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Here's why Nick Saban's concerns about Alabama's retooled offense are legitimate

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While the annual "who's playing quarterback at Alabama" guessing game lingered all summer, Crimson Tide radio analyst Phil Savage cautioned that the questions on offense didn't hinge simply on that position.

"People are missing the point that, for the first time in the decade of Nick Saban's time in Tuscaloosa, they're having to replace the center, the tailback and the quarterback all in conjunction with each other," said Savage, a former NFL general manager. "That's a challenge when you subscribe to the philosophy of being strong down the middle.