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- Defense: Great defensive pickups

- Pick/market: I honestly dont the more he has to do and be responsible for the faster he grows into the job.

- After Alabama's September 12 win at Kentucky, Kalen DeBoer said Jireh Edwards recorded a sack 19 days after surgery for a broken arm. This confirms participation in that game despite the recent injury; DeBoer did not say Edwards was fully recovered or specify any snap restriction or future medical clearance. - Daniel Hill reached 100 rushing yards as Alabama's ground game helped relieve pressure on Keelon Russell in the second half. DeBoer said running lanes had existed earlier, but sacks, penalties and some RPO decisions kept the offense behind the chains. He wants Russell to hand off when the run is available rather than force a contested pass. - DeBoer praised Russell's improved pre-snap command and second-half response while identifying forced throws, screen-pass throwing lanes and down-and-distance decisions as unfinished work. He also cited needless pressure on sprint-outs from failing to block the edge, stressing that clean passing opportunities are not solely the offensive line's responsibility. - DeBoer said Alabama's defense largely controlled Kentucky before halftime and benefited after the lead forced more passing, allowing the rush to get home. He credited fourth-down stops, the fake-punt stop and only one third-down conversion allowed through two games. Those results include favorable game-script effects, rather than proving every defensive issue is solved. - Alabama lost coordinator-to-quarterback communication during the third quarter. Russell said the staff's practiced sideline-command fallback let the offense continue, although he had to look to the sideline on some plays. The interview describes how the disruption was handled, not a confirmed permanent fix to the communications equipment.

- 12/12 Alabama football team (2-0, 1-0 SEC) used a strong second-half performance to claim victory in its Southeastern Conference opener, defeating Kentucky (1-1, 0-1 SEC) inside Kroger Field by a final score of 45-17. - Rico Scott scored Alabama's first receiving touchdown of the season and finished the night with 44 yards on three receptions.

- Injury: Alabama's starting right guard, Michael Carroll, will not play Saturday at Kentucky.

- OL/DL: Miss the days when we would start a young talented OT at guard to get him some reps.

- WR/LB: I really thought Nix would have all those bad habits worked out of him.

- Defense: If what I think I know is true.

- Injury: Multiple things can be true at one time and that is exactly the case for the Alabama running back room very early on in the 2026-27 season.

- DL: Former Alabama star arrested after dispute over replacement car key Former Alabama, NFL defensive tackle and Alabama national champion was arrested in Texas following a dispute over a replacement key for Davis' car, according...

- QB/OL: 1) Do we have a defense that we will be able to lean on while our inexperienced offense and quarterback develops.

- LB: It’s the same as when folks heard Pete Golding the other day use a little bit of coaching vernacular when talking X’s and O’s and thought “wow he REALLY knows his stuff” when it’s...

- Defense: I don’t think the call is necessarily the issue.

- QB/LB: You don’t need to call QB runs for your 190 lb QB in the 4th quarter or have him in there at all when he’s already taken way too many shots.

- Pick/market: Give them an average QB and RB and they are a 6-6 team…if that.

- DB: Alabama jumped into the Preston Glasco sweepstakes on Saturday.

- Coaching: Alabama and Kentucky will meet in the SEC's first conference game of the season Saturday in Lexington.

- WR: Your man Weiss and Kiffin dictate to a defense what they can do with alignment and motion.

- OL/LB: I remember a couple plays where he got pushed on top of KR or would have if he hadn’t been able to move the pocket.

- Defense: Yhonzae Pierre was Alabama's highest-graded defensive player in Week 1 at 95.4, per Pro Football Focus' charting (fwiw)

- QB/OL: That’s a damn good DL , and yes on the first couple of series they had some mistakes , but since then they have been pretty damn good.

- QB/OL: Keelon is still a RF, or Sophomore, whatever in his first start wiifh an OL that was seriously inconsistent at times.

- QB: Defense looking suspect

- OL: I saw a highly improved offensive line.

- Alabama beat East Carolina 48-10, but the review framed the opener as mixed because the offense still had pre-snap issues, formation problems, and clock-management cleanup. - Keelon Russell's escapability and throw-on-the-run ability stood out after he produced 249 passing yards and 86 rushing yards, showing why he won the starting quarterback job. - Ryan Coleman-Williams still had drop issues despite another 100-yard game with contested catches, leaving receiver consistency as a lingering concern. - Alabama's offensive line was not clean but has a plausible improvement path because the group has one returning starter playing a new position, two transfers, and a new position coach. - Alabama's defense had positive moments, including Yhonzae Pierre's pick-six and Terrance Green's sack, but also allowed a busted coverage for a 68-yard catch and later touchdown.

- DB: Alabama All-America safety Bray Hubbard playing with a fractured pinkie, per ABC broadcast.

- Alabama selected wide receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams, cornerback Zabien Brown and safety Bray Hubbard as its three 2026 team captains. - Brown brings 30 consecutive starts and scored on two interception returns last season, making him the most established corner in the secondary. - Hubbard finished third on Alabama with 79 tackles in 2025 and added four interceptions and three forced fumbles, anchoring the defense from safety.