The Week 2 defeat against Texas showed Milroe’s big-play ability but also his limitations with two costly interceptions
NICK ALVAREZ al.com The timer went off on Monday. The cake is out of the oven. Alabama football has its quarterback.
“From a quarterback standpoint, this is all I’m going to say about this, you know, Jalen really showed the leadership that I was looking for during the game in terms of supporting his teammates and doing the things he needed to do. He’s had the opportunity to play. So have the other guys. Jalen played the best of all those guys, so I think he’s earned the opportunity to be the quarterback,” Saban told reporters at his first press conference since the USF game.
People are also reading… Saban had said in Tampa he played the “guys that practiced the best all week long.” When asked if Milroe needed to show more leadership before UA played the Bulls, Saban doubled down on his initial statement: The Tide initially deployed Milroe under-center, but Saban noted at the time none of Alabama’s four first-string quarterbacks had separated themselves. Milroe delivered five touchdowns versus Middle Tennessee and allowed Simpson and Buchner to get some snaps late.“That’s what you love about Jalen, you know? Through the mistakes that he made, he never put his head down,” offensive lineman Tyler Booker said on Sept. 11. “He was always there for us. He always had a smile on his face.
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