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Message: [QUOTE="tep624, post: 5617431, member: 430"] Well let’s look at who left skill position wise: QB - Collins, Carney, Williams - none of these 3 were going to be contributors here moving forward for, quite frankly, different reasons. What is success for us here? I think a starter quality QB and a quality backup QB to go along with incoming Lott (Fr) and returning Angeli would be the way to the A+ here RB - Willis, Hart, James - Willis definitely would have been in the rotation and probably had a leg up on being the #1 next year even with his limitations and trips to the doghouse. Hart/James were not going to be significant contributors. If we can land a starter quality RB out of the portal to go along with our existing depth chart, that’s the way to the A+ here. We only had 1 Fr in the 2026 class incoming (Anderson), to go along with Hill and Coleman. I think we need 2 portal RB’s with one starter capable at a minimum. Nixon is trying to get a waiver for another year but we can’t count on that. WR - Cook, Gill, Ross, Hatcher, Hornsby - I think it’s hard to really say who the probable starters would be heading into next season. We have some very high end talent coming in with this incoming class (Russell, Gough, JUCO Merriweather and 2-3 others) plus Boobie Johnson from last class who looked great before he got injured. I could see maybe a value add or a flyer here but with the number of WR’s in the incoming class at least from a numbers perspective we should be covered. I’d say 1 value add here for depth / veteran leadership would be the path to the A+. I just don’t see this position as critical for bodies as some others. Of the other 16 portal entries, most were rotational players at best for this season and I think with the strong probability of multiple 2 deep quality players coming in from Toledo on the defensive side, we should be able to upgrade. But we really need to add a couple of impact players on both the OL and DL to make me feel really good about the portal effort. [/QUOTE]

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