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Originally Posted by Saul Good
This is Pinkel's best coaching effort ever. Looking back at 2007, the NFL level talent was incredible. I'm not sure we look back 5 years from now at this team and marvel at the number of players making plays on Sundays.
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Oh we might.
DGB and Washington will play on Sundays, I think Lucas will as well. I wouldn't be surprised to see one of the RBs make it as a 3rd down back. Sam and Ealy will play at the next level with Sam maybe even being a star. Wilson might make it. I see Gaines making a role for himself as a NCB. I think Britt is an NFL player, though I can't figure out where. Ultimately I see him as a potential G at the next level. Copeland, OTOH, might make a decent center. He's cerebral, strong as a MFer and mean as hell. Boehm will play on Sundays as well, IMO.
Granted, some of these are reaches (Copeland and Lucas standing out to me), but maybe someone like Penton is the next Gaines. Brothers drives me insane with his effort sometimes, but the kid has serious talent. Maybe he surprises me (still only a soph). These DTs are unheralded as hell, but it's been the most productive group of interior lineman I've seen at Mizzou; surely one of them will go on to the next level.
This team may not have the star power of the Maclin//Hood/Spoon/Moore/Daniel/Smith team (because !@#$ me, look at that), but I think we'll have quite a few NFL guys out of this roster.