The defensive unit from the 2009 title team opened the season amid comparisons to the 1992 championship squad. The current lineup led by All-American safety Mark Barron and linebacker Dont’a Hightower is fielding plenty of questions about whether it can measure up to the ‘09 champs — or maybe top them.
Hightower & Co. aren’t exactly dodging such talk.
“We can be great,” junior linebacker Nico Johnson said. “I honestly think we could be better than ‘09 defense. We’ve still got a lot of work to do, but I seriously think that.”
The Tide returns 10 starters — eight more than last year — from a defense that ranked third nationally in scoring defense and fifth in total yards allowed despite that inexperience.
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