re: Review of Players In/Out w PFF grades

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To put this into more perspective overall

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I think they use the same grading for the NFL as they do college, so it makes sense that the elite grades in the NFL are a lot higher than the best grades in college. I also think that’s the reason why the run blocking grades are typically so low even among the better players.

I also think it’s probably easier to grade the NFL when you have players of much closer abilities playing each other as opposed to to a 5 star recruit with great coaching at a power 4 against an unrated recruit at an FCS school.

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PFF isn't everything but he OL grades are not all that encouraging.

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Beat me to it.

PFF grades ARE important for OL. It shows their ability to learn their assignments and carry them out on the field when the lights come on.

Very disappointing OL haul for Kiffin and Glasscock, but hopefully Wolford and Cregg can coach them up into a somewhat competent and cohesive Offensive Line.

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Very disappointing OL haul for Kiffin and Glasscock

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Seaton would put a bow on it if they can land him

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PFF grades ARE important for OL. It shows their ability to learn their assignments and carry them out on the field when the lights come on.

Very disappointing OL haul for Kiffin and Glasscock, but hopefully Wolford and Cregg can coach them up into a somewhat competent and cohesive Offensive Line.

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With Seaton this becomes a pretty good haul.

Again, I think the only transfers they really plan on starting are between Seaton, Bah and Harper. The first 2 guys have multiple years starting experience at power conference schools; Seaton is an elite pass blocking LT with high draft value. Bah was a run of the mill B10 OLinemen, which is all we really need in Kiffin's system anyways.

Harper got plugged into LT and RT at Ole Miss and played a pretty high level in limited action and was a top recruit.

Everyone else is more just building depth. Some guys who have played a year or two but werent that good or very young guys as well with multiple years left.

It wasnt like we need 5 new starters on the OL, we'll get 2 maybe 3 probably from the portal and the rest are depth pieces.

Still maybe could argue we downgraded overall talent wise from what left depending on how those guys all pan out, but considering what was in the portal on the OL, this could be a better OL than what we had this season pretty easily, especially with better coaching, 2 experienced tackles and a very experinced center.

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OL I think is the one spot I wish they’d done better with

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Someone should do this same exercise for Ole Miss going into 2024 and 2025