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**Fall Practice Thread**

Coach said today that all five guys will play and have a role. Not sure what that will look like, but clearly that's where he's putting things. Hope Dee Hart gets a chance to shine, too.
 
CrimsonProf said:
Coach said today that all five guys will play and have a role. Not sure what that will look like, but clearly that's where he's putting things. Hope Dee Hart gets a chance to shine, too.
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So that would be something like - Lacy, Fowler, Yeldon, Hart, and Drake...

Behind our offensive line?

Yikes, that is scary. Defenses will be crying "uncle" by mid-way thru the 3rd!!
 
Drake has turned some heads in fall camp, and in truth he was undersold a bit because he was pegged as a small, change of pace back when that wasn't really the case.

He's around 6'1 and 200 pounds now, and in a year or two it's reasonable to think he can play at around 210 or 215. In terms of sheer size, he could end up being a slightly bigger back than either Ingram or Lacy, and not far behind Richardson. Drake is quick, but he's no scat back.

He could be a very special player for us in time, and with the injury(ies) to Lacy, he could be a guy who gets some real snaps right away.
 
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You mean Eddie Lacy didn't tear his ACL, meet with James Andrews, and will for sure be "out for this year" according to the boog source and twitter bomber that had first hand medical knowledge of rumored injury???:rolleye2:
 
BamaMoon said:
You mean Eddie Lacy didn't tear his ACL, meet with James Andrews, and will for sure be "out for this year" according to the boog source and twitter bomber that had first hand medical knowledge of rumored injury???:rolleye2:
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ACL might be less problematic than turf toe.
 
BamaMoon said:
You mean Eddie Lacy didn't tear his ACL, meet with James Andrews, and will for sure be "out for this year" according to the boog source and twitter bomber that had first hand medical knowledge of rumored injury???:rolleye2:
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Obviously you're being facetious, but I do think the Lacy injury is a legitimate concern. It's probably no surprise that as soon as his knee and ankle injuries pop up, suddenly Yeldon is taking first team reps and Saban is talking about all of the backs having a role. I mean, when a guy has knee, ankle, and toe injuries, even if they are all relatively minor, in the aggregate that is a major mitigating factor.

Lacy will play this year, but I think it's pretty clear unless he magically gets a lot better very quickly, we're going to have to be very careful with him. If we can get 150 carries out of him, that might be as much as we can realistically expect barring some medical surprise. I just hope he can shoulder a good bit of the load against Michigan and Arkansas so we give guys like Yeldon, Drake, and Hart some time to get some game reps before they have to take on a bigger share of the burden.

I might be all wrong, but as of right now I just have a hard time believing we can count on Lacy for 20 carries a night in November and (hopefully) December. I don't see how fighting through a couple of months of SEC defenses is going to help him get any better.
 
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BamaMoon said:
You mean Eddie Lacy didn't tear his ACL, meet with James Andrews, and will for sure be "out for this year" according to the boog source and twitter bomber that had first hand medical knowledge of rumored injury???:rolleye2:
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Keep in mind............. Their patients usually have four legs or feathers and no vocabulary. Misdiagnosis is common when involving top of the food chain mammals.

RTR!!!
 
I think Ivory will be a backup NG for his career. I think he will get jumped by Lake. Also HaHa has got a lot bigger, he doesnt even look the same.
 
TideorDie87 said:
I think Ivory will be a backup NG for his career. I think he will get jumped by Lake. Also HaHa has got a lot bigger, he doesnt even look the same.
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Ivory is another that could be big on the DLine. We have outstanding depth this year. Seemingly, we have even more than last year. That's going to big great. LBs look great as normal, but everyone is taking about how young the secondary is. I'm Socorro but I don't see it. Like one guy said every projected starter last year got meaningful snaps last year except Belue, but even he is older and should grasp the system quicker. Anyway, I can't wait to see the uglies up front. We could be even better there this year.
 
On the topic of Aj and Saban being similar, in AJ's most recent interview he did this smack noise that Saban started last year. Hate to say I find it incredibly annoying, but it seems that Aj is copying Saban in ways he probably isn't even aware of. Pretty funny.
 
You guys seem to have forgotten Fowler. He is pretty good and will likely be the no 2 back at least early in the year. I think he is a lot better than most posters here give him credit for right now. He very well could be the surprise player of the year in my opinion.

Yeldon may be a star in the making, but he has zero snaps in college. Experience makes all the difference in tough situations.
 
Rama Jama said:
You guys seem to have forgotten Fowler. He is pretty good and will likely be the no 2 back at least early in the year. I think he is a lot better than most posters here give him credit for right now. He very well could be the surprise player of the year in my opinion.

Yeldon may be a star in the making, but he has zero snaps in college. Experience makes all the difference in tough situations.
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Love Fowler. The thought of him running behind that OL or being a fullback with some of our other Rb's is a pretty scary/awesome thought. He could definitely wear some teams down then pop them with some of the faster guys.
 
BigEasyTider said:
Obviously you're being facetious, but I do think the Lacy injury is a legitimate concern. It's probably no surprise that as soon as his knee and ankle injuries pop up, suddenly Yeldon is taking first team reps and Saban is talking about all of the backs having a role. I mean, when a guy has knee, ankle, and toe injuries, even if they are all relatively minor, in the aggregate that is a major mitigating factor.

Lacy will play this year, but I think it's pretty clear unless he magically gets a lot better very quickly, we're going to have to be very careful with him. If we can get 150 carries out of him, that might be as much as we can realistically expect barring some medical surprise. I just hope he can shoulder a good bit of the load against Michigan and Arkansas so we give guys like Yeldon, Drake, and Hart some time to get some game reps before they have to take on a bigger share of the burden.

I might be all wrong, but as of right now I just have a hard time believing we can count on Lacy for 20 carries a night in November and (hopefully) December. I don't see how fighting through a couple of months of SEC defenses is going to help him get any better.
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I don't want to say it but I think you are right on, I guess it's better to know now.
 
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