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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 2260235, member: 837"]
I'm not sure it's that clean. I mean, IMO, this is a program that needs to be able to develop talent AND develop depth. To me, a redshirt year is important on both of these fronts for as many recruits as possible. I mean, obviously McNabb could have played as a true frosh but he was a guy who got better each year and stayed for five years (not sure that would happen today, but developmentally it certainly seemed to help him).

I don't know -- it's hard to say b/c it's a different era of college sports but I think this program's only chance to feel like it has a shot at loftier goals than say a Pinstripe Bowl appearance and 4th place finish in their division is by getting back to trying to get kids a year to develop before running them out on the field. That's not to say they couldn't play and contribute, but that it helps with their development.

Having said that, as was pointed out in an earlier post, even the best programs seem to be playing more true freshmen these days.
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