This is the first in a series that will describe this year’s embarrassment of riches at certain positions. This article talks about the offensive line and why even though the Tide lost two big cogs in the wheel to the NFL, this year’s line might even be better.
Jonah Williams went in the first round to the NFL from Alabama’s left tackle spot and while that would be a terrible loss for most teams, Alabama slides in Alex Leatherwood who played guard and backup tackle for the Tide. How could he be better? When he was forced to take over the left tackle spot when Jonah Williams went down in 2017’s national championship game, Leatherwood came in and did a better job in the second half than Williams did in the first half.