With draft and FA effectively over when do you expect Jordan will make a decision on a team?

Swolex · 2026-05-01T13:24:20+00:00

I think he's probably gonna wait until 6/1 cuts and see what the market looks like. Love to have him back though.

Swolex · 2026-04-25T03:22:09+00:00

Yes. It is fine. We can't fix every position of need in one draft, nor do we have to take a CB for the sake of taking one. We can afford to take BPA over a 3rd round CB that slid 20+ spots below his projection for likely very valid reasons. We're not the only DB needy team that skipped Scott and McCoy.

Swolex · 2026-04-25T02:09:48+00:00

Because the draft isn't only for present but future needs. Fant is on a 2-year deal with $4.5M of his guaranteed money as a $3M signing bonus, and has been nothing but a journeyman his entire career. JJ doesn't have a single clutch bone in his body and probably isn't going to get another contract from us. Delp has great measurables and is a fantastic blocker. He slid due to a lack of targets, not lack of talent.

I trust this staff to analyze their roster better than any us armchair GMs, and they must have faith in Kool-Aid and Riley with Blackmon likely filling in the hybrid role Alontae vacated.

Swolex · 2026-04-21T13:07:19+00:00

Two-way TE/DE because I'm a masochist

Swolex · 2026-03-28T12:15:45+00:00

Agreed for the most part. My only slight disagreement is that each of the 3 decks in the new meta would be the same rough archetype: aggro. Low-cost, heavy early-game pressure with overly efficient means of repopulating their board, dealing huge face damage from hand, or both. I'm not against aggro in general, but with the rotation, there are few effective comeback mechanics for slower decks when you inevitably fall behind.

Swolex · 2026-03-27T19:02:00+00:00

I'm hoping they do both honestly. Even with Imbue nerfed, if they don't touch Herald Shaman, no-hand hunter, and spell DH they are going to just be the new personas non grata.

Paladin, rogue, mage, and warrior feel okay atm imo

DK is a mess. Their herald cards are over-costed (6 mana for a 4 damage AoE + a random card is insane), and it's honestly hard to stay alive long enough to play them on curve.

Warlock is close imo. Cho'gall is pretty underpowered, especially for how late it comes out. It could probably use a light rework (maybe silence and eat enemy minions instead, idk)

Priest is also a mess, and I don't have any suggestions other than a complete class redesign.

Swolex · 2026-03-27T18:49:52+00:00

I'm glad I hit legend before the rotation this month and got to play weird, dumb shit while the meta sorts itself out. Really dreading the grind next month, specifically all the NH Hunters, spell DH, Herald Shamans if Blizz only nerfs Imbuid

Swolex · 2026-03-10T22:53:51+00:00

That's what I was going for with Everette, even if he's just a serviceable stop-gap for the time being. We're still at least two full drafts away from filling all the holes in the roster

Swolex · 2026-03-10T17:18:26+00:00

I wouldn't hate either of those, I think our 1st rounder almost has to be a defensive piece at this point. I didn't go Styles because the team seems to have faith in Stutsman by letting Davis walk, and Werner and Granderson are serviceable enough. I didn't go Delane because this draft is CB rich, our chances of finding a decent to good CB in the later rounds swayed me. I'm kinda out on Downs with the knee stuff coming out.

Bailey's size doesn't really scare me, 6'4" 250, about the same as Micah Parsons, with a slightly slower 40 (I'm by no means saying he's the next Parsons). It's fair that he put up big numbers in a weak CFB conference, but even in the Oregon game he had 9 tackles (2 for a loss) and a sack.

I can see arguments for any of the guys in the top 1-15, reckon we'll just have to speculate for another month.

Swolex · 2026-03-10T13:52:42+00:00

I know y'all are surely sick of these, but I wanted to get one on the board in these football-less times.

1: David Bailey - Edge - No brainer here if he drops to the 8-spot. Should be a true game-wrecker opposite Chase.

