Head coach Nick Saban said Wednesday that the availability of linebacker C.J. Mosley for the road game with the Gators will not be known until shortly before kickoff. The Birmingham News notes that Mosley did not participate in drills that were open to the media yesterday, which obviously lends to the uncertainty surrounding the sophomore’s status.
“C.J. Mosley has done very little and probably is still questionable for the game,” Saban said, “but probably will be more of a game-time decision on what his situation is.”
Mosley suffered an injury to his elbow in the first quarter of the Tide’s win over Arkansas Saturday and spent the rest of the game on the sidelines with his arm in a sling. Saban and his coaching staff were forced to use multiple players to replace Mosley in that game due to his role in numerous packages. Come Saturday if Mosley can’t play, multiple players will be forced to step up yet again.
“Pretty much so,” Saban said when asked if it would again take more than one individual to replace Mosley.
“He played in all the groups and it will affect the roles in how we play players, who plays and what he can do. So it creates some opportunities for some other guys that we feel pretty confident can do a good job for us. C.J., in the role he plays, really does a good job. He’s a hard guy to replace. But we feel we have some guys who have played a lot that can fill in and do a good job for us as well.”
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