Games like this bring perspective to Quinnen Williams.

Alabama's starting nose tackle had a few things to say after the Crimson Tide allowed 405 yards of offense in a 65-31 win over Arkansas.

"Everybody makes mistakes," he said. "We're not perfect. We're Alabama but we're not perfect."

The big numbers for Arkansas served as something of a wake-up call for this young Alabama defense. It didn't cost a victory or any real danger of one. The Hogs never got closer than 14 after the Tide went up 21-0.

Nick Saban made a point to say Alabama was "going to play a lot better offensive teams" than the Razorbacks, the nation's 108th-best in terms of yardage before Saturday.

"We needed this for real because we made a lot of mistakes," Williams said. "We needed to see what happens when we're playing Clemson or the Big Four schools like LSU. We make 30 mistakes a game and they can capitalize on that and it doesn't look like this. It looks good when you see (65-31) but if you go back and look and see all the mistakes Alabama made and all the things Alabama don't do, all the big runs Alabama gave up today, it doesn't look good."

Alabama safety Deionte Thompson took some of the blame for communication in the secondary.

"We did not play to Alabama's standard today," he said solemnly after the game.

Williams put it on the defensive line.

"Everything starts up front so me, Raekwon Davis and Isaiah Buggs really have to take the initiative to get this defense together," he said, "get everyone on the same page and everybody on the same attitude."

It was got a little frustrating at times Saturday.

"We knew we were messing up and we were giving them yards and giving them points and stuff like that," Williams said. "I got kind of frustrating towards the end when we know we keep messing up on the same stuff. Having the counter come around, we have to close hard and swipe over and stuff like that. It got frustrating in the end that we kept messing up on the same stuff we knew we were messing up on."

Arkansas did some real damage with the tight ends and running backs in the passing game. They accounted for 13 of the Hogs' 26 receptions and Williams knows other teams will see that.

"We know we're getting it again because they really thrived on it. The middle screen where the tight end came around the middle, they really thrived on that so we know we're going to get that again."

Read more on Alabama's defense Sunday morning on AL.com.