Staying with Irish Illustrated, we see that John Brice is on the same page as his coworker.
“To Notre Dame’s immense credit, it largely has handled relatively seamlessly what’s now fair to call am avalanche of injuries to its two-deep on both sides of the ball, and now also special teams,” he writes. He later adds: “I like the Irish either way, but I like them in a romp if King can’t go or has to exit early due to lingering effects of that arm/elbow injury.”