In the college-football version, all 130 or so programs addressed all their needs, signed everyone they wanted and got better.
That doesn’t mean David Cutcliffe didn’t give out some useful information Wednesday morning.
Duke signed 20 players. There were no late de-commitments, no Flynn Nagel to Northwestern or Tyler Petite to Southern Cal at the last minute.
“It’s not a group of individuals,” Cutcliffe says. “Their worth is as a group. Their strength is in community. Looking at defense, we wanted front-end people that were really versatile. The front has got speed, it has size, it’s got strength, it’s got lots of athleticism.