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The 2016 Alabama team was a coaching dysfunction away from being the greatest team in the Nick Saban era

All eyes will be on a bounce back season for Alabama and while its five national championship teams under Nick Saban were strong, yours truly of Touchdown Alabama Magazine covered arguably the most exciting group that did not win a national title ring. The defenses the Crimson Tide boasted in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015 were all great units. Each one provided something different to the table and victory was the common goal; however, the 2016 team was unique.

Covering this defense was the equivalent of touring with the Jackson Five, watching music groups like U2, Pearl Jam, Nirvana and AC/DC in their primes, and in all of this, opposition was rendered helpless.