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Why Missouri’s defensive line has a ‘very rare’ situation in the eyes of this coach

Missouri has held two and a half weeks of spring football practices, which is more than enough time for defensive line coach Brick Haley to acknowledge he is facing a new problem.

Haley used to coach at Texas, and the Tigers had one of his former Longhorns players last season in Jordan Elliott. Now they have another, as defensive tackle Chris Daniels joined the team earlier this year. And the two defensive linemen make it tough for the coach to concentrate because of their combined sense of humor, just like they did in Austin.

“There’s a lot of jokes,” Haley told The Star.