I want the best five on the field. We've recruited poorly inside for years and years, and two of our best guards, Martez Ivie and Trent Brown, were tackles who didn't have the feet for outside.
I hope the RFr develop but since we were playing three other Fr, other than McCoy who was ineligible, my concern is that they didn't play bc they are actually less talented than Riles and Dillard.
I think the issues with the 3 were as follows:
Buchanan was underweight as a freshman, but is not just over 300lbs
Sandifer was over 350lbs at one point, but is now at 339lbs and dropping
Desir-Jones started football late, so the extra year of coaching was beneficial. He's not quite 300lbs at 297lbs.
Like you said, we should never have to depend on true freshmen. So, I hope these guys can pass Riles and Dillard this year. But if Forsythe is a better player, let him roll some guys.