Alabama is thin in the secondary and is getting thinner due to an injury to the defensive back DeVonta Smith in the first half against Tennessee.

Smith was struck and received medical treatment on the sidelines. The ABC broadcast team provided updates on him and another defender during the game.

“Alabama defensive lineman DeVonta Smith was riding the exercise bike in visible pain,” the sideline reporter said Molly McGrath said. “The athletics training staff took him to the medical tent. He's still in there. He spent a lot of time getting his right hamstring massaged and taking care of it. I was told Smith and DB Red Morgan It is questionable whether both will return, and Kalen DeBoer emphasized to us that their secondary school was already thin. And it’s getting thinner, folks.”

Alabama was leading Tennessee 7-0 when McGrath covered DeVonta Smith on the side.

Nevertheless, not everything went smoothly for the Crimson Tide at quarterback in the early stages Jalen Milroe Looks a bit rusty at the start of the game.

Kalen DeBoer talks about Jalen Milroe's interception

Until the first quarter of Third Saturday in October Matchup between Alabama And TennesseeThe quarterback play was up and down for both teams. But Jalen Milroe had one of the more costly plays on an interception at the goal line, and Kalen DeBoer addressed the conversation between the two.

Milroe's pass was intercepted in the end zone by Jermod McCoy as Alabama attempted to score the game's first touchdown. It was the Alabama QB's fifth interception of the season and the game remained scoreless.

DeBoer's message, however, was simple. He wanted Milroe to keep playing his game and focus on the task at hand instead of worrying too much about the interception.

“Exactly the things we always talk about as far as ball placement, decision making and things like that,” DeBoer told ABC Molly McGrath. “We just have to keep playing ball, keep playing ball. Each piece is its own piece.”

On3's Nick Schultz also contributed to this report.