Off the top of my head: Outland Trophy winner Mo Elewonibi (3rd round)

Oct 21, 2021
6:46:49pm

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John Tait (1st round), Eric Bateman (5th round), Eli Herring (6th round, but declined to play in NFL), Trevor Matich (1st round, 12 years in NFL), Nick Eyre (4th round).

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Time

Our o-line struggles

nova_coug_fan

10/21/21 10:36am

Hard to say at this point. Some possible red flags regarding Funk, but they may

BYUtka

10/21/21 10:39am

There isn't very much depth

HiLife

10/21/21 10:43am

This.

Benfica1

10/21/21 10:57am

RE: There isn't very much depth

TheLost

10/21/21 10:58am

I think that the depth issue will work itself out

HiLife

10/21/21 11:05am

One has already been announced, the transfer from USU.

kudzucoug

10/21/21 2:59pm

yea... but..

TheLost

10/21/21 3:13pm

That's where we may end up missing Grimes and Mateos.

wilsdad

10/22/21 6:37am

Funk is fine. It takes time to develop players. We lost 3 NFL prospects. Rebuild

Cougarbib

10/22/21 10:37am

RE: Funk is fine. It takes time to develop players. We lost 3 NFL prospects.

TheLost

10/22/21 10:47am

So how is the one Snow guy Mateos got doing this year? We have a lot of young

Cougarbib

10/21/21 5:15pm

I'm really not looking to point fingers

nova_coug_fan

10/21/21 11:11am

Speaking of Roger French

nova_coug_fan

10/21/21 11:16am

Facts can be a nasty subject....

Traveller 1968

10/21/21 12:13pm

Holy cow!

BYU313

10/21/21 1:56pm

IMO exceptional line play was one of the biggest factors in BYU being so good

cougarfan84

10/21/21 2:03pm

SoS was an even bigger factor, but yes, trenches.

Cougarbib

10/21/21 5:19pm

RE: SoS was an even bigger factor, but yes, trenches.

akbarishiwatsu

10/22/21 10:31am

Not what I said. SOS made us look even better than we were. We were very good,

Cougarbib

10/22/21 10:49am

There were twice as many draft rounds in the 1980s

Dr T-bone

10/21/21 4:00pm

Nice catch.

Cougarbib

10/21/21 5:20pm

Name them. Shocking number.

Cougarbib

10/21/21 5:17pm

Off the top of my head: Outland Trophy winner Mo Elewonibi (3rd round)

HiLife

10/21/21 6:46pm

A few more

AZ Coug

10/21/21 7:46pm

Here is the news article claiming 40 NFL players

nova_coug_fan

10/21/21 7:46pm

Can't believe folks didn't name John Tait right out of the gate..

CLCougar

10/22/21 8:15am

It will be a very interesting year for the transfer portal. With BYU becoming

deljdc

10/22/21 6:02am

The PFF grades for everybody from about 1-8 are pretty solid. Run blocking being the biggest issue....but hopefully that

mokelembembe

10/21/21 10:56am

Grimes would've struggled this year too if we had the same injuries

Rat

10/21/21 1:15pm

I hear Mark Weber is looking for a job....

cougarfan84

10/21/21 2:02pm

I don't know - look at Baylor's O-line last year compared to this year.

slccoug

10/21/21 3:21pm

In favor of who? You think Grimes is returning? Hahah

Soupie

10/21/21 10:27pm

Only thing is, when Grimes left the first time it was 2006 and we continued to…

icecougar

10/21/21 4:13pm

We have some good potential players who are young but not ready or on missions

scott715

10/21/21 4:28pm

I think 3 guys from last year went to the nlf. That hurts.

boctabulous

10/21/21 4:53pm

Grimes is one of the best OL coaches in the country over the past 25 years or so

Cougarbib

10/21/21 5:10pm

This is the one area where I would focus most energy and resources, line play.

canofpicante

10/21/21 5:22pm

They dominated several games when at full strength early this season, lost guys to NFL & graduation. Is it any wonder

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