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We have literally sent the best LB ever and another top 5 LB ever to the NFL (Lewis, Hendricks). Lewis is the goat. The Stork has an award named after him (DE in college, LB in NFL). Dan Morgan was the most decorated college LB ever (Butkus, Nagurski, Bednarik) and Unanimous AA and All Pro in...

I disagree. Have watched all our LBs since early ‘80s. Shaq was good not great. we’ve had great. They tended to be recognized by the nfl and left marks there.

Beason only got referenced because he was our last all pro sent to nfl. if you notice, my example list of ‘great’ ILBs at UM didn’t include him. It was lewis, morgan, barrow and vilma who i mentioned.

You are exhibiting a number of logical flaws in your argument. For example, you're discounting the possibility that while Shaq was not a 'great' LB here, the guys filling his role today are less talented than Shaq was. That would solve the equation for you pretty nicely, tbh. Doesn't require...

That comment is what's wrong with fan analysis, IMO. What makes a football player effective is what goes on in his head. How he processes the play, how fast, how he responds laterally, vertically, avoids blockers, gets to the ball, hits, anticipates. To suggest that Shaq and Beason were...

The game changes. guys who make plays and have instincts figure it out. shaq is a great kid but he wasn’t going to be better 20 years ago. you forget what we used to have at LB. the decency bias in this fan base is amazing considering how putrid our results have been. we graduate no all...

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We have not recruited LB well in ages. Beason is the last all pro lb we sent to nfl. We used to be LBU. got no problem with focus on it just want to see us evaluate it properly.