As for the offense, we desperately need to find at least one John Kelly. I'm not a huge fan of the RB by committee model (at least not in terms of a committee this big). We need to establish our work horses and that doesn't seem clear yet. I'd also like to see us throw to Chandler more. He needs to ball and at least an inch or two to maneuver in and our OL isn't giving him that.
Their defensive backs paid attention on "angle of attack" day in practice. I sit in the upper deck and about 3 steps after he caught if I knew that guy was going to get him. It was plain as day from were I swept sit.I still want to know how Pope got caught from behind on that play. He had a 40 yard running start lol.
Tim Jordan doesn't need to even sniff the field, imo.As for the offense, we desperately need to find at least one John Kelly. I'm not a huge fan of the RB by committee model (at least not in terms of a committee this big). We need to establish our work horses and that doesn't seem clear yet. I'd also like to see us throw to Chandler more. He needs to ball and at least an inch or two to maneuver in and our OL isn't giving him that.
In other news, I'm still not overly impressed with SC or Mizzou (although Mizzou played with a lot of fight today and I respect that). UGA got dominated on the LOS for much of that game and isn't nearly the team they were last season (they'll still kill us tho). Kentucky is probably better than I thought they were *but* I also feel like State was overhyped this offseason.
And most importantly, as historically bad as we are, we're still not as bad as poor Arkansas. Hell we might even be better than OM.
Just think, if our OL was just...mediocre, how much better this team might be. Yes, defense has to keep getting better, and keep tightening some screws; but, no way do I put any of this tonight on them. Whenever your offense is getting COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED!!! like ours did tonight, the defense can only do so much. I'm not saying the D is great, but I believe it's a 6-7 win defense. Unfortunately, our offense may keep us from that. That's why I beleieve, no matter what, we have to keep our OL class together, and land Wright. We do that, and I believe we'll be much improved next yr, and moving forward from there. All other position groups I am feeling ok about, good even, at some spots...unfortunatley, our OL has us competing with Arkansas for the worst team in the SEC.Would be nice if he could take the spot and we could move Trey back to guard.
Just think, if our OL was just...mediocre, how much better this team might be. Yes, defense has to keep getting better, and keep tightening some screws; but, no way do I put any of this tonight on them. Whenever your offense is getting COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED!!! like ours did tonight, the defense can only do so much. I'm not saying the D is great, but I believe it's a 6-7 win defense. Unfortunately, our offense may keep us from that. That's why I beleieve, no matter what, we have to keep our OL class together, and land Wright. We do that, and I believe we'll be much improved next yr, and moving forward from there. All other position groups I am feeling ok about, good even, at some spots...unfortunatley, our OL has us competing with Arkansas for the worst team in the SEC.