How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

[Arctic Wild Man]

Not sure if they are on the same level as NFL teams but that was a pretty impressive performance for a team that hadn't played in a month. Wish they had a "bowl game" where the BCS champion got to play the last place team in the NFL. Would make for an interesting game.

[BILLSROCK1212]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

Way back when...that game actually existed. The results, from what I can remember, were pretty interesting.

[OpIv37]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

None.

The best college team couldn't beat the worst NFL team. The level of play is that drastically different.

There are 120+ DI-A schools with rosters of 75 or so. That's 9000 players.

The NFL has 32 teams with 53 man rosters. That's 1696 players. And, the NFL has a 7 round draft, so out of 9000 players in college football, only 224 get drafted. And while some undrafted players make NFL rosters, not all of the drafted ones will. And, some from lower divisions beyond DI-A make NFL rosters. At absolute most, out of 9000 DI-A players, MAYBE 300 make an NFL roster each year. Realistically, it is probably closer to 200.

Alabama whooped my Irish tonight. There is no denying that and there are no excuses. But it's stupid to think they could hang with even the worst NFL team.

[BertSquirtgum]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

Zero

[coastal]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

I know one.

[venis2k1]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

Ummmmm this is a joke right?

Could you honestly see AJ McCarron carving up ANY nfl secondary??

[Raptor]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

all 32 NFL team would completely destroy Alabama.


They would be lucky to cross midfield

[don137]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

It depends. Is Wannstedt the defensive coordinator for the NFL team?

[Saratoga Slim]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

None. I think the huge difference would be in the trenches. There probably could be some favorable individual matchups at skill positions (Dee Milner vs. Donald Jones?), but any NFL team would blow Alabama off the line.

[Novacane]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

How many players from Alabama will make an NFL roster?

[ghz in pittsburgh]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

At least Nix got this right: you scout and take players from SCC, SEC.

[coastal]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

None. I think the huge difference would be in the trenches. There probably could be some favorable individual matchups at skill positions (Dee Milner vs. Donald Jones?), but any NFL team would blow Alabama off the line.

Barrett Jones and Chance Warmack are 1st rounders this year.

Cyrus Kouandiljio will likely be a 1st round LT.

We have one 1st round selection on our line.

[gebobs]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

How many players from Alabama will make an NFL roster?

How many Buffalo Bills would make an NFL roster. ;-)

To your point, Alabama is without question the most dominant team of the past several years. In the past 5 years, of a total of about 150+ players that have been on their roster over that span, 24 have been drafted.

[ParanoidAndroid]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

I think this particular Alabama team could actually run on NFL teams. That O-line has some serious talent and their RB's are going to be NFL players. Could they win? No.

[Bill Cody]

Re: How many NFL teams could Alabama beat?

None. I think the huge difference would be in the trenches. There probably could be some favorable individual matchups at skill positions (Dee Milner vs. Donald Jones?), but any NFL team would blow Alabama off the line.

No they wouldn't. Check the sizes of Alabama's lines. AL has an OL made up of guys that will play in the league and they're well coached. GA has a lot of future pros on their DL and AL ran all over them. I'd actually like to see an AL vs Jacksonville matchup. I'd favor Jacksonville but not by as much as any of you guys seem to think.