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Alabama isn’t Alabama anymore because Nick Saban retired. The other stuff probably plays a part but likely isn’t the biggest contributor to their step back to the pack.

Rashede Hageman was a mountain of a man and despite all of his physical gifts struggled his first few years at DT. Rashede is more physically gifted than Jaxon. Jaxon is listed at 250 and adding 20-30 lbs still puts him on the small side for a B1G. Rush end to DT is a big move. There’s likely...

It appears to be due to sheer volume as the have 18 portal additions but none are terribly highly rated.

He’s going to have to put 20-30 lbs on to do that. Also, I’m not sure Howard was really that stout against the run either. I assume if he “moved down” it would be from Rush end to DE. He’d probably only need to add 10-15 in that case.

It probably won’t happen but I hope it doesn’t just lead to Anthony Smith’s most valuable skill being wasted playing the interior too often. This team still needs to have at least two B1G caliber starting DTs.

The interesting thing is that it appear 3 of them play Rush end and only Anthony Smith is a DE. I wonder if Howard or Bush slide over to DE and put their hand in the dirt when Smith needs a break.

If these are anywhere near accurate and the Gophers were spending more than $1 million on Koi, they had far too much money allocated to a position that CFB obviously doesn’t value that highly.

There’s 13 guys listed on offense too. So the post is some sort of a depth chart/starting lineup hybrid.

This backs up my thought that safety and LB are the least valued positions on the field. Surprised at the value placed on interior OL though.

Not getting blown off the ball in the run game would be nice too.

If the Michigan State kid is any good, he probably ends up back at safety (or slot?).

I believe that’s where Ethan Robinson came from as well.

I’m guessing one of the guys listed as a safety plays the slot. Maybe Gousby given he played some CB this year?

Carrier getting PT would be huge. He seems like the heir apparent to Baranowski.

Don’t forget about Gousby at S. Adding a starting caliber OL, DT and potentially TE would be huge.

Times sure have changed since Maurice Clarett. Although given your points, the NCAA rules are probably more in danger than the NFL. There’s no CBA in college and it only takes one kid that isn’t good enough to play in the NFL but good enough to still play in the NCAA to challenge the...

Good points here but I wonder if the NFL rule could potentially be in jeopardy given the current atmosphere around sports.

Yeah, but those requirements are significantly higher and occur due to perceived decline in ability, competency, and safety etc. None of those things are true for an able bodied 22-24 year old. It’s an especially tough argument when they get pushed out of the NCAA and can go play in a pro...

Now that these players are getting paid, do they have a claim that their ability to earn should not be hindered by arbitrary eligibility rules? What other profession says you have to stop working here after x number of years even if you are still capable of performing the work?

It’s probably fair to say that none of them lived up to their potential while at MN. Debating whether they had varying degrees of minimal impact is probably futile.