[StannyBoy]

DL: Mike Tyler ***/Solomon Thomas *****/Harrison Phillips ***/Lane Veach *** B-

Tempting to give it a C because of the lack of interior defensive linemen, but somehow we always manage to fill the spot.  Even though getting a prototypical space-eating 3-4 defensive tackle is a twice a decade phenomenon, we often make due, so I'm not going to penalize the 2-year stint too much for it, especially given the quality and depth we have at the ends.  Obviously Solomon Thomas is a stud; perhaps the get of the class.  In the short term, we should be OK.  We lose Mauro and Gardner (although we've already coped with the loss of Gardner pre-Oregon), so we have two returning starters (Anderson and Parry), and experience (Leuders)  plus highly regarded players (Shittu, Watkins, Kaumatule, and Nwafor) to step into the void.  Longer term, we should be ok at DE, but it would be nice to get a DT next year, especially if Nwafor has any sort of recurrent injury problems.

Veach and Tyler are LBs in our D.

[StannyBoy]

DL: Mike Tyler ***/Solomon Thomas *****/Harrison Phillips ***/Lane Veach *** B-

Tempting to give it a C because of the lack of interior defensive linemen, but somehow we always manage to fill the spot.  Even though getting a prototypical space-eating 3-4 defensive tackle is a twice a decade phenomenon, we often make due, so I'm not going to penalize the 2-year stint too much for it, especially given the quality and depth we have at the ends.  Obviously Solomon Thomas is a stud; perhaps the get of the class.  In the short term, we should be OK.  We lose Mauro and Gardner (although we've already coped with the loss of Gardner pre-Oregon), so we have two returning starters (Anderson and Parry), and experience (Leuders)  plus highly regarded players (Shittu, Watkins, Kaumatule, and Nwafor) to step into the void.  Longer term, we should be ok at DE, but it would be nice to get a DT next year, especially if Nwafor has any sort of recurrent injury problems.

Veach and Tyler are LBs in our D.