[donkey687]

The way I look at the list of priorities at the beginning of this thread is not so much based on absolute value, but value above replacement.

I agree with Hulk that there may be some recency bias in stating Fehoko's importance relative to others. If not for the UCLA game, we wouldn't be talking about him going to the NFL. Assuming Wedington and/or OSB return for a 5th year, we can mitigate the possible loss of Fehoko in a deep position group - they aren't the same kind of physical specimen that Fehoko is, but they're just as fast (if not faster) and can help stretch the field. 

It would be a much bigger coup if Dalman stayed, which I assume will not happen. Sarell is great, but our plan would be to plug in Hinton, so I wouldn't put him quite as high on the list. DWP and Heimuli are also hard to replace and might stay - I'd put each of them higher on the list.

Yes, I put together the list taking into account replacement value. The WRs were hard to rank as losing 1 or 2 isn't a big deal, but if we lose 3 of them, the 4th becomes very important. Even though Wilson and Wedington had similar productivity, Fehoko's measurables (speed, height and vertical leap) will make him a much higher ranked prospect like JJAW but faster.  I agree that I may have underrated DWP importance on that list, but I think he is a below average DT in the Pac12 and my assumption is that we would plug that position with someone younger that wouldn't be a big step down. However, that may not be correct as we didn't see any younger guys breaking into the rotation this year other than Pakola pre-injury.  Walk-on LaBounty got some snaps against UCLA which isn't a great sign for Phillips who didn't seem to make the traveling roster as a frosh.

[donkey687]

The way I look at the list of priorities at the beginning of this thread is not so much based on absolute value, but value above replacement.

I agree with Hulk that there may be some recency bias in stating Fehoko's importance relative to others. If not for the UCLA game, we wouldn't be talking about him going to the NFL. Assuming Wedington and/or OSB return for a 5th year, we can mitigate the possible loss of Fehoko in a deep position group - they aren't the same kind of physical specimen that Fehoko is, but they're just as fast (if not faster) and can help stretch the field. 

It would be a much bigger coup if Dalman stayed, which I assume will not happen. Sarell is great, but our plan would be to plug in Hinton, so I wouldn't put him quite as high on the list. DWP and Heimuli are also hard to replace and might stay - I'd put each of them higher on the list.

Yes, I put together the list taking into account replacement value. The WRs were hard to rank as losing 1 or 2 isn't a big deal, but if we lose 3 of them, the 4th becomes very important. Even though Wilson and Wedington had similar productivity, Fehoko's measurables (speed, height and vertical leap) will make him a much higher ranked prospect like JJAW but faster.  I agree that I may have underrated DWP importance on that list, but I think he is a below average DT in the Pac12 and my assumption is that we would plug that position with someone younger that wouldn't be a big step down. However, that may not be correct as we didn't see any younger guys breaking into the rotation this year other than Pakola pre-injury.  Walk-on LaBounty got some snaps against UCLA which isn't a great sign for Phillips who didn't seem to make the traveling roster as a frosh.