Saban's post draft press conference:
"Even though we thought that Alex Smith might one day develop into a great QB, we think that the most important aspect of drafting a player in any round but, especially with such a high pick, is to get a player that can contribute immediately. you don't want to pay a bunch of money to a top 5 draft pick to sit on the bench and ultimately we think that Ronnie Brown is the player that's going to make us a better team from the moment he steps on the field.
Adam Terry is a monster who has excellent athleticism and he's extremely smart. What he lacks is strength and bulk we think is easily adressed...Becuase he's got the will to improve. We have an excellent strength program in place to work with him to acheive his maximum potential, which we feel is quite high. We'll throw Adam in the mix at LT. We think he's going to be a good one.
We were thrilled to get Andrew Walter in the third. We've felt all along that he would have been rated much higher in this draft if he hadn't gotten an injury in his senior season and we don't think that there could have been a better value for the pick. we want to adress the QB position anytime we can and we felt like this was an opportunity we couldn't pass up. Don't ask me about the depth chart or anything like that, I haven't even worked with the team yet and I don't have any answers for you at this time.
Josh Davis is just one of those guys that always gets open. He's one of the most polished route runners to come out of the draft this year. What he lacks in size and speed he more than makes up for with great hands and great instincts for finding the open spot.
Johnathon Jackson is one of those guys that just plays football. He always seems to be around the ball and he never quits on a play. We are projecting him as a rush LBer and a special teams demon until he has more experience playing LBer, and then we hope he can become a starter for us.
Junior...hehe....what can I say about Junior except that he's a guy you want on your team. he's going to give a 110% effort on every play and he loves this game. You guys will enjoy watching him play.
Questions?