:05.170 --> 00:52:07.769 are going to make sure that we don't leave our 00:52:07.769 --> 00:52:10.610 guys hung out on an island when they load up 00:52:10.610 --> 00:52:13.710 on blitzes and such. They've got to recognize 00:52:13.710 --> 00:52:18.010 that. But also, Milrow hung onto the ball way 00:52:18.010 --> 00:52:20.309 too long and took sacks he shouldn't have because 00:52:20.309 --> 00:52:22.130 he should have gotten rid of the ball. He either 00:52:22.130 --> 00:52:25.030 thrown it out of bounds, thrown it into the dirt 00:52:25.030 --> 00:52:29.170 without getting a grounding penalty but not. 00:52:29.230 --> 00:52:32.329 just hanging onto the ball and taking sacks because 00:52:32.329 --> 00:52:36.449 he just thought he could out athlete the rushers 00:52:36.449 --> 00:52:39.269 and he took a lot of stupid sacks that he shouldn't 00:52:39.269 --> 00:52:43.289 have taken just because he was more of an athlete 00:52:43.289 --> 00:52:46.789 than he was a high level quarterback in those 00:52:46.789 --> 00:52:50.250 pressure passing situations. So I think those 00:52:50.250 --> 00:52:53.369 are the big concerns I have about the offensive 00:52:53.369 --> 00:52:59.539 line, but I really think having Ryan Grubb in 00:52:59.539 --> 00:53:03.500 is going to help clean up a lot of that and everything 00:53:03.500 --> 00:53:06.579 I've heard about the line prep and the line coaching 00:53:06.579 --> 00:53:08.320 that they're getting this year and having them 00:53:08.320 --> 00:53:12.840 for another year. Guys getting your feet to the 00:53:12.840 --> 00:53:16.099 fire for a year and being battle tested, you 00:53:16.099 --> 00:53:20.500 can grow a lot. in that year of taking those 00:53:20.500 --> 00:53:22.920 hard knocks. So I think we're ready to step up. 00:53:22.940 --> 00:53:26.500 I'm pretty excited. I just think there's a lot 00:53:26.500 --> 00:53:30.030 of question marks. about the offense, but part 00:53:30.030 --> 00:53:31.969 of it's we didn't get to see them in spring practice. 00:53:31.989 --> 00:53:34.469 We didn't get to see a spring game. And the reason 00:53:34.469 --> 00:53:36.289 they did that is they don't want to put stuff 00:53:36.289 --> 00:53:38.989 on film and they don't want to have our guys 00:53:38.989 --> 00:53:42.130 get poached in the transfer portal and have all 00:53:42.130 --> 00:53:44.829 these outside influences seeing how well our 00:53:44.829 --> 00:53:47.369 guys are doing and then getting offered all this 00:53:47.369 --> 00:53:50.030 money. So there's a lot of cloak and dagger going 00:53:50.030 --> 00:53:54.570 on with the spring practice. And so you just 00:53:54.570 --> 00:53:56.510 don't know a lot about how much they progressed 00:53:56.510 --> 00:53:59.420 since last year. because we were able to keep 00:53:59.420 --> 00:54:01.719 guys, but they don't want to put a lot out there, 00:54:01.840 --> 00:54:03.400 and they don't want to know how good some of 00:54:03.400 --> 00:54:04.940 these guys are, so they're kind of trying to 00:54:04.940 --> 00:54:07.599 hide them, and there's a lot more secrecy to 00:54:07.599 --> 00:54:09.840 spring practice now with the whole transfer portal 00:54:09.840 --> 00:54:20.739 thing. Will K, thoughts? Thoughts on what? Will, 00:54:20.840 --> 00:54:26.780 did we lose you? Hello? He's there. All right, 00:54:26.820 --> 00:54:29.940 guys, I think it's time to wrap this podcast 00:54:29.940 --> 00:54:33.380 up. I think we've beaten the horse. We've got 00:54:33.380 --> 00:54:37.280 a dead horse here. Anyway, there's a lot of optimism 00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:39.780 about the Alabama offense, but I think there's 00:54:39.780 --> 00:54:42.280 a lot of question marks as well. We've got a 00:54:42.280 --> 00:54:44.019 lot of guys who are going to have to step up 00:54:44.019 --> 00:54:47.239 into key roles that aren't proven to play at 00:54:47.239 --> 00:54:49.920 a high level. But Alabama is loaded with five 00:54:49.920 --> 00:54:52.480 -star and four -star talent, have a lot of talent 00:54:52.480 --> 00:54:54.960 on the offense. There's a lot of room for optimism. 00:54:55.579 --> 00:54:59.199 Anyway, this is another episode of the Bammacher 00:54:59.199 --> 00:55:01.119 Hour. We've gone through the outlook for the 00:55:01.119 --> 00:55:03.360 offense, given what we know coming out of spring 00:55:03.360 --> 00:55:09.119 practice. And roll tide. Roll tide. Do defense 00:55:09.119 --> 00:55:09.639 next.