By: Larry Burton
Every spring Nick Saban experiments with players with things like trying this receiver at corner, or this end at linebacker or some other position change. He does this for many reasons. Top among them are seeing who can fill an apparent hole or need for more depth at a certain position, or seeing how a talented player buried in the depth chart at his current position might get some playing time somewhere else.
This season you can expect to see some normal defensive ends and outside linebackers get a look at inside linebacker. You may get some lanky and fast young linebackers get a look at safety or something in the dime and six defensive back scheme.