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- QB/RB: Hell they dropped him behind a running back that Drink asked to move on.

- RB: Jesus, leave it to pm to complain about someone not appropriately giving the appropriate level of a pain someone is being

- Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz said Ahmad Hardy still had not returned to practice or advanced beyond rehabilitation and confirmed Malae Fonoti would miss the rest of the season with a non-contact ACL injury, calling running-back depth the team's biggest depth-chart concern without establishing a Hardy return date. - Missouri lineman Cayden Green completed about three-quarters of the prior practice with an initially favorable response but still needed reassessment, while Jack Lange remained available after a first start that mixed good length and power with communication problems against edge pressure. - Missouri's early rushing problems included inadequate frontside stretch and backside collapse on wide zone plus missed movement calls on inside zone, with Drinkwitz describing a productive adjustment to the odd front but still demanding better quarterback protection and rushing execution against Kansas. - Missouri's defense must maintain disciplined pass-rush lanes against Marshall's throwing and scrambling ability, with Drinkwitz stressing sideline communication and in-game adjustments because the new Kansas coordinator-quarterback pairing supplies limited film.

- Missouri's quarterback immediately found rhythm in the opener and looked accurate and confident in Leipold's film assessment, making early passing execution a specific positive rather than merely general praise for the team. - Missouri had not yet played Ahmad Hardy at the time of Leipold's comments, but the Kansas coach still regarded its backfield as talented; this interview did not provide the reason for Hardy's absence or establish his availability for Friday. - Missouri's defensive personnel stood out to Leipold for length, athleticism, physicality and the ability to create disruption from multiple spots. - Missouri showed secondary depth across the rotation and continued making plays through personnel changes in the opener, according to Leipold's scouting assessment.

- RB: Have to hope Hardy can come back in a couple weeks, even if he’s not fully himself.

- RB: He is definitely a bigger threat running than Finoti…but you can’t just be one dimensional and be on the field a great deal.

- Eli Drinkwitz said Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy remains out of practice in rehabilitation and Malae Fonoti will miss the rest of the season after a non-contact ACL injury, leaving running-back depth his biggest roster concern. - Drinkwitz said offensive tackle Cayden Green completed roughly three quarters of Monday's practice but still needed his response assessed, with Jack Lange ready if needed after showing first-start communication issues. - Drinkwitz said Missouri must protect its quarterback better and attributed early zone-running problems against Pine Bluff to poor handling of defensive movement and insufficient frontside blocking before sideline adjustments helped. - Drinkwitz described Kansas quarterback Isaiah Marshall as an accurate downfield passer and dangerous runner, requiring Missouri to maintain pass-rush lanes while also defending his throws rather than simply concede the passing game.

- Injury: When they tell us he’s out for the season, which won’t happen.

- Injury: We ran a qb draw with Sam horn on his first game back from injury.

- Injury: Jamal on Malae Fonoti's injury: "We keep him in our prayers.

- RB: If you look at snap counts, I think the first half pt was mostly 1's and 2's and the second half was many 3's and 4's.

- QB/RB: I remember Cody talking about making easy throws....push button types, a lot last year.

- Injury: He's behind two of the best backs in the country, they are right up there with us in best 1-2 punches at RB

- Missouri's offense roughly doubled its RPO rate under new coordinator Chip Lindsey, running 17 RPOs on 78 snaps after ranking bottom three in the SEC in RPO percentage in 2025. - The RPO emphasis appears designed to help new quarterback Austin Simmons by giving him familiar reads from prior heavy-RPO offenses and quicker decisions against apex defenders. - Missouri surprisingly did not lean heavily into 12 personnel against Arkansas-Pine Bluff despite offseason expectations and UAPB's deep Cover 2 and Cover 4 looks. - Missouri used multiple sniffer-set snaps after charting only eight all of last season, usually to create outside-zone runs with a moving lead blocker near enemy territory or the red zone.