It's signing day. Do you know where your DT's are?

Go nuke a hot pocket 

Brian hasn't looked at this message board in years

If they start nuking threads, there'd be close to zero content on the site more days than not

Neg bangs on DT recruiting are too legit to quit. 

Would have been a lot more effective to point out what you liked about the post or maybe add something of value instead of using it as an opportunity to go into attack mode.

You dont have freedom of speech on a message board that belongs to a  private company.

Grow up and when you hit high school youll learn this in a government class.

Yep. Look at the defensive line recruits from the 2017 class, then count how many of them contributed anything noteworthy this year.  (Spoiler: 8 recruits, 1 contributor)

Out of curiosity, I looked at the 247 DT board the year that we got Maurice Hurst, who was the #21 DT that year (Class of 2013). The top-ranked DTs above Hurst went to: UCLA, USC, Auburn, Alabama, Texas A&M, South Carolina, LSU, Texas A&M, Florida, Washington, Michigan (Henry Poggi), Baylor, UNC, Alabama, OSU, FSU, Washington, OSU, Mizzou, and Oklahoma.

Five-stars were Eddie Vanderdoes (#7 nationally), Kenny Bigelow (#9), and Montravius Adams (#10). Bigelow is not in the pros; Vanderdoes is a teammate of Hurst's at Oakland; Adams is at Green Bay.

All the more reason to have 3-4 DT in this years class.

Which makes the current state of DT recruiting all the more baffling.

+1 for Marquis Slocum reference

Are we good for the 2020 season, probably, but recruiting is about the future. Let's remember how that position was looking earlier this year before Dwumfour came back. I'd rather not go into 2021 with only Mazi, Jeter, Hinton, undersized Kris Jenkins, and some true freshmen at the position. That could be a disaster if someone was to get hurt and be out for the season.

How is Hinton elite? Barely got into games and when he did he was out of his gap or blown off the ball half the time. And how is Mazi? He didn’t even get in a game when you can play 4 while still redshirting. Not taking DT in 2 of the last 3 cycles is idiotic. We will continue to be blown off the ball by teams like Wisconsin and OSU 2-3 times a year as a result. 

He's listed as a DE on the recruiting sites.  I think OP is talking specifically about tackles.

I'd rather they spent a scholarship on literally any DT still out there than go after the backup to the backup to their backup plan at QB which appears to be happening.

You may wish to take a look at the camp tape of that sad little brother of that 5th string RB taking down those 4 star OLs who are two years older than him. At 15 years old this kid is already a beast-and it doesn't matter where he comes from.

Otherwise, I agree with the concern. 

Or you realize that Georgia, LSU, and Bama all run a 3-4 where you need big 340 lb guys? And DB runs a 4-3 where you really don't need someone that big? Hell, even in the NFL the top DTs in a 4-3 usually top out at around 310 (Fletcher Cox, DeForest Buckner, Geno Atkins etc.). DB had had a big space plugger on his defense (Mone), and he saw how he was absolutely useless on passing downs. Throw in teams pushing tempo and trying to trap defensive personnel on the field, and you can see why he wants to do this. Versatility in looks is what the NFL does to confuse offenses and give the defense the edge. I don't see why y'all can't figure this out

Bingo.  I'd be interested to see UM's DT recruiting compared to non-bag schools.

Explaining that UM's recruiting isn't on par with the five schools who have been actively buying recruits for years isn't helpful or useful in any way.