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Bama loses 3
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:38 pm
Dre, Trent, Hightower 
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Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:39 pm to doya2
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Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:44 pm to c on z
It happens. Surprised everyone on that D didn't try to declare after what they did on Monday night.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:47 pm to doya2
That's it? Dammit.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:48 pm to Brettesaurus Rex
well they also lose barron and menzie
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:58 pm to Geauxld Finger
And Upshaw and Chapman...Lester is staying
Posted on 1/12/12 at 5:06 pm to doya2
Of the starters who is coming back?
Posted on 1/12/12 at 7:12 pm to Weaver
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Of the starters who is coming back?
Offense we lose:
RB - Richardson
C - Vlachos
G - McCullough
WR (2) - Maze, Hanks
HB/TE - Smelley
Defense:
NG - Chapman
LB (3) - Harris, Hightower, Upshaw
CB (2) - Kirkpatrick, Menzie
S - Barron
Here's the way I see it:
QB - better (probably not as big of an increase as you guys will see though)
RB - drop off
OL - better
WR - push... possibly better
DL - push... possibly better
LB - drop off
CB - drop off
S - push
Kicking/Special Teams - better
QB should improve. McCarron made huge strides as the season progressed and is showing the ability to progress through his reads and make all the throws.
RB will take a dropoff obviously but you saw that Eddie Lacey is no slouch and preseason sensation Dee Hart should be returning from injury. Dee was injured before the season started but by all accounts was the #2 back and was really impressing so I think the drop off will be about as minimal as you could hope for losing a guy like TR.
O-Line should actually be better with AA Barrett Jones not declaring and early-season almost-starter Cyrus Kouandjio returning from injury. One guard spot and the 2 tackle spots will most likely be locked up even without BJ and he's played every position on the line so can plug in anywhere.
WR's lose a lot of experience but we have some younger and potentially more talented receivers who have played a lot and the hope is that big-bodied transfer Duron Carter (Chris Carter's son) should be eligible. All reports are that he's a beast and he has game experience playing for Ohio State as a freshman. He's spent the year on campus so he should know the offense by now.
Chapman had lots of experience so we'll need someone to step up in the NG position since we also lose the first guy off the bench in Gentry. Jesse Williams returns and considering he's only been playing football for a few years, an extra year in the system means he's still in the thick of his learning curve. Aside from Gentry and Chapman I believe we return the rest of the starters and backups.
We lose a lot of game changers at LB but fortunately that's one of the more talented areas of our roster (unless the CJ Moseley injury is worse than it appears) and we have quite a few guys who have played meaningful snaps. Upshaw played Jack and finding someone with his pass-rush abilities immediately is asking too much. Hightower is also irreplaceable as a LB and as a leader. We'll have a talented but green LB corps.
Milliner has played almost as much as Menzie so he's pretty much a co-starter at DB and he's solid. Still just one DB so this is and area where we have to find someone to step up. There's talent but it's unproven. On top of losing Dre, we also lose his first backup Phelon Jones.
Barron's safety spot will probably only see a slight drop off as there's no shortage of talented backups there with meaningful game experience. I heard that some scouts projected Lester above Barron last year so the fact that he's returning is big. Barron's a great one but the guys who've stepped in when he's been out have played big.
If the Mr-All-Everything Freshman Kicker pans out then that's another huge win in the lineup. Christion Jones played extremely well returning punts when Maze went down so hopefully that's another special teams position that won't see much of a drop-off.
Probably more than you wanted, but that's my take.
This post was edited on 1/12/12 at 7:15 pm
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