News of the day, 8/27

Hey everyone. Auburn is off today. Practice resumes Tuesday morning. I expect that to be a busy day. The coaching staff will release its depth charts, which usually include some surprises. I'm going to venture my guess on the defensive side of the ball below.

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Here's my take on Auburn's defensive depth chart. Let's see how close I get.

DEFENSIVE END
Quentin Groves
Antonio Coleman
Antoine Carter

TACKLE
Josh Thompson
Jake Ricks

TACKLE
Pat Sims
Mike Blanc
Zach Clayton

DEFENSIVE END
Sen'Derrick Marks
Mike Goggans

SLB
Craig Stevens
Bo Harris
Brent Slusher

MLB
Tray Blackmon
Chris Evans

WLB
Merrill Johnson
Courtney Harden

CORNERBACK
Jerraud Powers
Pat Lee

SAFETY
Zac Etheridge
Eric Brock

SAFETY
Aairon Savage
Mike McNeil

CORNERBACK
Jae Wilhite
Walt McFadden

I suspect WR Montez Billings won't be ready for the Kansas State game. I'm very interested to see who plays in that spot. My gut (and the head coach) tell me it'll be Chris Slaughter, but Al Borges quickly mentioned James Swinton as a potential player there. Swinton is the team's No. 2 "X" right now, but can play multiple positions. I don't think the coaching staff agrees on what needs to happen here. The team is holding some coaching summits today. These kinds of differences will be ironed out.