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Where is the massive roster gap?

After taking a transfer, the team had 4 QBs on the roster this year. That is plenty in number. The problem was the lack of an even barely credible backup. 

Maybe DL. Keep in mind that Fox and Keneley were recruited as DLs. Reynolds did, in fact, take 2 DL recruits in ‘17, ‘18, and ‘20. He only took 1 in ‘19, which was very unfortunate, but he took 3 in ‘21 and 3 more in ‘22. IMHO, taking 7 DLs, mostly spread evenly, over a 4 year period was bad, but not gross malpractice for a 3-4 “base” defense that mostly played nickel anyway.  The roster management issue is the failure to adjust when it became clear that the plans were not working out. Other teams would have added a transfer or two in that circumstance. Stanford couldn’t or wouldn’t.

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Where is the massive roster gap?

After taking a transfer, the team had 4 QBs on the roster this year. That is plenty in number. The problem was the lack of an even barely credible backup. 

Maybe DL. Keep in mind that Fox and Keneley were recruited as DLs. Reynolds did, in fact, take 2 DL recruits in ‘17, ‘18, and ‘20. He only took 1 in ‘19, which was very unfortunate, but he took 3 in ‘21 and 3 more in ‘22. IMHO, taking 7 DLs, mostly spread evenly, over a 4 year period was bad, but not gross malpractice for a 3-4 “base” defense that mostly played nickel anyway.  The roster management issue is the failure to adjust when it became clear that the plans were not working out. Other teams would have added a transfer or two in that circumstance. Stanford couldn’t or wouldn’t.