5 years ago there were basically no former Notre Dame players in the NFL. Bert Berry was playing for the Broncos, Jarious Jackson was a 3rd stringer for the Broncos and Luke Pettitgout was a starting LT for the Giants. That was about it. Now I look around and the landscape isn't so bare. Brady Quinn is starting for the Browns. Ryan Harris and David Bruton play for the Broncos. Chinedum Ndukwe plays for the Bengals. Ryan Grant and Julius Jones are starting RBs. John Carlson is playing really well for the Seahawks. Anthony Fasano is a good player for the Dolphins. Justin Tuck is a beast for the Giants, and Victor Abiamiri and Trevor Laws are in the defensive line rotation for the Eagles. It just goes to show what a poor job Bob Davie did as head coach at Notre Dame. He didn't just not win very many games, but he didn't develop any NFL talent as well. I look at the current Notre Dame roster and I see some future NFL players as well (Clausen, Floyd, Rudolph and Young for sure).
*I just want to say that as I'm typing this, we're at halftime of the Bears-Packers opening night game, and both offensive lines are playing terribly. I know everyone will focus on the QBs, and Cutler has been especially bad so far. But man, Orlando Pace cannot play anymore, and I have not seen Cutler drop back with a clean pocket all night. And the Packers have a new starting RT named Allen Barbre who is really struggling with Adewale Ogunleye. It's very easy to blame QBs for everything, but these offensive lines are not helping one bit.
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