Previewing the 2023 Alabama football defense: Can newcomers merge with veterans?

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Will 'joyless murderball' return to Alabama football in 2023? The defense should help answer that question.

It held opponents under 21 points eight different times, completing two shutouts over non-conference foes. But road lapses at Tennessee and at LSU helped sink the season. Alabama was 13th in total defense nationally, 10th in preventing third-down conversions and tied for 105th in turnovers forced .

“This process is built – and it started in ‘07. I was here. It hasn’t gone anywhere, it really hasn’t. Obviously, offensive football has changed. It’s harder on defense right now at this present time than maybe it’s been in a long, long time. But the process is the process, and that’s the things I talked about earlier in terms of physical and mental toughness, relentless effort, dominate your opponent and do your job. It’s just simple principles.

On the defensive line, Jaheim Oatis is expected to build off a strong freshman campaign as a pair of starters departed. Justin Eboigbe will hopefully stay healthy and participate in more than four games. He and Tim Smith. Redshirt junior Jah-Marien Latham and a set of former four- and five-star recruits provide plenty of depth. The riser in camp has been second-year player Tim Keenan III. After getting in better shape, Saban said this week Keenan was “playing like a starter.

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