Excellent news and I'm happy for him. Hopefully he goes out with a bang and helps win the NC.
On Kenyan Drake's injury: I've had it...
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"It will be how functional he can be in his position with what he has," Saban said about his return."
Great news about the success, and I am hoping that he is ready for the playoffs. I think we could manage until then.
That LB was Marvin Constant.
Knee was shredded -- ligaments, cartilage, and I think even some nerve damage. Tried to come back for two years and just couldn't do it. Really sad. He was a warrior.
Yep I admit I don't want Drake on kickoffs, but would we rather see teams smoking us on special teams like the older days? Remember all those ST breakdowns we used to have? With the speed and coverage Drake provided on ST, we have been pretty nasty of late on coverage...
Marvin Contstant. Won us a game while tearing up his knee beyond repair. I will not forget Marvin's name again!
I also think that it shows that our coaching staff doesn't put anybody on a pedestal. Most players generally hate to be on Special Teams hence the reason why most coaches don't put their better players on it.
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Urban Myer and his "Circle of Trust" players was whocko. Bet special teams players were prohibited from looking them in the eye.
Coach Saban puts the best players on the field. Seems to work pretty good for him.
Is there anything that you haven't had done?
I thought I was catching up to you with surgeries, but I don't think that is possible. LOL
I agree, and Special Teams is the last place I think we see Drake with a healing bone. I think it will be more designed, in space plays that utilizes his speed.
"We're kind of taking it day-to-day," Saban said. "We're doing a little bit more with him every day. He's certainly anxious to get back out there, but I don't know if he's done enough in practice. I always ask the player when we get to the game if he think he's capable of doing his job well, and I'll certainly have that conversation with him sometime between now and then."
Definitely would hate to rush him out there if he doesn't have a great grip on the ball. He's always been a bit fumble prone...
The schedule made it tough on us finding a 3rd back you'd like to have waiting in the wings in this kind of scenario. ULM was the only completely trash team we've played until Charleston Southern last week...and we spent so much time in the passing game against ULM that it wasn't quite the blowout needed to start cycling in guys at tailback. We're fortunate that the defense has been so dominant because we've not had many breaks on offense this year between uncertainty early at QB, losing the top WR target early, and now having our second best playmaker dinged up.
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