Depth chart surprises are ambiguous - they're either good (new player owns) or bad (expected starter sucks).  In this case, though, Stribling's apperance is likely a great sign.  Avery, Countess and Taylor are known quantities and I wouldn't be upset to watch any of them play corner; I doubt any of them magically started sucking over the offseason, although that's a possibility if Countess didn't recover well from his injury.  We also suspect Hollowell is starting to come on.

Nonetheless, even with all the fixed variables in place, Stribling moved past Hollowell on the chart, bumped Avery to FS (unless people think Avery's move had more to do with his injury, but why would a back injury make him a better fit for FS?), and even moved Countess over in the nickel, suppressing Thomas at the same time.

In short, I think it is more likely that Stribling is really coming on eary as opposed to Avery suddenly sucking, Taylor suddenly sucking, Countess never having recovered, and Hollowell and Thomas not being as quality as advertised.

his arrival at the M camp last Summer has been truly amazing.  Props to the kid!

Are we in the timeframe where "two weeks" means two games? I'd hate to not have Avery in the ND game.

I'm talking myself into the O-line, even with Glasgow beating both Bryant and Braden. My theory is that Braden hadn't separated himself from either of the other two, therefore the coaches decided to start repping him at his natural spot to have a prepared backup, and to have him ready to be the Man next year.
At least I hope that's all it is. A bit more concerned about the safeties right now.

That seems like a true platoon.  My toally half-assed guess based only on things I've read online is that Heitzman will play 40% of the snaps, Wormley will take 40%, and Godin and perhaps Strobel will combine to take take the last 20%.  I would love to see Wormley take the position by the end of the year, because his potential seems much greater than Heitzman's. 

It's nice to see Furman cracking the two deep. Hopefully he can be a valuable safety.

p.s. Avery's issue is a knee if you haven't already seen it.

Stribling is taking Countess corner spot when they go into the nickel package with Countess playing the inside receiver. So, if those recent scrimmage highlights bear anything out, they demonstrate why Stribling is where he is. The kid was all over the ball and his cover assignments in  the limited plays made available in the final scrimmage video.

I don't want to hype the kid, but because he's local, I hope he excels.  First of all, Stribling is tall, has great coverage recognition and anticipation. I expect he'll be a little nervous Saturday, but we'll see. 

The kid played wideout and corner in high school on a great team that won three state championships and 57 of 59 games in four years. He impressed at Michigan camp and was recruited off that showing. So, now coming into fall camp, he's demonstrating the kind of ability that enabled him as high school senior in one game to score four TD'son offense, defense and special teams. I expect he'll hold his own. 

I figure the depth chart is largely correct, but it also feels a little fan-fictiony to me.  

Is 305 lbs? Playing db? I'm impressed...sounds like some fun I used to have on Madden creating players