With the Alabama quarterback battle coming down to its final days of competition, former Alabama quarterback and ESPN college football analyst Greg McElroy was invited, along with other former Bama players, to watch the Tide’s first scrimmage, and he gave his thoughts on what he saw on his morning show Monday.
McElroy said he was impressed with all three quarterbacks, but one stood out to him: Ty Simpson.
“I gotta be honest, I didn’t expect them to look as good as they did,” he said. “I was real optimistic with what I saw.”
He had high praise for Simpson.
“The decisiveness of Ty getting the ball out, knowing exactly where you go with the football, let your feet talk to you, I thought he only had one bad decision the entire day.” One, and this is practice nine?!? That’s phenomenal!”
McElroy was also impressed with Austin Mack and Keelon Russell. He said both Mack and Russell also did “a lot of nice things.”
McElroy pretty much confirmed what many people who have been watching practice have been saying: Simpson looks to be ahead in the quarterback battle.
“Good scrimmage for the guys,” coach Kalen DeBoer said after Saturday’s scrimmage. “I say it it seems like every time, but I felt good about the back and forth. There was times the offense moved the ball, especially early up the field. Defense did a nice job anchoring down as the scrimmage went along. Got into some situations at the end, some end of game stuff, that I think is really important.”
DeBoer also indicated that after this coming Saturday’s scrimmage that he will be ready to name a starter, and Ty Simpson looks like he will be named the starter for the Crimson Tide this upcoming season.