Bama Coordinator Search Thread

[westide]

I wish I had a time machine. I am ready for Louisville now.

 

[Padreruf]

Didn't he fling it over his head in a miraculous attempt to continue the play? Only to have an AA RB grab it on a bounce and go like 27 yards on a fourth and 26? That IS well thought out!!!

If you look at that play, the OL was back where the RB was waiting on the ball...ready to escort him down the field. I believe this was a designated play all the way...

 

[bamacon]

In a word...YES! While the defense will be stronger than most in D1 I doubt that it will be as good as the last few years. Just start with having to break in new DB's. IF the OL comes along as we think and the QB's continue to develop (TT primarily) our passing attack, we could see a Saban era record setting offense. I am pumped that CNS has brought in a specific QB coach.

We will have a FAR better pass rush in 2018 than this past year. A lot of our issues came from injuries. I think if they can stay healthy it will help the DBs to “get in their feet”. That said, the safeties are set and the CBs have played meaningful minutes. I don’t think it will be as big a drop off as some are predicting.


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[rgw]

We ought to have a ton of depth in the front seven despite losing Evans, SDH, Payne, and Hand. I don't think we lack talent in the secondary but I imagine this will be a lot like 2015 with several true freshmen contributing in the starting alignments.

 

[uafanataum]

We will have a FAR better pass rush in 2018 than this past year. A lot of our issues came from injuries. I think if they can stay healthy it will help the DBs to “get in their feet”. That said, the safeties are set and the CBs have played meaningful minutes. I don’t think it will be as big a drop off as some are predicting.


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A couple of years ago when Tim Williams was giving quarterbacks nightmares our secondary looked alot better than it actually was due to the front four not giving any QB time to pass on them. I could see that happening this year while our secondary gets better after the first few games. I really do not see anyone that can beat Bama in it's first 8 games. That is alot of time for the secondary to gain experience.

 

[BamaInBham]

IMO, the primary hole, and it is a big one, is Payne, with no apparent successor. The OL, QB, RB, TE will be better. The WRs will be good enough, maybe even better. But overall, the offense should be vastly better simply because of the QB play. The OLB and DE will be better, but Payne will be a huge loss, the ILBs will be more physically gifted, but not as experienced. The secondary will not be as good, but probably still good enough. But the entire D will feel the effects of Payne's absence: the DEs will have more double teams, affecting both the pass rush and their run D, and of course the run D up the middle will not be as good. These things will have a ripple effect throughout the entire D. Hopefully, someone will step up big time, but even that won't replace Payne. As much credit as he has gotten, it has not been enough - he's a man.

 

[rgw]

My reckon has been that Davis would be the NT this year...but I dunno.

 

[Padreruf]

We will have a FAR better pass rush in 2018 than this past year. A lot of our issues came from injuries. I think if they can stay healthy it will help the DBs to “get in their feet”. That said, the safeties are set and the CBs have played meaningful minutes. I don’t think it will be as big a drop off as some are predicting.


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I hope you are correct...and we may wind up there. Like another said, we will miss Payne in the middle to be sure.

 

[BamaMan09]

Dwight, Mathis and one of the freshmen coming in will fill the nose guard position. Davis is an end.

 

[runtheoption22]

My reckon has been that Davis would be the NT this year...but I dunno.

Could, but I think Mathis is going to surprise some people

 

[rgw]

Davis is really tall even for a lineman...that can be a hindrance for a nose tackle typically. You're probably right that Mathis just got a year of seasoning due to Payne's excellence.


By the way, I really thought Payne took his game to the next level in our last three games. I think he had a sack in each...was incredibly disruptive. He was likely gone no matter what but he solidified his payday a great deal.

 

[BamaMan09]

Davis, Ray, Buggs and Williams are the ends. Dwight, Mathis and one of the freshmen will be the nose guards. Could we see Kedrick James switch to defensive end since tight end is so deep ? Christian Barmore and Stephon Wynn will see playing time.

 

[Nolan]

Payne, SDH, and Rashaan will be missed. They are some of the best to come through Bama.

But man, we are going to be really deep across the front seven. A plethora of size, speed, and talent. I think we see some high sack numbers.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Davis is really tall even for a lineman...that can be a hindrance for a nose tackle typically. You're probably right that Mathis just got a year of seasoning due to Payne's excellence.


By the way, I really thought Payne took his game to the next level in our last three games. I think he had a sack in each...was incredibly disruptive. He was likely gone no matter what but he solidified his payday a great deal.

He basically solidified himself being drafted in the first round. I think if he hadn't of "broken out" in those last three games, he would have been a late first round at best and very possibly an early second round pick. But currently he's being projected to go anywhere between 15th-19th in a few mock drafts I've seen. I don't think he's projected that high without the last three game performance.

 

[BamaMan09]

Payne, SDH, and Rashaan will be missed. They are some of the best to come through Bama.

But man, we are going to be really deep across the front seven. A plethora of size, speed, and talent. I think we see some high sack numbers.

Mack Wilson is going to be a first round pick. He's the next great one. Dylan Moses is going to prove to be that good, too. It's ashame that he got injured in bowl practice because he was already becoming a star.

 

[rgw]

He basically solidified himself being drafted in the first round. I think if he hadn't of "broken out" in those last three games, he would have been a late first round at best and very possibly an early second round pick. But currently he's being projected to go anywhere between 15th-19th in a few mock drafts I've seen. I don't think he's projected that high without the last three game performance.

Payne was one of the bright spots of an otherwise forgettable Iron Bowl. He basically continued that war path into the playoffs but all the guys around him followed along with him this time (mostly due to them being healthy). Payne was already vying to be the best at his nose tackle position at Alabama under Saban but his coda to his career here actually put him into the company of the best DL we've had here period. When it was do or die, he was unblockable. He completely changed the game in a normally thankless nose tackle role.

 

[RTR91]

Payne, SDH, and Rashaan will be missed. They are some of the best to come through Bama.

But man, we are going to be really deep across the front seven. A plethora of size, speed, and talent. I think we see some high sack numbers.

And that's why I'm not overly concerned about the secondary. Everyone remember how the 2015 front seven helped the secondary by putting so much pressure on the QB? I suspect similar play in 2018.


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[rgw]

Our secondary experienced allowed us to be hyper aggressive with blitzes in 2017 which helped damage control for the injury problems. Basically looking to have the flip of that and on paper it seems likely to happen. I know in sub-packages when we have Jennings/Lewis - Ray/Buggs - Davis - Miller/Lewis up front that they will be hell on an OL.

 

[BamaMan09]

Payne was one of the bright spots of an otherwise forgettable Iron Bowl. He basically continued that war path into the playoffs but all the guys around him followed along with him this time (mostly due to them being healthy). Payne was already vying to be the best at his nose tackle position at Alabama under Saban but his coda to his career here actually put him into the company of the best DL we've had here period. When it was do or die, he was unblockable. He completely changed the game in a normally thankless nose tackle role.

Payne reminds me of Warren Sapp. He's a beast and should have a great NFL career barring injury.

 

[JTBama]

Payne reminds me of Warren Sapp. He's a beast and should have a great NFL career barring injury.

Whoever gets Payne is going to have some good slogans and game day signs in their stadium..."it's time to bring the Payne" or "house of Payne"