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Why one of LSU football’s strengths in 2019 should have been a weakness

LSU football OL Saahdiq Charles (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)

LSU football’s offensive line was one of the team’s strengths in 2019.

LSU football‘s offensive line was a liability in 2018, but it turned into one of the team’s strengths in 2019.

Tigers fans can thank offensive line coach James Cregg for the turnaround.

Cregg joined Ed Orgeron’s staff in 2018. He immediately went to work changing the approach of the offensive line, focusing on the chemistry between the group.

In 2019, Cregg won the Joe Moore Award for the nation’s best offensive line coach after leading a unit that went from having the No.