You know, I remember watching tight ends back when they actually blocked first and caught passes second. This whole "first-round track" talk reminds me of the old days when Lindenwood had a couple guys get looks from the CFL, and we were proud of that. The real blow isn't losing a player, it's losing the soul of a program. We used to build men over four or five years, not create "monsters" for a two-year rental. Your system creates NFL players, I'll give you that, but our system used to create Lindenwood Lions for life. That Kittle comp is fine, but I saw a kid from Central Missouri in the '80s who could do it all and still came back to coach at his alma mater. That's the difference. You reload with five-stars from the portal, we used to reload with redshirt sophomores who bled for the jersey. The pipeline you're talking about is a transactional assembly line. It wins games, I can't argue that, but it lost what made Saturdays special. I miss when a player's name was synonymous with one school, not just a stop on a tour.