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Liberties taken:
a) went ahead and moved Diggs to Safety. Other DB shifts likely as well...
b) moved Hawkins to C and Harrison into starting tackle. He may share time with Estelle.
c) still showing D.J. Grant coming back, but that is uncertain, as he may/may not take available medical redshirt year.
d) left Edmond as clear starter at MLB, because he is best true MLB regardless of his troubles in his first full season.
Observations & opinions:
1) OL pipeline looks to be finally fixed. It will be broken again if we don't get at least 3 more '13-'14 recruits.
2) We are about to enjoy our best 3 season run of talent in a long tiime. I said "talent", not coaching...
3) DL pipeline is developing a real problem. We have 3 DL for the 2016-17 graduating classes.
4) We could have 15-25 guys make NFL rosters in the next 3 years.
5) We peak in '14 and '15, although we'll be breaking in a new QB in '15.
a)Don't see Diggs moving to fulltime safety. I could see him taking over Vaccaro's nickel/eraser role in dime and nickel though, which we will see a lot of.
b) Don't see Hawkins going to center instead of Hopkins, but anything goes once Harrison gets to school over the summer and Searels is looking for the best 5, so its possible.
d) Your guess is as good as mine as to LB, Edmond showed a lot of weakness and holes in his game, but every other linebacker had their own weaknesses. If I had to pick 3 LBs to roll with though, it'd be Jackson, Thompson, and Jinkens.
3) I agree. The coaches must be a lot higher on Boyette and Norman than I am to spend 2013 chasing RBs, QBs, and WRs and completely ignore DT and DE outside of Robinson.
An Updated Look at 5yr Pipeline...