Former Alabama LB has one message for the Crimson Tide going forward

Originally posted on Touchdown Alabama Magazine
By Stephen M. Smith | Last updated 11/8/22

Alabama head coach Nick Saban wants the program to get better, but it starts with him.

The seven-time national champion looks to improve all areas to finish the season strong, but one of his former players wants him to focus on one thing in particular. Tim Williams, a native of Baton Rouge, La., came to the University of Alabama in its 2013 recruiting class. He has been one of the most vocal players on Twitter about how the defense must return to what it once was.

Williams said Saban went out and found quarterbacks in the last three years.

However, he said Alabama’s focus was defense during his tenure, and it did not need a five-star quarterback. Williams, who played on three Southeastern Conference Championship teams and the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship team, is not a fan of what the Tide is doing now. He sees what Kirby Smart is doing at Georgia and wants his Alma mater to return to that dominant mindset. Williams desires to have a defense strike fear in the hearts of opposing coaches and teams again.

He became an elite pass rusher for Alabama in his final two seasons. Williams totaled 19.5 sacks, 28.5 tackles for loss, and 16 quarterbacks combined for 2015 and 2016. He was an enforcer on the Crimson Tide’s entertaining defense in 2016.

We will see how a two-loss Alabama team fares against Ole Miss this weekend.

This article first appeared on Touchdown Alabama Magazine and was syndicated with permission.

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