I would rather have had Solomon, and it’s not even close. Gay would have been nice, but Singleton and Anthony are both high level, athletic guys who could easily contribute or even start this year. We had no one else in this class even close to Solomon’s level at a pure DT, and he is playing at a position where you really want to rotate guys, even in a close game against tough competition. Vilain is not going to play inside any time soon, and whether Hudson, Jeter and Irving-Bey are going to be playable their first year is very much a question.
As far as Ruiz, great get, but let’s just say, I really hope he ISN’T important this year. You don’t rotate on the OL, so the only way a guy like him is important is if he starts, which would mean a whole lot of bad shit happened ahead of him. I hope he plays this year and starts next year, but if we end up really needing him this fall, our Oline is probably in deep shit. It would probably mean that a couple of starters got hurt, or Bredeson and Onwenu are showing no improvement at all.
