I'm gonna say this and probably get smashed for it, but he's not that bad of a player. He hasn't shown much here, but he was a decent CB for the Panthers in their SB run. Remember what that secondary did to Philly in the conference game. All the attention was on Ricky Manning, Jr. because he was a rookie and McNabb attacked his side and did not work hard on Howards side....
At any rate, the fact is that he has struggled with two different D schemes in 2 years here. He certainly didn't fit into Wanny's press coverage and now I'm not sure he is physical enough for Saban's secondary...But if he recognizes his play was weak, that is half the battle...