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Drew DeArmond on the Alabama quarterback situation and Alabama football · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Drewdy Armand on your radio nine seven seven ESPN Monday through Friday, seven am
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  to nine at the morning Drive Drew and Scott That's Talking Ball, host of
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  Talking Ball, also part of Tighter Insider dot Com. Drew, welcome in,
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  sir, I hope it is a little cooler in the great stut of
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  Alabama. It's burning up over here. Well, it's scorching over here,
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  Jake. I got to tell you. We were on locations at University of
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  North Alabama yesterday. We had a media day there with those fine folks,
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  and we were back on the road at Bill Penny Toyota, one of our
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  great sponsors, this morning, and it was already scorching. It's been scorching
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  this afternoon. And AJSAA here in our state is already moving a lot of
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  times back as far as to eight pm on Friday night, probably on the
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  line of the Thursday games too, dude. Just to the unbelievable heat wave.
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  It's supposed to be one hundred degrees here in Alabama later this week,
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  and I know it's been a scorcher in Mississippi. There's already been some heat
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  related, you know, incidents and a couple of the football practices around here
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  in Huntsville, and we pray for those folks. They're gonna be Okay.
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  It's rough right now as we're getting ready to kick off high school in college
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  football season with the heat here in Alabama. Yeah, we've done the same
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  thing here. The MHSAA has moved back to eight o'clock kicks for Friday night.
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  So yeah, thoughts and press for everybody, and hopefully we can get
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  some games in have some good football. Everybody be safe doing so. Speaking
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  of football, the Alabama Crimson tyn are we any closer to a quarterback being
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  named the starter? Or is this gonna be one of those deals where saving
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  plays a couple guys week one just to kind of see what happens. Well,
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  I think there's gonna be a starter. I think the incumbent going into
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  spring. Jake was the Jalen mill Row. He was the incumbent coming into
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  fall. And I don't think he's necessarily done anything spectacular, but you know,
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  I think he's done enough to be QB one heading into middle of Tennessee.
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  Of course, anything can happen in the next two weeks of practice,
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  but a lot of times after you have your second scream Engine and they have
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  a walk through coming up at the end of this week. They have their
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  second scrimmage this past Saturday. You know, now, from what I understand,
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  nol Row didn't leave his team to any touchdowns. It was Bill gold
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  uh and Tyler Buckner, the transfer from Notre Dame, who has got people
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  don't have to understand. He's only been through a few you know, half
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  of a training camp or Paul practice I should say, with Alabama, so
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  he's still getting used. Just arounding, he was the only QB to leave
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  to touchdown drive. You know, Tys Stimpson had no touchdown passes. His
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  team had uh ah, the squad he directed the the group. They had
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  one short goal line touchdown run and then he directed a drive that was really
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  good coming out his first series of the scrimmage on Saturday. But it was
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  a drop touchdown pass and that's kind of been what's plagued Alabama. But right
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  now, Jake I would say, uh that Jella Milroe without a doubt will
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  take uh you know, the first snap from for Alabama. I think they'll
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  play at least one other QB. I was often in going into the scrimmage
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  this past Saturday, that that was gonna be Tyas Simpson, but I don't
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  know. Simpson has not really taken advantage of roppertuinities in the spring and fall.
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  Tyler Buckner took some you know, opportunities to play well on Saturday.
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  And then Dylan Lonergain, a freshman from Brookwood, Georgia, probably has showcase
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  the most potential of ARM talent, but he also had the only turnover the
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  scrimmage of an I in Tisa. He's a young guy, but I think
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  Dylan Milroe is gonna be QB one. But then it's gonna be decided,
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  probably completely after the Texas game. I think they're gonna probably play two guys,
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  could play three against Middle Tennessee, and then we'll see after the Texas
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  Longhorns come to Tuscaloosa if if AB one has really emerged, and that's probably
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  what's gonna happen, he'll be similar to when AJ mccahren took the job after
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  the Penn State road win in twenty eleven. In my opinion, Dredy Armin
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  on your Radio Talking to Alabama Football Tuesday edition of the program, drew when
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  you look at the on three dot com preseason all Freshman team. Two Alabama
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  players made this team. Caden Proctor offensive lineman and then Caleb Downs at safety.
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  Alabama is no stranger to play in young, star studded talent. Talk
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  a little bit about these two guys and maybe even some more young guys that
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  you may see when you cut on Alabama football here in the next week or
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  two. That's a great point, Jake. I mean, he was the
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  number one recruiting class in the country, and I think both those guys was
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  three hundred and ninety pounds in the spring. He's gotten his way down that
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  like him to be under three point fifty for the opener gets built Tennessee.
