ESPN drops their top 10 receivers list for 2026 and I scroll through it three times trying to find a single Alabama wideout and I keep coming up empty. Back in the 1992 squad under Coach Stallings we had David Palmer who could line up anywhere and take it to the house and he was a household name. Now we are watching Ohio State and Oregon stockpile these five-star pass catchers while we are trying to piece together a receiving corps from the portal and hoping somebody sticks. The game has changed and not for the better. We used to develop guys over three or four years and by the time they were seniors they knew every route tree and every blocking assignment. Now if a freshman doesnt see 50 targets he is in the portal before the season ends. I miss when you earned your spot and the name on the front of the jersey meant more than the NIL deal on the table.