A lot can change this summer, but it sounds like Alabama coach Nick Saban is perfectly content with letting his quarterback situation play out all the way into next season.

Sophomore AJ McCarron and redshirt freshman Phillip Sims ended the spring in a dead heat.

"Until somebody separates, I have no problem [playing two quarterbacks going into the season]. I really don't," Saban said Wednesday. "I like both guys. I have confidence in both guys. We have confidence in both guys, and I think our players do."

Saban said this summer will be critical for both guys, especially since neither has proven himself in a meaningful SEC situation.

"One guy [Sims] hasn’t played at all in terms of college experience. The other has as a backup player," Saban said. "It’s important that those guys continue to develop the kind of knowledge, experience and confidence in doing their job, as well as instill confidence in the people around them that they can trust and respect them and believe that we can execute with those guys.

"How that all develops will be a real key to how far we can go as an offensive team next year."

Ultimately, though, it's going to come down to who gets it done when it counts -- on Saturdays.

"I think the key to it is going to be how these guys play when the fur flies and that’s when the games come," Saban said.