State has 5 in the NFL top 100...

[dawgstudent]

That is just unreal to think about.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Without looking. Dak, Chris Jones, Preston Smith, McKinney, and Gabe Jackson?

If so, you could have 8 or 9 when Elgin Jenkins, Jeffrey Simmons, Minutes Sweat and Jonathan Abrams have a good season this year.

 

[Shamoan]

Might put slay in there over maybe Jackson, considering he was hurt much of last season

 

[SirBarksalot]

That is just unreal to think about.

feel,goood don’t it young son.

 

[dawgstudent]

Slay and Cox replacing McKinney and Gabe Jackson.

So Dak, Chris Jones, P Smith, Cox and Slay.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Can't believe I forgot Cox.... Sheesh. Make it 10 next year.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

That is just unreal to think about.

Yet some people will always default to the Mullen couldn’t recruit narrative when his name comes up.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

K J Wright has been underrated his whole career.... I think K J and Russell Wilson are the only remaining players on Seahawks roster from their Super Bowl.

 

[oxfordrebel22]

Yet some people will always default to the Mullen couldn’t recruit narrative when his name comes up.

Mullen and his staff did an incredible job of evaluations and development. In fact, I think it hurt him later in his career, because he continued to go that route and rarely pursued blue-chip prospects, despite having the track record to get in the game with some of them then.

As crazy as it is to say, when you look back at his tenure, you could argue he underachieved a little. He had some really talented teams, but couldn’t get over that proverbial hump (of course when that hump is Alabama and LSU, it’s tough).

Think of all the 5* DL Saban has recruited at Alabama. And they still don’t have a duo in the NFL that anyone would take over Fletcher Cox and Chris Jones. Monsters.

That’s what will be interesting about Leach and staff.. can they identify those Chris Jones and Bernardrick McKinney’s and keep the defense loaded with talent? If so, look out. But there’s just no track record there, yet, to say yes or no. Because he’s never been somewhere where he had that opportunity.

 

[dawgstudent]

Add what we think Jeffrey Simmons will be plus Preston Smith.

And like what someone said in a group text, we had Chris Jones and Preston Smith playing 1/2 snaps in 2014 (1A and 1B)

 

[jethreauxdawg]

But they played some of the critical 3rd downs!

And like what someone said in a group text, we had Chris Jones and Preston Smith playing 1/2 snaps in 2014 (1A and 1B)

That was Collins, right? What an idiot. Almost cost us that Kentucky game. Every time we’d be about to take the upper hand, we’d put in 1B and give up a huge momentum building play.

 

[fishwater99]

Top 20 School, let's finish that way now.

 

[HotMop]

Without looking. Dak, Chris Jones, Preston Smith, McKinney, and Gabe Jackson?

If so, you could have 8 or 9 when Elgin Jenkins, Jeffrey Simmons, Minutes Sweat and Jonathan Abrams have a good season this year.

I'm sure someone has already said it but you missed Big Play Slay.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

I don’t think that was Collins. That was Mullen. He was trying to reinvent the coaching wheel. Remember, Collins left asap that season.

 

[mcdawg22]

Top 20 School, let's finish that way now.

I’ll admit it, I laughed.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Mullen would start job hunting every year 3/4 thru the season and disengage...

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Maybe so, but we never did it before or after, and Mullen wasn’t exactly one to change his mind easily.

 

[DoggieDaddy13]

Seriously, Cox and Slay should be in the Top 100.

 

[DoggieDaddy13]

Nevermind, Slay is 92. and Cox is 73