There are two parallel, 2021 season beliefs held by Alabama Football fans. One is the Alabama Crimson Tide defense will be better in 2021. The other is the Tide’s offense under Bill O-Brien will not be as explosive.
The two assumptions are optimistically symmetrical. As in, whatever the Tide lacks in offensive production will be, at worst, neutralized by a stingier defense.
And that may well be exactly how the 2021 Alabama Football season plays out. But if things go differently, and the offense produces far less than its 48.5 points average from last season, how many points can a better defense lower its total from 19.