About the same
I was honestly surprised you had last year’s defense rated worse. Which is what prompted my curiosity.
About the same
I was honestly surprised you had last year’s defense rated worse. Which is what prompted my curiosity.
But if you really want me to think about it, last year's defense was probably worse. Zeke Elliott was a great player.
However, Reggie Ragland had to leave the game against Ohio St. which forced us to have to play a freshman version of Shaun Dion Hamilton who wasn't ready yet - which led to the 85 yard TD run by Elliott in the 4th quarter. He let a WR absolutely destroy him on a crack back.
I can understand love over Fromm if it’s taking into account upside. The love I saw looked raw.
I sure don’t see much upside with Fromm. And he never elevates the play of guys around him. I won’t hold him accountable for the bowl game result though looked like the whole ga team didn’t want to be there. But it’s not like he did anything to offset either. Best thing I see is ball placement but it doesn’t match tuas downfield wonderful tight window throws and placement. Average athlete average arm. Top level placement
Any opinions on Nick Starkel?
You look at him and think there's no way he's only 6'3".
Seems to have a good feel for changing his launch point and arm slot to facilitate the throw. That's promising, advanced stuff. Obviously he's got a hose for an arm, good velocity and ball control. The ball comes out like he's got big hands and good control.
In four games against ranked, SEC competition in 2017 and 2018 he is 42 of 78 for 611 yards, 5 TD, 4 INT, with 4 sacks for -14 yards. That's 7.3 NET yards per attempt against the likes of Alabama, Mississippi State, LSU, and Auburn.
His total YPA in 2017 (8.8) would've put him in the Top 10 of passers in FBS that year.
Just finished the spring game for Alabama, Tua is holding some weight, not sure if it’s on purpose but he ain’t no gym rat up til this point, bottom heavy and he needs to get a handle on it..His athleticism to make plays at the next level is gonna require as much quickness as possible.
Also there were some reps where he was mentally favoring the leg around trash..
Earlier this spring, Tagovailoa was measured out at 6-feet and 1/4th-inches tall and 230 pounds, according to a tweet from Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy, during Alabama’s Junior Pro Day in early March.
Two months later, Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban publicly challenged his quarterback to “get back into great shape” after nagging injuries to his knee and ankle last season contributed to his end-of-the-year struggles against the elite defenses of Clemson and Georgia...
Tua Tagovailoa heard his head coach’s challenge to get in better shape this summer and the Heisman Trophy runner-up responded, dropping roughly 15 pounds over the offseason.
During his appearance Wednesday morning at SEC Media Days, Tagovailoa told reporters he was under 215 pounds and feeling “a lot healthier than I (have) since I got to the University of Alabama.”
“I’m at a goal that I think I reached better than what I could think of for myself and what coach (Nick Saban) set for me,” Tagovailoa said. “Coach wants me at 218, and I’m about 215-214.”
“After the Clemson game, I still had to do rehab. So I stayed off of my legs as much as I could, and of course, you’re going to gain weight,” Tagovailoa said. “When I was able to finally move and do what I wanted to do, it was very important to me to get back into shape. I feel a lot healthier than I (have) since I got to the University of Alabama.”