BREAKING Alabama QB Jalen Milroe to return for senior season

[davefrat]

I never even thought about him going pro next year.

But I’m glad he decided to come back.

 

[22Musso22]

JM has yet to come close to his possible greatness. JMHO.

 

[Tidewater]

Interesting timing. I figured he would wait until after the playoffs to make a decision on that. He's definitely made remarkable improvement, but he still needs to prove he can beat Texas. I hope no promises have been made about the starting job just yet. Let's see if we come away with a Championship first.

The odds are better that I will be the starting QB at Bama than they are Jalen won't be.
Me starting at Bama= 0.00000000000000000000001
Odds that Jalen won't be starting=
0.000000000000000000000001

 

[merino]

Good move for Bama and Milroe. If JM locks down quick decision-making and a consistent short-to-medium route passing game (which have both improved a lot this season) to add to his long ball and wheels he'll be nearly unstoppable if OL play holds up.

With a 2024 schedule like Bama's , I'm glad he's returning.

 

[merino]

he still has to learn to toss the ball away, avoid those devastating >10yd sacks

 

[landonew]

he still has to learn to toss the ball away, avoid those devastating >10yd sacks

Lately, him getting sacked is primarily an artifact of him trying to extend plays and/or scramble. It’s really a big ask for him to be both decisive as a ball-carrier but also avoid sacks. There have been a few blitz pressures he failed to diagnose pre snap.

 

[Tide&True]

This is really good news. We are going to need all hands on deck next year (due to our schedule).

 

[CullmanTide]

I kind of want to go back to the beginning of the season and see who wasn't feeling Milroe

I don't expect to see them here.

 

[AWRTR]

Good move for Bama and Milroe. If JM locks down quick decision-making and a consistent short-to-medium route passing game (which have both improved a lot this season) to add to his long ball and wheels he'll be nearly unstoppable if OL play holds up.

With a 2024 schedule like Bama's , I'm glad he's returning.

He just needs to continue the trajectory he’s on. He doesn’t need to make incredible improvement. He just needs to get a little better in a several areas. He’s not miles away from what you are wanting him to be.

 

[Ledsteplin]

We'll have W Kentucky and South Florida to start the season, then Wisky and a bye before SEC action when the Dawgs come to town. Milroe should be even more dangerous than he was in the SECCG.

 

[CajunCrimson]

He ain’t coming back to not start.

 

[The Ols]

Hopefully it's about more than just winning the locker room. If he doesn't win a Championship this year, then a lot of the concerns we've had about him will come rushing back. If Texas does the same thing to him that they did last time, then I'm not sure he deserves to be the starter. We are just gonna have to see what happens in the playoffs. If he wins it, then he obviously deserves to be the starter, but there's still work to be done

Dude…

 

[BamaInCummingGA]

One of two things here:
He either really is coming back for another year or he and the coaches decided to put this out there to get rid of rumors and rat poison.
If he wins the national championship I can't help but think a few NFL teams MAY want to explore taking a chance on him.

 

[AlexanderFan]

I kind of want to go back to the beginning of the season and see who wasn't feeling Milroe

I’m still here, and he’s still a below average distributor of the ball to the talented playmakers around him. He’s inaccurate on the mid range throws, late on them as well. He also has a tendency to lock on to favorites and throw into dangerous coverage. He has yet to show he can consistently go through his progressions to the checkdowns. His intern clock is off and he refuses to avoid sacks by throwing the ball away.

Has he improved? Absolutely, more than any Alabama player at any position in recent memory. Does the team believe in him? Obviously they do, as does the coaching staff.

Just because people didn’t “feel” Milroe means the critiques of his play were incorrect. It also doesn’t mean people hope he fails, because that means the team fails as well.

Milroe coming back is the most beneficial decision for both parties involved: Milroe needs the teaching, and Alabama needs a veteran presence to navigate next year’s schedule.

 

[Ledsteplin]

I’m still here, and he’s still a below average distributor of the ball to the talented playmakers around him. He’s inaccurate on the mid range throws, late on them as well. He also has a tendency to lock on to favorites and throw into dangerous coverage. He has yet to show he can consistently go through his progressions to the checkdowns. His intern clock is off and he refuses to avoid sacks by throwing the ball away.

Has he improved? Absolutely, more than any Alabama player at any position in recent memory. Does the team believe in him? Obviously they do, as does the coaching staff.

Just because people didn’t “feel” Milroe means the critiques of his play were incorrect. It also doesn’t mean people hope he fails, because that means the team fails as well.

Milroe coming back is the most beneficial decision for both parties involved: Milroe needs the teaching, and Alabama needs a veteran presence to navigate next year’s schedule.

So, he had one really bad game against Texas. Made a few mistakes in a few other games, but did well overall. He's winning games.

 

[AlexanderFan]

So, he had one really bad game against Texas. Made a few mistakes in a few other games, but did well overall. He's winning games.

To be fair he’s had pedestrian outings against teams on that list up there, except LSU.

 

[Ledsteplin]

To be fair he’s had pedestrian outings against teams on that list up there, except LSU.

We must have seen different games.

 

[countrytider]

Interesting timing. I figured he would wait until after the playoffs to make a decision on that. He's definitely made remarkable improvement, but he still needs to prove he can beat Texas. I hope no promises have been made about the starting job just yet. Let's see if we come away with a Championship first.

Dude…Bama fans are so spoiled. I hope we win it all as much as anybody..but does anyone consider Blame Sims season a failure? SEC champions, and a playoff loss to the eventual NC Ohio St.?

Even if we lose to Michgan, and I hope we steam roll them…but at this point we are playing with house money considering where we were in Sept.

SEC champs, kept UGA from 3 peating, and a playoff berth? I’ll take it.

#RollTide

 

[GboyBama]

Bryce didn't win a national championship the last two years. Didn't make the playoffs last year. So, by some of the logic I'm seeing in this thread, Bryce didn't measure up and wasn't a proper Bama quarterback? Ridiculous.

Milroe has nothing to prove to me. Might he get better? Yeah, maybe, but he's better right now than a lot of starting QB's in Bama's history and we can clearly win monster games with him making the key plays. He has the "it" factor and I just can't figure out why some people refuse to acknowledge it.

 

[landonew]

Interesting timing. I figured he would wait until after the playoffs to make a decision on that. He's definitely made remarkable improvement, but he still needs to prove he can beat Texas. I hope no promises have been made about the starting job just yet. Let's see if we come away with a Championship first.

Hopefully it's about more than just winning the locker room. If he doesn't win a Championship this year, then a lot of the concerns we've had about him will come rushing back. If Texas does the same thing to him that they did last time, then I'm not sure he deserves to be the starter. We are just gonna have to see what happens in the playoffs. If he wins it, then he obviously deserves to be the starter, but there's still work to be done

JM is projected as the #15 overall pick in the 2025 draft. He just won the SEC Championship. JM will two-peat at Bama.