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  But he's really started to be able to sustain effort. Now. He has
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  struggled a little bit from what we understand in past protection, but again that's
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  to be expected. He's a young kid and Alabama. I think Devinchually is
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  going to be much improved, and I expect him. I think he's pulling
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  away from ELIAJH. Pritchett, the red shirt freshman. I think the true
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  freshman. Caden Proctor from the State of old is going to be your left
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  eye. Ben. I think Caleb Downs from Mill Creek and Georgia he and
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  the transfer from UA B Jalen Key, they have been, uh, you
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  know, the kind of a lot of There's been a lot of buzz coming
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  up about those two young guys as uh. I think both the Caleb Downs
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  has definitely been a quick study. I know you heard about him in the
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  spring. It's continued into the fall, and I believe he got a little
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  dinged up at the end of the scrimmage, but nothing and I'll be surprised
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  if he doesn't start the first game uh in free safety for Alabama. So
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  I think Caden Proctor UH and Caleb Downs had been the real deal. And
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  I think Justice Payne will play a role at running back. I know Oliphim
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  was very deep there. He did not fit in the spring. In the
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  excuse me, the fall scrimmage though, Jake Uh Justice Haynes had a little
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  bit of a thigh contusion according to coach Saban, so he did not participate.
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  But I still expect as the season goes on, especially if he gets
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  more and more comfortable, he'll play a bigger role offensively. So I think
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  the guys, along with wide receiver Malik Benson, a junior college transfer who
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  has worked his way into the top four potentially in the rotation and could make
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  impacts his first year. Guys on this Alabama football team. Yeah, I
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  was going to ask you about the junior college wide receiver we're visiting with Drew
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  d Armin. Of course he is out of the Great State of Alabama.
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  Tighter Insider dot Com nine seven to seven, ESPN talking ball with Scott Andrew
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  in the mornings. They got the morning Drive in the Great State of Alabama,
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  ESPN Radio. What does that wide receiver room look like, at least
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  in your estimation? How's that coming together? We know about the you know
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  the ones that we know about LSU's wide receiver room, Texas A and m
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  likes theirs talk a little bit about what we will see with Alabama's Well,
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  I think the two biggest questions offensively right now, because I think the offensive
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  line is coming together Jake and there were questions about that left side that we
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  just mentioned. Kaden Proctor Tyler Booker saw a lot of time at left guard
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  in the last scrimmage. Either he or TJ. Ferguson and Myping will be
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  the left guard and that means Booker would go back to the right guard spot
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  in place of Darian doubt for but I think the offensive line has come together
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  so that to me, the two biggest questions for Alabama offensively are the quarterback
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  positions. Somebody has to take that bull by the horns. And then you
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  mentioned wide receiver and wide receiver has once again on Saturday, they had a
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  few drops. Now, most of the drops came from backup tight end.
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  I think the wide receivers were a little better on Saturday, but you still
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  heard of a ja Gory Brooks drop on third down that just can't happen.
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  Malie Benson had a deep ball golf his fingertips where he probably should have laid
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  out in dove. And then of course we've had we've we've heard about Isaiah
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  Bond's dropped throughout the fall camp. But if you had to ask me right
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  now, I've heard Jermaine Burtons had an outstanding fall camp. He's a guy.
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  As a senior, you know, he's spent a lot of football.
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  Two years at Georgia, a year at Alabama. He finished strong for the
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  Tide last year. I think he's wide receiver one they need. Jacory Brooks,
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  he's been a little limited in fall camp. He's been working his way
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  back. I think he needs to be the guy that they've counted on them.
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  He and Jermaine were the two top guy that needs to be your one
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  and two right there for Alabama, Your three and four is going to be
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  interesting. Isaiah Bond had the line of game changing speed. I still think
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  he's gonna be in that top three. I just mentioned the junior college TRANSFERMA
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  League Benson, but I'll say remember this name. He's a sophomore. He
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  played a lot more in the last third of the season last year. Kendrick
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  Wall from Shreveport, Louisiana. He had a seventy five yard touchdown catch.
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  The throw of the scrimmage was from Dylan Longgan, but like I told you,
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  Lonergan also had a turnover. But he had a seventy five yard catch
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  and run, and I also saw a lot of reps his first team kickoff
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  return. So I think that's probably your top five. And then number six
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  would be Kobe Prentis, who had I thought an MVP for borings in the
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  scrimmage. He had six catches, seven catches around there in a big touchdown
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  from Tyler Buckner and He's just solid. He's not a big play guy,
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  but he's somebody that can make make him you miss after the catch. He's
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  somebody that can move the change and get first downs. Not super explosive,
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  but I still think Kobe Prenttie is probably gonna round out that top six and
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  that's gonna be your ride receiver group to start the season. And quite frankly,
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  ALBUMA needs more consistent play out of that group. Judy Arman you can
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  find him on Twitter at Drew d nine seven seven ESPN, host of Talking
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  Ball with Scott and Drew Monday through Friday seven am to nine am. Also
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  staff write, a contributor for Tyner Insider dot com. Drew always appreciates your
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  time. Look you guys say, stay cool over than the great state of
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  Alabama. Look, we'll talk very soon again. Thanks Jake, you guys,
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  stay safe Mississippi. Always enjoyed being on, Appreciate the opportunity. Let's
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  join Steve Live for the build up. What's your prediction. I've been watching
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