The Alabama Crimson Tide held their eleventh practice of the season Wednesday night. Here are some practice observations from Kyle Henderson, the Managing Editor of BamaInsider.com
— Let’s talk Alabama’s nickel package for starters. At the corners, Alabama had Josh Jobe and Trevon Diggs, which moved Patrick Surtain Jr. to the star position. The safeties were Jared Mayden and Xavier McKinney. The biggest observation here is that Alabama feels confident enough to play Jobe, who is just a sophomore at the corner and feels that Surtain is versatile enough to play star over Shyheim Carter.
This makes sense as Surtain is a very dynamic defensive back who has a good frame at 6-foot-2, 203 pounds and during his freshman season, he graded out extremely well during open-field tackles. Surtain can play man against a slot receiver, cover a tight end in zone coverage, or he can blitz the quarterback.
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— Trevon Diggs is someone we have not talked about enough entering the 2019 season and with him healthy, Alabama has one of the best cover corners in the nation returning. Diggs is a big corner at 6-foot-2, 207 pounds that understands the defense in and out and has time to make up being he missed most of last season with a foot injury.
— Across the middle of the field in Alabama’s nickel package were Dylan Moses and Markail Benton. With Josh McMillon now out after suffering a knee injury during the scrimmage last Saturday, it will be interesting to see how Benton fares in his elevated role and to see which younger inside linebackers rotate to play alongside Moses moving forward. Ale Kaho is a name to know when talking about...
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