I thought the mantra was always play the best player. If this tweet is true, then Bama was an idiot to accept Jameson Williams off the portal. We were stupid for taking on that slacker Justin Fields.
As for destroying depth, I thought all schools do their best to recruit players better than what you have as a SOP... so no different than taking on players from the portal. It's an extension of traditional recruiting.
Now... if they got wind that Elias basically committed to USC thus tossing out cover that simultaneously makes their existing DBs feel warm and cozy.. I get it