Could Bama beat an NFL team?
It's a question bored people routinely ask, usually in the absence of football. The answer is objectively, no. It's a resounding no even if you pick all-timers.
The vaunted 2001 Miami Hurricanes would get their doors blown off by the 2008 Detroit Lions who went 0-16. It would not be close, either. Miami would trot out its defensive line, which was college-aged Andrew Williams, Matt Walters, William Joseph and Jerome McDougle (who would all go on to start in three NFL games, combined) matching up against Detroit's starting offensive line which in 2008 from left to right was drafted in the 1st, 4th, 2nd, 3rd, and 1st rounds.