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NFL Scouts agree: Tide D could play on Sundays

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20111013/COL0504/110130334/NFL-scouts-agree-Tide-s-D-could-play-Sundays

"I had seen them on TV and on tape, but I was down on the field before they played Arkansas," said one NFL team's chief talent evaluator. "They really look like an NFL team. You hear people say that, but with them it's true. That defense is huge, bigger than most NFL teams. Not just the linemen, but the cornerbacks, the linebackers, the safeties. And they can all run. That secondary. ... it's the best secondary I've ever seen in college football."

Said a third scout, "You watch Alabama play and the speed of the defense is the same as the NFL. It looks like they've got too many people out there."And another: "It's like watching a pro team, except they are bigger than a lot of pro teams. You just wish you could take them all."

And another: "What you get with Alabama is everybody plays to his speed. What I mean is a 4.7 guy really plays at 4.7 speed, because he is so well drilled and so well-coached he knows exactly what he supposed to do and where he's supposed to go. He doesn't have to pause and think. Sometimes, you see 4.5 guys to play 4.8 or 4.9. At Alabama, the 4.5 guys play 4.5. And they've got a bunch of them."

So, LSU has a playoff caliber D then?

 

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NFL Scouts agree: Tide D could play on Sundays

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20111013/COL0504/110130334/NFL-scouts-agree-Tide-s-D-could-play-Sundays

"I had seen them on TV and on tape, but I was down on the field before they played Arkansas," said one NFL team's chief talent evaluator. "They really look like an NFL team. You hear people say that, but with them it's true. That defense is huge, bigger than most NFL teams. Not just the linemen, but the cornerbacks, the linebackers, the safeties. And they can all run. That secondary. ... it's the best secondary I've ever seen in college football."

Said a third scout, "You watch Alabama play and the speed of the defense is the same as the NFL. It looks like they've got too many people out there."And another: "It's like watching a pro team, except they are bigger than a lot of pro teams. You just wish you could take them all."

And another: "What you get with Alabama is everybody plays to his speed. What I mean is a 4.7 guy really plays at 4.7 speed, because he is so well drilled and so well-coached he knows exactly what he supposed to do and where he's supposed to go. He doesn't have to pause and think. Sometimes, you see 4.5 guys to play 4.8 or 4.9. At Alabama, the 4.5 guys play 4.5. And they've got a bunch of them."

For me it comes down to the following: Alabama has a lot of players that might play at the next level. The scrubs in the NFL do play at the next level.

Not really. The scrubs in an NFL camp work up a sweat for a few weeks until they get cut and go back to working at Costco. I wouldn't call that playing at the next level. I know a handful of guys that were in this position. They couldn't have gotten on the field at Bama. If we're talking the guys that are playing in the 4th quarter of week 3 of the preseason (who probably have a 50-50 chance to make a roster), I'll say that they have a chance. If its the true, bottom of the barrel NFL camp guys, the college team wins in an absolute romp.