Here are the quick highlights of Nick Saban’s turn on the first weekly SEC teleconference of the season:
- On Duron Carter, Saban said he will be able to help the team “later on down the road.” He likes size, speed, ability to run routes.
- Carter will start implementing himself with offense next week. He doesn’t want to risk injury by throwing him out there with limited practice time.
- Challenges with Kent State come from playing a team with a new head coach and unknown variables that come with that (read more about that later this week in print).
- About Barrett Jones, Saban said they tried to decide if he was a guard or a tackle.
- He could be both.
- How soon he moves back to guard from left tackle depends on how fast Cyrus Kouandjio develops at left tackle.
- About practice precautions, Saban said the team never practices two in a row with full pads. They don’t hit in practice, except for scrimmages.
- The downsides include having inexperience with tackling defense and shedding cut blocks.
- On the SEC’s dominance, Saban said there might be a little more speed among athletes in the South.
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