"Lester was a tackle for a long time," Saban said of Cotton, who played primarily tackle last season before beginning to focus on guard this past spring. "We tried to make him a guard. The development has been maybe not as quickly as we'd like. So in order to try and get the best five players on the field, we moved some other players and did some experimenting. Kirven has done a really good job, and so did the other guys that played the position.
I actually thought Cotton had been doing a good job.