For years, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have had a depth problem on its roster. Some years it’s good here and bad there, and some years it’s okay all around. That doesn’t mean the Irish haven’t had great players — because they certainly have. No, it just means the overall team depth wasn’t at a championship level.
The 2018 playoff game at the Cotton Bowl against Clemson was a prime example of a team that had great depth versus a team that did not. In 2020, Notre Dame has flipped that depth and they really seem loaded across the board — with the lone exception at quarterback.