Joel Klatt addresses the concern at quarterback for Alabama

The Alabama quarterback question appears to have more answers Friday than it did earlier in the week following the reports Tyler Buchner will start this weekend over Jalen Milroe. But prior to the news dropping, Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt discussed the concerns he had the quarterback position.

“I’ve been saying since the offseason I’m concerned about Alabama at quarterback,” Klatt said on the Monday episode of the The Joel Klatt Show. “We all should have seen and read between the lines when they brought in Buchner after spring. My post spring podcast, I remember saying this is not a good sign when Nick Saban brought in a transfer, and that transfer had a close relationship with the new OC. That means that that guy thought that it was a real competition. So Buckner comes in for a real competition. Why? Because Milroe didn’t look great in spring ball. That’s the only reason he was there. Now you’re seeing that play out on the field. They do have a quarterback issue.”

Milroe was unspectacular in the second game of the year last week versus Texas, a game which the Crimson Tide lost on their home field. The redshirt sophomore was 14-of-27 for 255 yards and two touchdowns. But he also threw two interceptions and looked far from what people have come to expect from the Alabama quarterback.

Buchner, who started the first three games of the 2022 season for Notre Dame before a shoulder injury cost him the rest of the season, has thrown a total of five pass attempts this year. They all came against Middle Tennessee.

While Alabama may have this dilemma for the 2023 season, Klatt expects the Crimson Tide to resolve its QB issues moving forward.

“But in this era of transfer portal, and recruiting like Alabama can recruit, you really think that they can’t fix this in the blink of an eye,” Klatt said. “I just got done telling you that Deion Sanders turned a 1-11 team that lost by an average of infinity and now they’re 2-0 and ranked 18th in the country. You really think Nick Saban can’t fix this in a matter of a blink of an eye. Of course he can, and he probably will. So is Bama trending down? No. Are they done? No. And anybody that suggests that out there doesn’t know what they’re talking about.”