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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 19825, member: 837"]
Yeah, I agree on the playmakers part and hope he is able to bring in a big time RB. I think the issue we have in this regard is that playmakers on offense are among the toughest players to recruit, IMO. I'd rank them (in ascending order):

[B]3. Offensive Line[/B]
Tough to project since kids generally have to turn fat into muscle and make big strides in technique. Not number 1 b/c numbers are the key -- throw a bunch of stuff against he wall and see what sticks

[B]2. Offensive difference-makers[/B]
It's not that you can't find a quality QB, a quality RB or a quality WR, but I just think that subtle difference between a solid or pretty good player and a great player is what's hard to find. I like Lemon, I like Chew, I like Nassib and I like Bailey -- none of them are keeping opposing DCs up at night. The guy with the best chance of being this type of player could be Gulley, but I'm not sure that's happening this year. To GRob's credit, by the way, Taj Smith, Mike Williams and DC3 were a pretty impressive collection of offensive difference makers.

[B]1. Defensive tackles[/B]
The thing basically no high school kids have that go somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 pounds is first-step, short-area quickness. So this is an area you can recruit in terms of getting guys capable of filling up space and playing some halfway decent football, but it's really tough to find guys who are difference makers here (though it's not impossible -- we had one with Art Jones, BC did with Raji). Most of those kids end up with the big boys.
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