Game Thread: 2023 A Day Game thread

[Tideflyer]

Just catching up after some golf today.

My favorite post of the thread.

Am I wrong thinking that the most iconic Bama jersey number is a #22 worn by a running back???
Man, he does that number some Justice!

Going back to the Italian Stallion!

 

[bamamc1]

Haynes was the best player on their field today.

Was there. Reminds me a lot of Ingram.

 

[davefrat]

Milroe appears to be very a enthusiastic competitor and supportive teammate, but his passing is too erratic.

Many of his throws remind me of Freddie Kitchens.

 

[bamamc1]

At Denny Chimes a dark colored Mercedes escorted by police front and rear pulls up. CNS is driving Will Anderson riding shotgun. This actually happened at the captain’s ceremony today. RTR my friends.

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

Milroe appears to be very a enthusiastic competitor and supportive teammate, but his passing is too erratic.

Many of his throws remind me of Freddie Kitchens.

Yeah I have to believe there is a role for him on this team but I think Simpson is the guy. I will say I was very impressed with Dylan (too lazy look up his last name) he was not on my radar at all and he looked really good.

 

[russtang]

My initial reaction bullet points. A typical A-day game. Very vanilla as expected. You can't predict a season based on A-day. But......
1. QB's showed little if any improvement. Lonergan was most impressive considering he's a FR. Hard to tell if Simpson has improved since we've seen so little of him. Simpson would be best for this team at this time imo.
2. Dropped balls are STILL a concern even if CNS said they haven't dropped many this spring. Game time is what counts. Receivers didn't show any improvement. I didn't think Benson was playing until the last drive.
3. Defense looked good overall. DB's were most impressive of the group. #59 on the dline made some good plays. #39 on defense too. Little made a great int. Never heard of Pope but he made some plays.
4. TE play will be improved long as drops are addressed.
5. At least three Freshman will be starters. Haynes, Downs, Procter

 

[theballguy]

At Denny Chimes a dark colored Mercedes escorted by police front and rear pulls up. CNS is driving Will Anderson riding shotgun. RTR my friends.

Hah hah I don't doubt it.

 

[theballguy]

My initial reaction bullet points. A typical A-day game. Very vanilla as expected. You can't predict a season based on A-day. But......
1. QB's showed little if any improvement. Lonergan was most impressive considering he's a FR. Hard to tell if Simpson has improved since we've seen so little of him. Simpson would be best for this team at this time imo.
2. Dropped balls are STILL a concern even if CNS said they haven't dropped many this spring. Game time is what counts. Receivers didn't show any improvement. I didn't think Benson was playing until the last drive.
3. Defense looked good overall. DB's were most impressive of the group. #59 on the dline made some good plays. #39 on defense too. Little made a great int. Never heard of Pope but he made some plays.
4. TE play will be improved long as drops are addressed.
5. At least three Freshman will be starters. Haynes, Downs, Procter

And not a single comment about LB play today by anyone. Not one. Which to me is not good. At best, it sounds like "meh".

 

[davefrat]

Yeah I have to believe there is a role for him on this team but I think Simpson is the guy. I will say I was very impressed with Dylan (too lazy look up his last name) he was not on my radar at all and he looked really good.

I think Simpson showed that he’s a superior passer (albeit with a lot a needed improvement) and a good enough scrambler to take the lead in the race to be the starter over Milroe.

But I’m still not comfortable with the QB situation.

I‘ll know more after I have a chance to talk to Coach.

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

My initial reaction bullet points. A typical A-day game. Very vanilla as expected. You can't predict a season based on A-day. But......
1. QB's showed little if any improvement. Lonergan was most impressive considering he's a FR. Hard to tell if Simpson has improved since we've seen so little of him. Simpson would be best for this team at this time imo.
2. Dropped balls are STILL a concern even if CNS said they haven't dropped many this spring. Game time is what counts. Receivers didn't show any improvement. I didn't think Benson was playing until the last drive.
3. Defense looked good overall. DB's were most impressive of the group. #59 on the dline made some good plays. #39 on defense too. Little made a great int. Never heard of Pope but he made some plays.
4. TE play will be improved long as drops are addressed.
5. At least three Freshman will be starters. Haynes, Downs, Procter

I mean do you really count a-day as game time???? But you’re not wrong..drops need to just stop.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Make of this what you will...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649904395574824964

VIDEO: Tell me what you took away from this response.

 

[BJ4TIDE]

We are get bigger at almost every position, a new philosophy, Saban inspired for sure.

I don’t think it is new. I think it is just returning to what Bama used to be.

 

[BJ4TIDE]

Make of this what you will...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649904395574824964

Sounds like a message the current QBs need to listen to.

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

justice Haynes is a freak of nature. I mean that in a good way if he is reading this forum.

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

Sounds like a message the current QBs need to listen to.

and WRs

 

[CB4]

I listened to the radio broadcast with Chris Stewart, J.P. Wilson and Christian Miller doing the sideline reporting.

I was real impressed with Christian Miller’s comments and insight. Really polished and very sharp.

 

[RammerJammer14]

I listened to the radio broadcast with Chris Stewart, J.P. Wilson and Christian Miller doing the sideline reporting.

I was real impressed with Christian Miller’s comments and insight. Really polished and very sharp.

Christian Miller as in former player Christian Miller? If so, cool. Always like seeing guys return back to the program in some way.

 

[Isaiah 63:1]

Solid QB this Lonergan kid is.

Thank you, Yoda…

 

[RammerJammer14]

Well what I got out of the game was this:

All the QBs had some good plays and some bad plays. Lonergan really impressed me. Between Milroe and Simpson, I’d take Simpson simply because from my untrained eye he was a better decision maker and better with the football. His one pick was honestly an amazing and athletic play by Little. Milroe had some great throws but also looked to make poor decisions under

DBs looked pretty good. Lots of picks, lots on knockdowns, and physical play.

Haynes is going to be a great contributor on offense, though curious how his blocking is.

My total layman eye couldn’t pick up on if the o line or d line looks good.

And now we get to wait for August practice…

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

This may be way off the mark but someone on an another forum mentioned how much we blitzed today for a spring game. If the DBs are as good as they looked I wonder if Steele is gonna get really aggressive coming after the qb this year.