Will Anderson is just days away to the start of his future.

On Tuesday, during an appearance on ESPN’s “First Take,” the former Alabama star took some time to look back at his time in Tuscaloosa.

Stephen A. Smith asked Anderson, expected to be a top-5 draft pick, to break down how it all went wrong for Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide in games against Tennessee and LSU.

In October, after a 15-year losing streak to Alabama, Tennessee snapped the stream when Chase McGrath made a 40-yard field goal as time expired to give No. 6 Tennessee a 52-49 victory over No. 3 Alabama.

“The Tennessee game, that was just one of those rough games, you know, where it was different, you know what I’m saying,” Anderson said Tuesday. “We just had to do a lot better job executing a lot of stuff on the defensive side of the ball and just locking in.”

Still, as dramatic as that game was, nothing prepared Anderson for the hurt of losing to LSU.

Less than a month after the loss to Tennessee, Alabama faces Jayden Daniels, who ran for 25-yard touchdown in overtime, then found Mason Taylor for a do-or-die 2-point conversion, and 15th-ranked LSU defeated No. 6 Alabama 32-31.

“But the LSU game, I think that’s the one that hurts more than any other game I lost, just because I felt like the preparation was so good,” he said. “Everybody was on time, doing everything that we needed to do at practice. We didn’t have any re-starts. Practice was going smooth. That was just a really great week for us. I think, for the leaders, it just hurt us so bad, because what more could we have done? You know what I’m saying. That loss right there, it just comes down to locking in at the last play and everyone doing their job. We just had to cut down on the mental errors last year.”

In addition, Smith and Anderson had some quick takes on the show:

Favorite home-cooked meal

Smith: Lasagna

Anderson: Sunday dinner with turkey leg, collard greens, mac and cheese, yams and cornbread

Best coach of all time

Smith: Saban

Anderson: Saban

One word to describe Saban

Smith: Thorough

Anderson: Discipline

R&B or Rap?

Smith: R&B

Anderson: R&B

Favorite rapper of all time

Smith Jay-Z

Anderson: Drake

Movie night or game night

Smith: Movie night

Anderson: Game night (cards)

Favorite movie

Smith Gladiator

Anderson: Transformers

Best athletes come from which state?

Anderson: Georgia

Smith: Georgia

Jordan or LeBron?

Smith: Jordan

Anderson: Jordan

Bryce Young or Tom Brady?

Anderson: “I’m taking Bryce Young. I played with him, so.”

Smith: “You gonna say Bryce Young over Tom Brady? Tom Brady that just retired at 45 with 7 Super Bowl titles? Behind a dude that hasn’t played in the NFL one game yet? Is that what you are doing, Will? Come on, man.”

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.