Huard injury tilts QB job towards Croyle

[Proxigean Tide]

According to KC newspaper:

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/240093.html

 

[JustaBamaFan]

Thanks for the Link.

I hope that Brody is ready. Sometimes getting thrown into the mix too soon can do more damage than good.

 

[moorav]

defintely will have some bad games this year but will also have some good games. He'll grow into the position - not every QB is Peyton

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Throwing against the saints horrible secondary may make Brodie look fantastic.

 

[37bamagrl]

that reminds me (not the horrible part, but)...is roman harper back yet?

 

[Proxigean Tide]

Throwing against the saints horrible secondary may make Brodie look fantastic.

Careful...you're talking about one of our own:

http://www.neworleanssaints.com/Team/Roster/People/Roman Harper.aspx

Harper has been held out of pre-season to date, but is supposed to be about 95% healthy

 

[Bama63]

<< Harper has been held out of pre-season to date, but is supposed to be about 95% healthy >>

Roman played a good bit in the Saints' last preseason game against Cincinnati, at least, because it was televised here. Number 41 and had his name called on TV for several stops.

RTR

 

[TexasTideFan]

Sometimes getting thrown into the mix too soon can do more damage than good.

At this point, if they are going to pull the trigger on Brodie being the starter, it's better to do it sooner than later IMO.

 

[Vinny]

Brodie should do fine. He will make silly mistakes, but he belongs there. I liked what I saw the other night. He has a nice release and can air it out. Bombs away.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Careful...you're talking about one of our own:

http://www.neworleanssaints.com/Team/Roster/People/Roman Harper.aspx

Harper has been held out of pre-season to date, but is supposed to be about 95% healthy

i didn't know Harper was back. is he? I will clarify other than Harper the Saint secondary is horrible.

 

[TideAlum]

Yeah Brodie will be fine. Combine his desire to constantly throw off his back foot with a patchwork offensive line, and he'll be lighting up NFL secondaries. I'm sure any of his failures won't be his fault in the eyes of Alabama fans. He'll continue to do no wrong...

 

[dvldog]

Yeah Brodie will be fine. Combine his desire to constantly throw off his back foot with a patchwork offensive line, and he'll be lighting up NFL secondaries. I'm sure any of his failures won't be his fault in the eyes of Alabama fans. He'll continue to do no wrong...

No problem. We can just blame it on CMS.

 

[moorav]

No problem. We can just blame it on CMS.

I am 100% certian Shula will be blamed for many things as the season rolls along. I am suprised the recent arrests were not blamed on Shula. Lord knows if he was the coach people would be saying the team is out of control and CMS has no discipline & the players do not respect him.

Shula keeping his mouth shut - haven't heard a single negative comment from him losing his job tells me a lot about his character & love for the UofA.

 

[dvldog]

I am 100% certian Shula will be blamed for many things as the season rolls along. I am suprised the recent arrests were not blamed on Shula. Lord knows if he was the coach people would be saying the team is out of control and CMS has no discipline & the players do not respect him.

Shula keeping his mouth shut - haven't heard a single negative comment from him losing his job tells me a lot about his character & love for the UofA.

Exactly.

 

[Big tide fan forever]

Thanks for the link

 

[Tide King]

defintely will have some bad games this year but will also have some good games. He'll grow into the position - not every QB is Peyton

I agree that Brodie will have to grow into the position, but Peyton did also. In Peyton's rookie season he passed for 26 TDs (NFL Rookie record), but he also threw 28 INTs. If I'm not mistaken, Peyton almost broke the record for most INTs thrown in a single game his rookie season. But Peyton consistently improved from year to year and now he is one of the elite QBs in the NFL. I just wanted to point some of this stuff out and extend on moorav's comment that Brodie will have to grow into the position. I don't know if it is better for KC to go ahead and give Brodie the starting position to let him figure things out like Peyton did, or if they should maybe let him learn the position for another year and do like Cincinnati did with Carson Palmer. Either way, if Brodie can stay healthy I expect him to do well in the NFL.

 

[Proxigean Tide]

Yeah Brodie will be fine. Combine his desire to constantly throw off his back foot with a patchwork offensive line, and he'll be lighting up NFL secondaries. I'm sure any of his failures won't be his fault in the eyes of Alabama fans. He'll continue to do no wrong...

He was a 3rd round NFL draft choice and is now competing for a starting job after only 15 months in the league. The only reason he fell to the 3rd round was his shoulder & knee injuries while at Bama.

The kid has a tremendous amount of talent -- physically & mentally. Have you seen the sort of talent one quarter of the league is limping by with at the QB position? Did you happen to catch Troy Aikmen, Brett Favre, John Elway or Peyton Manning's first year in the pros?

I'm not saying BC is headed for the hall of fame, but you certainly can't judge his chances by his first year as a starter much less a couple of pre-season games.

 

[TideAlum]

He was a 3rd round NFL draft choice and is now competing for a starting job after only 15 months in the league. The only reason he fell to the 3rd round was his shoulder & knee injuries while at Bama.

I'm not saying BC is headed for the hall of fame, but you certainly can't judge his chances by his first year as a starter much less a couple of pre-season games.

I was predicting his likely NFL performance by mentioning one of the biggest flaws that has been present in his game since high school...poor foot technique. Like I said, I'm sure any NFL failures will be blamed on someone other than Brodie. Just like his poor performances in college and even his NFL draft...as you suggested.

 

[PDL]

I am 100% certian Shula will be blamed for many things as the season rolls along. I am suprised the recent arrests were not blamed on Shula. Lord knows if he was the coach people would be saying the team is out of control and CMS has no discipline & the players do not respect him.

Shula keeping his mouth shut - haven't heard a single negative comment from him losing his job tells me a lot about his character & love for the UofA.

 

[alextupelo]

I am 100% certian Shula will be blamed for many things as the season rolls along. I am suprised the recent arrests were not blamed on Shula. Lord knows if he was the coach people would be saying the team is out of control and CMS has no discipline & the players do not respect him.

Shula keeping his mouth shut - haven't heard a single negative comment from him losing his job tells me a lot about his character & love for the UofA.

I really don't want this thread to become a lets throw Shula under the bus kind of thing, but unless you just decided to not read what the mods said after and leading up to the firing of Shula you wouldn't be saying those things. Saban is having to reteach a lot more than just football.