Everyone is dying to know how Nick Saban plans to use freshman QB Tua Tagovailoa this season.

Saban has been rather mum on the subject until Wednesday at SEC Media Days. Although he’s maintained there is no controversy at QB between Tagovailoa and reigning SEC Offensive Player of the Year Jalen Hurts, he did finally address Tagovailoa specifically.

“Look, we have totally faith, trust and confidence in the quarterbacks that we have, but we want to develop every player on our team,” Saban said. “And Tua has a lot of potential and we want to continue to develop him. If we feel like he can play winning football, I think it’s important for us to allow him to do that so that if he gets in a situation where he needs to play, he’s going to be able to play winning football. And part of that development is the need to play in games.”

Just reading into Saban’s comments, it sure seems like he is open for Tagovailoa to play this season in some facet. How big of a role is yet to be determined.

Tagovailoa had a phenomenal spring game — throwing for 313 yards and three touchdowns, and that got people talking; however, it’s easy to dismiss what Hurts has accomplished in his short time, too. Anything Tagovailoa can do, Hurts can do better, at least right now, and with more experience.

I’m in agreement with Alabama’s color analyst and Senior Bowl Executive Director Phil Savage that the only way Tua is named the starter is if Hurts is a complete flop this year.

“Only way I see Tua becoming the starter is if Jalen plays his way out of the position, and I don’t see that,” Savage said Monday.

Unless there’s an unforeseen injury, it’s hard to see a scenario in which Hurts has a huge sophomore slump.