Last season Alabama scored enough points to easily win the national championship they never got the chance to play for. The reason they didn’t even get a shot to play for it simple, the defense gave up way too many points. For all the good the defense has done in the Nick Saban era, last year was the low mark in terms of production and keeping points off the board.
Injuries were the biggest part of the problem, new coaches may have been another. But now folks are feeling confident that these problems are in the rear view mirror as the defense certainly seems to be shaping up again.