Intel on on Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama's OL and more

Maybe I had lower expectations for this defense because of what left, but I’ve been pretty pleased with the first four games. There’s needed improvement for sure, but the next four games provide the time for it.

If we see the same problems against Tennessee that have been around the first month of the season, think there will be cause for worry. Until then, I’m going to believe (more like hope) the players are learning from their mistakes. The best way to learn is from failure, and these games allow for failure while still winning.


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UAH said:

Exactly. The debate has been whether or not this is one of Bama's best teams and others here are pointing out that there is no experienced proven edge rusher with Terrell Lewis sidelined who would complement the three great down lineman. There is some excellent talent at the ILB positions but young relative to the long line of early round draft choices that have played the position.

I have thought about the 92 NC defense in comparison and believe this one has a ways to go. We will definitely know how much the team has grown when we travel to Baton Rouge.

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The D is not as good at this time, but IMO, the offense puts this team far above the '92 team overall.

I think everybody loves the starters. It is the depth that is the worry on the D-line.

CoachJeff said:

The run game is a bit of an issue, the defensive front isn't. TAMU found some things with the QB run early but after halftime Mond had negative yards rushing, so it got fixed.

The ILBs can be tricked and take bad angles from time to time, which is something to watch, but not anything to lose sleep over.

The D-line is very good. Anyone worried about that may need to see a psychologist.

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TIDE-HSV said:

Perhaps they feared that every play would turn into a pass play...

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This is both humorous and has a grain of truth. Tua is good enough no matter what defense he looks at he's likely to see where to go for a first down on any given play. He is so good that restraining him to keep things balanced and to eat up some clock might actually be warranted.

I’m confident that our D will improve, but we had major breakdowns on that side of the ball against AM. We lost contain on Mond big time on 3-4 big plays while the game was still competitive. The negative yardage and sacks mostly came in garbage time once the outcome was no longer in doubt thanks to our high power O. We need continuous, marked improvement before
November gets here and the schedule upgrades dramatically. With Saban and Coach Kool, I’m confident that will happen.

deliveryman35 said:

I’m confident that our D will improve, but we had major breakdowns on that side of the ball against AM. We lost contain on Mond big time on 3-4 big plays while the game was still competitive. The negative yardage and sacks mostly came in garbage time once the outcome was no longer in doubt. We need continuous, marked improvement before
November gets here and the schedule upgrades dramatically. With Saban and Coach Kool, I’m confident that will happen.

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Call me an eternal optimist, but by that time I think that everything “clicks” and the defense is fine

JustNeedMe81 said:

I beg to differ. D has played above expectations this season. We need to do better job of containment and tackle and we will be okay.

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I agree completely that the D has played very well, above expectations, but I don't believe they're as good as the '92 defense yet. That's what I was referring to.

https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2018/09/live_updates_from_nick_saban_n_41.html The quote about some players not committed to getting better caught my eye. Hopefully, this is not an early warning sign. It sounded like a small group.

bamacpa said:

https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2018/09/live_updates_from_nick_saban_n_41.html The quote about some players not committed to getting better caught my eye. Hopefully, this is not an early warning sign. It sounded like a small group.

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Pretty much bet the farm that the players to whom he refers have heard this one on one. As we know, CNS uses the media to communicate to the team as well.