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You literally misread everything i posted. I said 7DB's is doable but 8DB's is asking for trouble down the line so the whole paragraph you wrote is pointless. Comparing DB"s to the QB position is dumb. It's been reported over 65% of P5 QB commits end up transferring from their original school so the position is recruited entirely different than every other position.
Also Michael Jackson is NOT getting pushed out.
I said SHOULD not be on the team. I have no way of knowing, nor do you. And those guys leaving could be as simple as seeing this 2018 DB class we have assembled and wanting to transfer so they will get PT. So its not neccessarily being PUSHED out, as much as just leaving. Again 8 is fine. Obviously its too much every year. And if you do it often its not good. But you clearly have not been actually looking at who we have at DB. Also you completely assume they will all be leaving at the same time, which would cause problems. But again, You don't know how many are going to redshirt. You don't know if any would declare for the draft early (and I certainly would expect one or two to) You really don't know. These things typically have a way of working themselves out. But what is non-debateable is that these 8 guys we've been talking about are all worth the scholarship. They are all better than Henderson/Edwards last class. And most likely they are all better than most of the 2019 guys. This is an elite 2018 DB year. So we should take as many as we can given our depth chart at the position isn't too good for the future.
You're taking away spots from DT/TE/RB/OT. All of which need way more help than we need an 8th DB. Period. Everyone who tries to justify taking 8 DB's says "things will work themselves out" which is essentially admitting that you're taking 8 guys just to take 8 guys and it's almost assured some will leave for one reason or another. DT and OT in general are position where kids need more time to develop than DB so adding them to this class is paramount. We can't continue to rely on freshman lineman to plug holes in our depth chart.
Dude we got 5 OL last class. Getting 4 OL this class is a lot, so I don't know what your talking about. It's not like I said only get 2 OL. I said get 4. And you never really get more than 5 in a class. So sure maybe we get 5 in this class. But we wont be rejecting a guy like Tyreke for that extra lineman.
At DL is said 5! what more do you want. I really don't get it dude. We're only losing 3 to graduation. So if anything 5 DL might be a little overkill. But I personally want 2 DE's every class and 2 DTs every class. But this yr I think we need 3 DTs.
And RB we are getting 2. So again, what the **** are you talking about. How many do you want? 4? If 2 top RB is Lingard and Davis doesn't make you happy Idk what to tell you. You're talking about overloading at DB which has 5 positions, yet you want us to take more than 2 RBs in a yr? are you joking.
Honestly TE is the only reasonable position you are talking about "taking spots away from" but even that i specifically mentioned we might get 2.
So try again.
If you're happy with Burns and Gray being our 4th and 5 options at RB next year there is really no sense in arguing with you. We're losing 3 DL to graduation but potentially 2-3 more for early NFL considerations. So again you're way off.
We're way closer to having Burns and Gray getting reps than we'll ever be to having our 16th DB see the field.
Burns' only problem is injuries. So, yeah I am happy with having him as a 4th RB. And the 5th RB is never used, so I'd be more than okay with Gray being that guy.
2018: Homer, Lingard, Davis, Burns, Gray is a quality backfield.
Then in 2019 we sign another 2 RBs.
Plus Deejay Dallas is essentially an athlete and will play WR or DB depending on how he is needed, and imo can definitely play RB if we need the depth.
two RBs this year is definitely enough. We don't NEED 3 this yr, especially when the 2019 class has some really good backs.
Thats what yall not understanding. if the class is absolutely stacked at a position you load up. We're getting 7 or 8 DBs this yr.