Going into spring, there were a lot of questions about the trenches for Auburn.

And one week in, I actually feel better about it.

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Yes, I'm Zach Blackerby.

He's Kyle Rush over the barn,

auburn.com. We'll talk about our thoughts heading into week two of spring,

as well as several names who have already stood out

for the Auburn Tigers so far this year.

Going into spring, Kyle, our big questions, I don't want to speak for you, but I think

you agree, was about different aspects of the trenches, offensive line, defensive line,

who starts, where's the depth?

But I tell you what, there's three or four names we're going to mention today that we've heard early on that kind of seemed to be exceeding expectations, maybe not to the coaching

staff, but to us, I think some of them already had high expectations. But, I mean, you and I were

talking just a second ago, like, how is Cole Best not like a winner already this spring,

both as far as how this coaching staff views them, how his teammates view, view them,

how the Auburn fan base views them? I mean, he's been incredible. Yeah, and so he may not

be necessarily a winner from the aspect of like winning a position or winning playing

time. Like I feel like everybody on staff and all

the the players and whatnot already knew who he was and what he meant to that team but we learned

about it and we learned more about him in listening to his interview at player interviews listening

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