Howe: Top 10 Most Indispensable Hawkeyes for '19

[trj]

I would put Stanley # 1 and it is not even close, imo. Everyone else on that list including AJE you could find someone serviceable and maybe survive. Stanley goes down and you just cringe. You can’t win football games 6-3 anymore.

Linderbaum would be lower(higher?) on my list. Just given his responsibilities alone. The way it sounds there is no one close in terms of backing him up.

 

[RobHowe]

I was encouraged by the growth I saw from Mansell and Petras at Kids Day. They looked better than they did in the spring, which was better than last year's Kids Day. Conversely, I thought the DEs behind AJE and Golston struggled getting off blocks at Kids Day. Two guys that were playing LB last year are among the Top four or five at the spot.

That said, I have no problem with someone putting NS No. 1 on his or her list. Not say it's not close between NS and AJE really diminishes how special the latter is, however. He's a unicorn.

 

[JG10Hawk]

I was encouraged by the growth I saw from Mansell and Petras at Kids Day. They looked better than they did in the spring, which was better than last year's Kids Day. Conversely, I thought the DEs behind AJE and Golston struggled getting off blocks at Kids Day. Two guys that were playing LB last year are among the Top four or five at the spot.

That said, I have no problem with someone putting NS No. 1 on his or her list. Not say it's not close between NS and AJE really diminishes how special the latter is, however. He's a unicorn.

Sneaking in the "unicorn" reference for AJE. Nice.