The defensive backs might be the best in the country. The wide receivers could be the best the University of Alabama has had under Nick Saban.
Battles in the trenches have long been the main course of Alabama’s practices, but the players on the outside have the chance to provide meat-and-potatoes matchups this season. Wide receivers Calvin Ridley, ArDarius Stewart and Robert Foster are all among the offense’s most experienced skill players.
“Anytime they put in another receiver, you just know this guy is just as good as the one that just walked on,” cornerback Marlon Humphrey said.