A primary reason why the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have continued to be able to put a healthy supply of points on the board is because of the perennial success of the team’s offensive line. Keeping quarterbacks upright to connect with receivers and opening up holes for running backs is the end result of those efforts. However, the Irish now have the burden of replacing both starting tackles as well as the team’s center.
Departures
Those tackles are likely to both be selected early in next month’s NFL Draft, with Joe Alt probably going among the first 10 players.