Saban admires Milroe’s development: ‘Doing a lot better’

• Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterOct 9, 2023, 02:18 PM ET

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  • in 2012.
  • Graduate of Auburn University.Following Jalen Milroe

‘s finest performance in an Alabama uniform against Texas A&M on Saturday, coach Nick Saban applauded the sophomore quarterback’s ability to grow every game this season.”The huge thing we have actually tried to get him to comprehend is you have to keep playing the next play,” Saban said Monday.”There’s not always going to be ideal plays, however whatever happened on the last play is a discovering experience.”Milroe had a hard time to get better from frustration early in his time as a starter after taking over for Bryce Young, who left for the NFL after last season and was the No. 1 total draft pick of the Carolina Panthers.Editor’s Picks 2 Related After throwing two interceptions in a loss to Texas during the second game of the season, Saban benched Milroe, a redshirt sophomore from Texas.But after not playing at all versus South Florida, Milroe returned to the starting lineup and has actually considering that scored six goals(four passing, two hurrying )and tossed

2 interceptions in 3 games.Alabama (5-1, 3-0 SEC ), on the other hand, is riding a three-game winning streak and finds itself atop the SEC West.On Saturday, Milroe tossed for a career high 321 yards and 3 touchdowns

in the 26-20 victory versus the Aggies.” You can not permit one play to impact the next play,”Saban stated.”And that’s something he

‘s found out and is doing a lot better, remaining a lot more positive on the sidelines, communicating well with his colleagues and coaches in terms of what he saw, what he didn’t see, what he requires to do to get it fixed. So that’s something that comes a little bit with experience. However I also think it includes awareness, and I think we’re making good progress in both locations.”Alabama will host Arkansas (2-4, 0-3 SEC )on Saturday in Tuscaloosa.”The greatest thing we want to concentrate on is to develop on the positives of the good ideas our team did in the last game– competitive spirit, did a lot of good ideas in regards to being able to pass the ball successfully, make some explosive plays, defense did

a respectable job for the many part, “Saban said. “So, undoubtedly, there’s things we need to deal with, and we want to be positive about how we fix those things in the future so we can continue to progress as a team.” Arkansas is really a great group. They have actually had some really tough games, some really close losses. But they’ve scored a lot of points. KJ Jefferson is a truly good, big-time quarterback– big guy, tough to sack, can run, really skilled arm. [Coach Sam Pittman]

does a great task with these guys with their capability to run the ball, whether it’s quarterback runs or whatever. “