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2026 James "JJ" Johnson 4* DT from Northwestern via Ft Myers Flips to Texas From UGA

amanan28 said:
Maybe we can take a look at the top paid positions in the NFL which has correlation to most important pieces on a team…

1. QB
2. Edge
3. WR
4. OT
5. CB
6. DT
7. TE

Rest of list is RB, S, and LB

The college game is different, and I believe there’s more value to dominant LOS play as the talent level across a conference varies. It is much easier to impose yourself on the other team if they can’t handle the LOS at this level. Still, the above list holds true in most cases on where you want to allocate resources in today’s NIL.

War Daddy DT’s are a luxury. I was going to use the example of putting 2009 Ndamukong Suh on last years team..but he’s an outlier heisman talent at DT. Would a guy like Christian Wilkins on last years squad made the difference in us getting to playoffs?

To @Memnon point it’s obvious the total D is what’s important, at the very least having very good to elite players at the Edge/CB position and DT/LB rounding the team out..still needs to be talent there obviously..he’s not saying you can put JAGs out there..
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Yeah reading everyone's responses, I THINK they are thinking that "not most important" or "overrated position" mean that we can suck at said position and still win..... which is not the point that anyone is making. I take it as, DT doesn't have to/shouldn't be our STRONGEST position. Or maybe myself is just misreading the points.

Btw.... since the playoffs started (or even further back than that) has the DT position been the strongest position group on any of the national champions? Maybe Michigan??
 
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amanan28 said:
Maybe we can take a look at the top paid positions in the NFL which has correlation to most important pieces on a team…

1. QB
2. Edge
3. WR
4. OT
5. CB
6. DT
7. TE

Rest of list is RB, S, and LB
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The best CB’s don’t make more than the best DTs.

Adding #’s to your list I’ve attached the ‘25 franchise tags and ‘26 projected tags.

The next CBA really needs better clarification for edge, IDL and off the ball backers
 

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Angry Ibis said:
I'd rather Miami have a legitimate coaching search with the same commitment of resources to the program for any head coach.

Does not seem like an offensive expectation.
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I can respect that. But as we sit right now, all of the options we were fools for passing on in favor of Mario have turned out to be worse than Mario.
 
Angry Ibis said:
Fran Brown won 10 games in the ACC in Year 1?

How'd he do that? Thought it took years to get your guys?

(Doesn't change the fact that we did not win the ACC)
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This 10 game barrier is a great conversation to have because a lot of coaches have landed top jobs and cashed out because of it.
The issue isn’t winning ten games once. It’s how many times you can do it.

Sometimes too many things fall into place in one year and you look like a stud.
Roster age, snap counts, the schedule, the qb, the defense….
Justin Fuente, Fedora, the dude at Iowa state, Indiana, etc etc…
The issue we as cane fans and the admin should be having is…..
How many 10 or 11 or even 9 game seasons with no natty are we going to allow before we start screaming for heads to roll?

How many in here are going to allow what Day, Dabo, or Harbaugh were allowed to do?

Day finally won after taking over that team a decade ago. How many top 5 classes has he had, how many losses to their biggest rivals has he suffered. Are we gonna be happy with day one picks, top recruiting classes, playoff appearances, and no chips for 7-8 years?
People have already sworn up and down that he won’t win here and every time we lose a recruit or a game they come in here pounding the “I told you so drum”.

People want and are expecting us to be a dynasty in an era where it’s more difficult and expensive to become one.

I guarantee you a bunch in here are expecting us to win 2 nattys in the next 4-5 years and if not then it’s a failure.

So in the next 5 years what are the expectations for Mario?
 
Felonious Monk said:
I can respect that. But as we sit right now, all of the options we were fools for passing on in favor of Mario have turned out to be worse than Mario.
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I don't think we know that because the discussion was basically Mario vs. Manny. So we don't know the entire interest list, etc. It is the absurdity to think only 1 coach can win at Miami, when history shows us that is 1. Not True and 2. It does not need to be a "Miami Guy" -- we actually have no idea how a Sonny Dykes, Hart Lee Dykes or any other dykes would do, because we were somehow convinced there was only 1 choice...

Year 4. No more excuses.
 
pacusmc said:
This 10 game barrier is a great conversation to have because a lot of coaches have landed top jobs and cashed out because of it.
The issue isn’t winning ten games once. It’s how many times you can do it.

Sometimes too many things fall into place in one year and you look like a stud.
Roster age, snap counts, the schedule, the qb, the defense….
Justin Fuente, Fedora, the dude at Iowa state, Indiana, etc etc…
The issue we as cane fans and the admin should be having is…..
How many 10 or 11 or even 9 game seasons with no natty are we going to allow before we start screaming for heads to roll?

