I couldn’t tell you the last time Oklahoma State’s defensive line was a definitive strength entering a season, but I’m … about 96% comfortable going there right now. As we sit here, on Aug. 25, this unit looks on paper to be deep, talented and star-studded with potential NFL players.
It’s not just that Trace Ford has me seeing Von Miller flashbacks or that Tyler Lacy profiles as a breakout star to bank on coming off the other edge. It’s that from top to bottom, stars to secondary players, I feel a sense of strange confidence this unit will be competent — a feeling that mostly lingers between terror and anxiety in previous years at this time.