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TE is not the position for him in this offense. Our RB room in its current state is no better than it was last year. Why isn’t Andrews not still part of that mix? We haven’t seen Andrews at RB since he fumbled against SUU. We need talent at that position.

[Yergensen]

Package deal can giveth and taketh, may be a good idea to keep Christian happy.

[Yergensen]

KD and Ezra play the same position. Both want starter minutes. KD is the better player. KD is younger. No brainer.

[Yergensen]

Would you rather the talent you just described getting 10-15 touches a game (RB) or 3-5 (utility or TE)?

And isn’t NJ our utility player? How many utility players make sense?

[Yergensen]

Parker is the one established talent in the room, just like MB was last year. Beyond Parker we have two RBs who were backups on MW teams and unproven freshmen.

So, how is this year’s RB room any different? And no, MB wasn’t “injured a lot” last season. Where are you getting that from? MB went for 1,000 yds (more than Parker btw) against stacked boxes which were stacked because we couldn’t throw the ball.

[Yergensen]

Apologies, I intended something different. I think BYU lost both the Fanos (both highly recruited) partly due to Logan’s discontent.

[Yergensen]

IMO

BYU MBB is legit. You have/will have talent that you never had before and coaching appears to be as good as you’ve ever had. You’re on a heater right now, will be a tough out for any team.

BYU FB was an anomaly in 2024. Here you are less talented than most if not all B12 teams you face, but well coached defensively, opportunistic and enjoyed a bit of luck in 2024. You are a Jay Hill promotion away from trouble.

[Yergensen]

I’m by no means a BYU apologist in any way, but we are exaggerating their NIL deal with Dybantsa.

Their donors are paying $3m to Dybantsa, not $8m or $7m noted above. Endorsement deals with Nike and Red Bull will pay him $5m next year.

Why is this an important detail?

1 – BYU’s coffers aren’t $7m to $8m deep for one player. Their buying power is less than we’re telling ourselves or others are telling us.

2 – The MBB NIL gap between BYU and Utah is therefore less than we’ve been telling ourselves or others are telling us.

As rumored, if Utah NIL donors double or triple their MBB donation with Jensen at the helm, then we shrink that gap and it’s not as big of a gap to begin with as we’ve believed.

[Yergensen]

Guillory is the highest rated recruit of the 2 FR, had multiple blue chip offers.

I put zero stock in the MW transfers. Why do we think backups from NM and UNLV will be more than backups on a P4 team?

The backups we need are RB1’s in waiting that can replace starter productivity. In 2021-2022 we had 3 of these guys. Not JAG to carry the ball for 3 yards and a cloud of dust.

[Yergensen]

Unless Guillory rises up, this is a one man RB room. Kinda like last year.

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