How many in here are going to allow what Day, Dabo, or Harbaugh were allowed to do?

Day finally won after taking over that team a decade ago. How many top 5 classes has he had, how many losses to their biggest rivals has he suffered. Are we gonna be happy with day one picks, top recruiting classes, playoff appearances, and no chips for 7-8 years?
People have already sworn up and down that he won’t win here and every time we lose a recruit or a game they come in here pounding the “I told you so drum”.

People want and are expecting us to be a dynasty in an era where it’s more difficult and expensive to become one.

I guarantee you a bunch in here are expecting us to win 2 nattys in the next 4-5 years and if not then it’s a failure.

So in the next 5 years what are the expectations for Mario?
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How about the expectation for Year 4 vs. Year 9? Why would Mario get 9 years when no other Miami coach, or few anywhere receive(d) such a leash?

9 Years?

Also -- this is solely about the standard on this board of "any competent coach should win 10 games in the ACC at Miami" and how that has changed for Mario.
 
Warrior808 said:
DT and corner are the two most important positions on defense in my eyes.

If you had a defense with B quality players at every spot but you had to hide a D- position group somewhere in there... DT and Corner are off the table. You would have a better time covering the deficiency if it were at other positions.

On top of that, DT is probably the position with the least amount of high grade players available that fit the size, athleticism, effort, work ether etc blueprint. That makes the good ones even more valuable.
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I respect the opinion. But it's DT & safety with Mike behind that. Corner is a complimentary position that has a limited role. Now when ur corner play sucks obviously it's heightened because you see that corner get picked on however many times in a game. But DT & Safety are mandatory on every play. Even if that safety isn't directly on the play as in he makes THE PLAY. He's depended on for his role in every play. Lber to a lesser extent is as well post snap.
 
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Brooklyndee said:
I respect the opinion. But it's DT & safety with Mike behind that. Corner is a complimentary position that has a limited role. Now when ur corner play sucks obviously it's heightened because you see that corner get picked on however many times in a game. But DT & Safety are mandatory on every play. Even if that safety isn't directly on the play as in he makes THE PLAY. He's depended on for his role in every play. Lber to a lesser extent is as well post snap.
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Dont see it with safety. I get the importance but I think its pretty easy to find a serviceable safety. Hence why they dont get drafted high and dont make as much as some other positions.

Can kinda see your point on corner though
 
Angry Ibis said:
I don't think we know that because the discussion was basically Mario vs. Manny. So we don't know the entire interest list, etc. It is the absurdity to think only 1 coach can win at Miami, when history shows us that is 1. Not True and 2. It does not need to be a "Miami Guy" -- we actually have no idea how a Sonny Dykes, Hart Lee Dykes or any other dykes would do, because we were somehow convinced there was only 1 choice...

Year 4. No more excuses.
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Mario has maybe another year before the money dries up, depending on performance this year.
 
Brooklyndee said:
I respect the opinion. But it's DT & safety with Mike behind that. Corner is a complimentary position that has a limited role. Now when ur corner play sucks obviously it's heightened because you see that corner get picked on however many times in a game. But DT & Safety are mandatory on every play. Even if that safety isn't directly on the play as in he makes THE PLAY. He's depended on for his role in every play. Lber to a lesser extent is as well post snap.
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It's tough cause it really depends if you are talking about truly Elite Elite player vs just like a "regular" good/great player. Like if you tell me I can choose between Ed Reed at safety and Ray Lewis at LB or Champ Bailey or whoever at CB, I'm probably picking Reed. Maybe Ray. But im definitely picking both over the CB. But like if it's just a great safety like right now Xavier McKinney for Packers vs like Fred Warner or Pat Surtain?... I don't think I'd pick the all pro safety there....

Like I'd say it a truly Elite safety probably has a higher ceiling to truly impact the defensive performance. But more often than not the CB is more important... And imo more often and in terms of peak ceiling DT AND Edge are clearly the most valuable positions on the field defensively.

If you gave me a defensive roster with 3 truly Great-Elite players and the other 8 were just Average, I'd without question pick 1 DT and 2 Edges. Id much rather have Average all across the board in back 7 than front 7. And to me the 3 elite lineman are going to impact every single play far more and make everyone else's job so much easier than any other combo would provide. You have 3 Elite Dlineman your LBs and DBs are going to all of a sudden look real ******* good....
 
Calinative said:
It's tough cause it really depends if you are talking about truly Elite Elite player vs just like a "regular" good/great player. Like if you tell me I can choose between Ed Reed at safety and Ray Lewis at LB or Champ Bailey or whoever at CB, I'm probably picking Reed. Maybe Ray. But im definitely picking both over the CB. But like if it's just a great safety like right now Xavier McKinney for Packers vs like Fred Warner or Pat Surtain?... I don't think I'd pick the all pro safety there....

