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Ritzie and Des at "power end" - who starts?

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It appears the 4 man front has a "power end" - Ritzie, Des, Kaimon Rucker, and a "Jack" position which is smaller/faster guys - Noah Taylor, Chris Collins, Gabe Stephens

Who is your starter the soph Ritzie or the jr Des? Based on hype or potential i'd say Des, just since he can cover lots of ground. But based on times last yr when I saw disruption i'd go with Ritzie even though he was playing 4i.
 
I assume that Chizik intends to have two guys play roughly equal numbers of downs and a third who also plays several snaps every game. Having guys with different strengths is going to be great, because teams cannot block them exactly the same.
 
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