Eli Hoff | Post-Dispatch

Mizzou athletics beat writer

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Undefeated but with its most difficult games still ahead, Missouri football spent its first bye week of the 2025 season focused on three things.

"Sharpen our edge, improvement and recovery," Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz explained.

What kind of progress No. 14 Mizzou made toward all three goals will show quickly and clearly during Saturday's high-profile showdown with No. 8 Alabama. The first of the priorities to take the stage will be recovery, particularly as it relates to one of MU's most important offensive players.

Left tackle Cayden Green will be questionable for Saturday's game, Drinkwitz said, with his undisclosed lower leg injury.

Green participated in some "rehab reps" during the Tigers' Monday practice, and

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