re: Auburn DL vs Oregon OL: One of 2019's best matchups

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This matchup is intriguing but I’m more interested to see AU’s Oline vs yalls D line. Our Oline was hot garbage last year and it’ll be interesting to see how they come out.

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This is a little more difficult to discern, especially with the scheme change under Avalos. Avalos is very multiple and there is a lot of positional movement.

Where Oregon is best is on the edge. They have Bryson Young, Lamar Winston, Adrian Jackson, DJ Johnson at OLB and Gus Cumberlander and Kayvon Thibodeaux at your WDE or 9 tech. That's a lot to handle on passing downs. All of these players save Cumberlander (a redshirt senior) were top 300 recruits with Thibodeaux and Johnson being elite blue chippers.

In a 3-4 base, the three down linemen are over achievers. Gary Baker, Drayton Carlberg, and Sione Vea Kava are seniors. Austin Faoliu and Jordan Scott are the 'dudes' at the DT/DE spot and they are true juniors. The incoming class has some numbers but there's no one I expect to be a day one impact. It's an upperclass laden unit.