04-26-2024, 12:04 AM
(04-25-2024, 11:56 PM)Nepa Wrote: I think it was Saban who brought up only 15 snaps in the biggest game of the year. Saban was kind of dissing the pick. I would be inspired if he and half the commentators on ABC weren't using words like "risk" and "project." What is the explanation for not playing so much? I will trust the pick, because Nate has been beating his drum for some time now, but how he had so little playing time is not encouraging. Always feel better if the Bengals got a first-round pick that could be penciled in as a starter in the first year.
Sabans response really is what set of the alarms in my head. As a Bama guy I watch pretty much all of Sagan’s stuff, he always gives ton of credit to opponents and I’ve never heard him be so tepid on another player. He had no idea why the guy only played a few series…was it conditioning? Injury? Getting beat? None of those are good especially injury. If you only start one season and miss 30% of the games, at his size, you are injury prone.
Also, Beck was only sacked 11 times on the year so not allowing one in about 65% of the snaps isn’t a major accomplishment
