Greenwood wears black jersey at practice

October 02, 2007

By Ken Rogers

Alabama defensive end Bobby Greenwood was at practice, but in a black (no-contact) jersey. Greenwood alternately walked and jogged the sidelines during a part of Tuesday’s workout.
Tide head coach Nick Saban said Greenwood was “very questionable” for Saturday’s game against Houston. Saban said Brandon Deaderick would play in place of Greenwood.
It’s another tough position for Alabama in terms of depth.
“We rotate three guys. Bobby plays both ends,“ Saban said. “Some of the younger guys are going to have to sub out and play a little bit more in this game, although we’ll be in sub a lot in this game probably-they’re probably 80%—three wide receivers or four wide receivers in the game.“
The injury kept Saban from fully celebrating the return of nose tackle Brian Motley, who had knee surgery the week before the season opener.
“He worked extremely hard to get back,“ Saban said of Motley. “He’s got good leverage. He’s got good lower body explosion. He’s got good quickness. He’s smart. And he’s certainly a guy that we welcome back and we need to come back.
“We’d like to get to where we had our five guys that we feel that are all kind of starters for us up front in a normal rotation, and as soon as we got Motley back, we lost Bobby Greenwood. So depth at that position has been critical for us all year.“