On a pleasant afternoon in Tuscaloosa, preparations continued for Saturday’s trip to Texas A&M. It was a nice 78 degrees and sunny when Alabama took the field.

A few notes from the media viewing period:

-- It was clear Alabama is cautious of Aggie QB Kellen Mond’s speed to get to the corner. The front four of the defense was doing a drill we hadn’t seen before using two scout-team players running to the break the contain and get to the edge. Senior walk-on Jalen Jackson got most of those reps playing Mond, sprinting over and over to the edge. When it was over, he was beyond gassed.

-- Looking at the offensive line, Landon Dickerson remains taking the first-team reps at center with starter Chris Owens questionable for Saturday. Freshman Darian Dalcourt was the second-team center.

-- Deonte Brown is back in the starting group at right guard in the position occupied by Dickerson before he slid over. Brown was a starter last year who was suspended the first four games of this season. (Corrected from earlier version that stated Brown was at tackle).

-- It looked like Henry Ruggs was moving well after leaving the Ole Miss game with a hip pointer. He was leading the receivers line in one of the drills, sprinting to the middle of the field to make a catch. Ruggs was limited in practice last week.

-- D.J. Dale also looked healthy working with the first group on the defensive line. He was also limited in the open week.

-- The first group on the defensive front was Dale in the middle, flanked by ends Raekwon Davis and freshman Byron Young. It was the second time Young was with the first group after being spotted there Monday too.

-- Justin Eboigbe, the starter in the past two games, is on the second team along with Phidarian Mathis and Tevita Musika. The third wave included Christian Barmore, Braylen Ingraham and Stephon Wynn.

Michael Casagrande is an Alabama beat writer for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande or on Facebook.