Senior Bowl Executive Director Phil Savage appeared on Jox Radio’s “The Roundtable” to discuss the performance of Cooper Bateman at the Manning Passing Academy.

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It wouldn’t be an Alabama football offseason without a quarterback competition that carries right over into fall practice and this season for Tide fans will be no different.

Cooper Bateman, David Cornwell, Blake Barnett, and Jalen Hurts are the four Tide signal callers that are vying for the starting position when the Alabama football team comes out of the tunnel to take on the USC Trojans in Arlington, TX to kick off the 2016 season.

This past weekend, Bateman along with some other SEC quarterbacks participated in the Manning Passing Academy and Phil Savage from the Senior Bowl and Crimson Tide Sports Network appeared on “The Roundtable” on Monday to discuss their performances at the event.

As you already know, Alabama’s Jake Coker beat out Bateman last season for the starting job and many believe that Bateman may have a slight lead for the nod this season. If you factor in what Savage had to say on “The Roundtable”, the competition could be wide open.

According to Savage, Bateman had no trouble over the weekend completing short or intermediate passes but still struggled connecting with the long ball. Like Savage pointed out, that’s one of the reasons Coker got the starting job over Bateman. During the weekend competition, Savage said that Bateman’s passes over 25-yards started to fall apart. He believes that the decision to start Bateman will come down to if the Alabama coaching staff trusts Bateman to get the ball down the field.

You can listen to Savage’s comments on Bateman and other SEC quarterbacks by clicking the player or above or by going to the podcast website.