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Alabama has to replace five starters from its front seven and three team captains that played on the defensive side of the football in Jonathan Allen, Reuben Foster and Eddie Jackson.
Players like Allen, Foster and Ryan Anderson had that edge to them that resonated throughout the locker room and onto the field that Saban is hoping to see out of its new leaders. That’s something that can be found -- and lost, as Saban has said this offseason.