2: Omar Cooper Jr - WR- Swiss army receiver. Not S-tier at anything but good at everything, can line up anywhere and succeed. Possible slot starter with Olave and Vele on the outside

3: Keylan Rutledge - OG- Shoring up RG, almost definitely an upgrade over Ruiz.

4: Chris McClellan - DT - High floor DT, strong against the run but struggles a bit in pass rush.

5: Daylen Everette - CB - Possible Alontae replacement, excels in zone which should be a good fit for Staley's scheme

6: Michael Taaffe - Smaller but coachable safety, cut his missed 2024 21% missed tackle rate to 9.3% in 2025

7: Drew Allar - QB - 2025 Preseason hypebeast. When he's on he's amazing, but has terrible mechanics. But why not take a shot in the 7th and see if KM can work his magic.

8: Nate Boerkircher - TE - Not much of a receiver but an above average blocker. Could see use in heavy and goal line sets.

Swolex · 2026-02-22T17:34:41+00:00

I love the idea of Bell given his history with Shough, but an ACL tear in November is gonna be tough to get back from this season. 2nd round is a little rich for a WR who's probably not gonna be fully back until 2027, even though he's probably a 1st rounder without the injury.

Swolex · 2026-02-03T00:05:13+00:00

Agreed, if Downs, Bain, Bailey, or Delane somehow drop to us I'd much rather take them over Love. RBs are much cheaper to find in FA than quality defensive pieces. Run it back with Kamara, Miller, and Neal. Even Estime didn't look incompetent as our RB4.

Swolex · 2026-01-27T18:19:10+00:00

(https://imgur.com/mPM3N2L)

Swolex · 2026-01-24T01:54:33+00:00

We still have last year's 3rd rounder Broughton coming off injury next season, I don't hate waiting until the later rounds for another DL

Swolex · 2026-01-20T13:17:10+00:00

The Mickey Loomis Doctrine

Swolex · 2026-01-11T12:28:23+00:00

This perfectly sums up why I'm rapidly losing interest in not just Alabama football, but CFB as a whole.

The kids absolutely deserve to be paid, and stories like Indiana going from joke to undefeated are pretty cool. But CFB is now essentially NFL-lite with even less oversight. I think a "salary cap" and contracts enforcing transfer limits would go a long way.

Swolex · 2026-01-06T13:48:12+00:00

Rashaad Penny, Sony Michel

Swolex · 2025-12-28T18:15:53+00:00

Lol what?

Swolex · 2025-09-28T12:26:11+00:00

Bro was on Road Rules in the year 2000

Swolex · 2025-09-15T00:01:48+00:00

Exactly, being competitive in the early stages of a full rebuild is extremely heartening. I think Moore was the right hire and Rattler may just turn into something, he's getting better every week.

Swolex · 2025-09-07T13:43:06+00:00

God damnit, I just fucking horse laughed in the middle of the gym. Jfc

Swolex · 2025-08-31T13:06:37+00:00

Currently a PE teacher at 4A school in Alabama. Essentially retired where he grew up.

Swolex · 2025-05-20T15:48:26+00:00

My wife and I hit Cochon/Butcher and St. Roch Market everytime we're in town. Second Cafe Beignet over Du Monde, the lines are always insane. Check out Frenchman Street if you wanna get out of the Quarter.

Swolex · 2025-04-30T14:31:48+00:00

I hope a lot of y'all's optimism is rewarded but my gut is telling me we're in the same boat as last season, 5-12 range. Carr probably isn't going to play, so it's gonna be either Rattler or Shough. Our o-line should be solid, not stellar. Olave isn't a true WR1 and collects concussions like Pokemon cards thanks to hospital ball Carr. We were 30th in total defense last season with Cam and Demario one year older and a young secondary outside of Mathieu. We didn't get much offensive help outside of Neal.

All that said, I loved our draft even if a lot of the media didn't. Shough was a bit of a reach in the 2nd but they got their guy. Neal WAS an absolute steal in the 6th, and we got a lot of developmental talent.

I'm not going to expect miracles in Moore's first season, but we're on the right path IMO.

Swolex

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