You remember that Gates had an ankle injury during the last part of the 2016 season, right? But we didn't have anyone behind him that was better, injury and all. So he played injured.
And that clip shows All American DE Derek Barnett going up against redshirt sophomore Nick Gates. Barnett went 14th overall in the first round of the NFL draft a couple months later. What exactly would you expect out of that situation? Or are you just parroting the point of that douchenozzle Cole Cubelic in his Tweet with Barnett v. Gates?