Like I'd say it a truly Elite safety probably has a higher ceiling to truly impact the defensive performance. But more often than not the CB is more important... And imo more often and in terms of peak ceiling DT AND Edge are clearly the most valuable positions on the field defensively.

If you gave me a defensive roster with 3 truly Great-Elite players and the other 8 were just Average, I'd without question pick 1 DT and 2 Edges. Id much rather have Average all across the board in back 7 than front 7. And to me the 3 elite lineman are going to impact every single play far more and make everyone else's job so much easier than any other combo would provide. You have 3 Elite Dlineman your LBs and DBs are going to all of a sudden look real ******* good....
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A cb is never more important or more impactful to a defense on each and every play than a safety is. I'm not speaking on elite or any comparables. I'm saying the position in itself. You can have an elite corner essentially phased out of the game because he can only impact the game if you throw at him. Same situation for a good corner or a **** one. Yes the **** one is more glaring cause an offense will go after him if gave the ability. But he can still only impact the game (overall, 70,80, etc plays)in a VERY limited way. Even that **** corner probably only has an outcome in 5 plays throughout the course of the game. Strictly talking about throws to his man. Not BECAUSE he's elite they eliminate or limit his man from a game plan. A safety is counted on in each and every play that defense makes. He's counted on for communication, he's counted on for his reads, he's counted on for run support, he's counted on for zones, etc etc etc. A safety is a position that is thankless more often than not from a fans perspective because they don't see what goes into the position. But if you lack at that safety position your defense will fall apart. Period. We see that often here.
 
Angry Ibis said:
I don't think we know that because the discussion was basically Mario vs. Manny. So we don't know the entire interest list, etc. It is the absurdity to think only 1 coach can win at Miami, when history shows us that is 1. Not True and 2. It does not need to be a "Miami Guy" -- we actually have no idea how a Sonny Dykes, Hart Lee Dykes or any other dykes would do, because we were somehow convinced there was only 1 choice...

Year 4. No more excuses.
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Hart Lee Dykes, wow. Great obscure reference lol. Been a long time since i heard his name.
 
Brooklyndee said:
A cb is never more important or more impactful to a defense on each and every play than a safety is. I'm not speaking on elite or any comparables. I'm saying the position in itself. You can have an elite corner essentially phased out of the game because he can only impact the game if you throw at him. Same situation for a good corner or a **** one. Yes the **** one is more glaring cause an offense will go after him if gave the ability. But he can still only impact the game (overall, 70,80, etc plays)in a VERY limited way. Even that **** corner probably only has an outcome in 5 plays throughout the course of the game. Strictly talking about throws to his man. Not BECAUSE he's elite they eliminate or limit his man from a game plan. A safety is counted on in each and every play that defense makes. He's counted on for communication, he's counted on for his reads, he's counted on for run support, he's counted on for zones, etc etc etc. A safety is a position that is thankless more often than not from a fans perspective because they don't see what goes into the position. But if you lack at that safety position your defense will fall apart. Period. We see that often here.
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I'd say if you have an elite CB following around the offenses best WR and eliminating him from that game that is mostly a far larger impact on the game than most safeties have in general. So I'd disagree with that assesment a bit for sure. I'd say it sort of would be similar to this:
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Not really accurate representation of How I'd say it, but in general I'd say it's an S curve with lower lows and higher highs for Safety than CB basically...

And of course a Nickel CB are often more involved in more plays than Outside CBs. So would that mean you value Nickel CBs more?
 
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Calinative said:
I'd say if you have an elite CB following around the offenses best WR and eliminating him from that game that is mostly a far larger impact on the game than most safeties have in general. So I'd disagree with that assesment a bit for sure. I'd say it sort of would be similar to this:
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Not really accurate representation of How I'd say it, but in general I'd say it's an S curve with lower lows and higher highs for Safety than CB basically...

And of course a Nickel CB are often more involved in more plays than Outside CBs. So would that mean you value Nickel CBs more?
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I thought it was a Dyno. Still making good power up top!
 
"Even though I committed, they're still going to try to recruit me," Johnson said of Texas' message since he pledged to UGA. "They know it's not over til December."

Still, there was a lot to like about the Bulldogs that promoted Johnson to join the class.
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"I felt at home with the Dawgs," he said. "It's a place that fit me. Lot of development."

Johnson says he's "keeping an open mind" when it comes to recruiting, noting recruiting goes all the way until December.

"There's still schools still trying," he said. "Texas been trying. Florida, Miami, they've still been trying.

"I've been keeping it cool, keeping a level head, hearing them all out."
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