I suppose we do, because in the game I watched, the defense couldn't get off the field against Miss. State. Miss. State shortened the game with long clock eating drives.
To that point, Alabama had the ball 21 minutes to Miss. State's nearly 39 minutes. But wait, was Alabama's offense kept in check while Miss. State ran all over Alabama? Not really, Alabama had 19 first downs and Miss. State had 22. Alabama actually not only outscored Miss. State, but they out-gained them by over 100 yards. This was actually a very efficient Alabama offense, they scored and moved the ball well in the short window they had it. 31 points and 444 yards in 21 minutes of possession time is fantastic. Miss. State managed to put Alabama's backs against the wall, simply by slow, plodding, clock eating drives. Managing to stretch 330 yards over nearly 39 minutes of possession is also a remarkable feat. What this did though was make Alabama's margin of error very low, thus any major mistakes would have lost the game for Alabama.
As to Tua and what could or would have happened, we all saw what could have happened. We saw a tremendously talented but also inexperienced and mistake prone quarterback. That's just reality, yes more talented than Jalen, yes capable of more, but this is also the guy who got yanked twice from games because he wasn't able to manage the offense correctly. That's the sort of thing you expect from a true freshman. Now logically at some point those things would have smoothed themselves out, but during what stretch of games would those growing pains not pose a risk?