There hasn’t been a more criticized position in the Nick Saban era than the kickers, especially in the last couple of season. Last year, the crimson tide really struggled capitalizing on kicks and even extra points throughout the entire season.
Not to mention one of the biggest bruises of Saban’s time at Alabama came at the cost of a missed kick.
These past hardships would make it easy to criticize freshman kicker/punter Will Reichard’s 0/2 performance yesterday. Although he did miss his only two field goal attempts, the first one came at 49 yards and the second at 48 yards.