Have we developed up front defensively or do we just have a lot of guys.. it’s been awesome to watch but how good were they individually? Pearce 1st round but Omari didn’t even get drafted. Where is tyre west development wise ? Where is Hobbs development wise ? Did Elijah Simmons ever develop of is he the same just huge kid we recruited ? It’s so hard to honestly see any development minus the few standouts.
Thats our main issue. We haven’t developed AS A TEAM in a very long time
no credit for Omarr in the 2nd? how spoiled are we that two guys in the first two rounds doesn't get any credit?
+DE/+DT: West has looked good, Weathersby looked good, Hobbs looked good. they turned Eason a LB into a good DT. and have built good enough depth where we don't really have any questions on starters for the coming year, or even the 2 deep. Josephs/Ross/Herring will still be bringing heat.
-LBs have struggled with injury, but now we have some key pieces back healthy, so we will wait and see here. definitely an area that needs to show improvement.
+CBs made a huge improvement last year. and it wasn't just McCoy. Gibson stepped up big, Boo looked like a good freshman out there.
=Safeties is another area of injury, and one that should take a step up with some experience back there and plenty of new bodies. but if we get 2024 play, I wouldn't think there is much need to complain.
=OL suffered in pass blocking, but dominated in run blocking. Can't just ignore the good. Supposedly Heard was injured for at least some of the year, and we brought in the #1 OT, and feel good with Satterwhite a second year player being the starting OC, which is a critical job in this offense. We also added a guy who started on a playoff team, and an all conference guy. I don't see any reason to think we are going to be markedly worse here.
-WR has been up and down. last two years have been injury prone. White was playing hurt, Bru was coming back from injury, and Thorton was up and down with injuries. you take away any teams top three and their development is in question. now we are relying on a bunch of young guys, and they definitely need to prove it. this would be the first coach I would replace imo.
+RB at this point shouldn't be a question for anyone.
+TE took a big step up. Even the guy they recruited in Ethan Davis took a step from freshman to sophomore, no reason to look back there.
-QB will probably be a step back but again Heupel didn't make that mess, Nico did. We will have to live with the results, because this should have been a position of growth but due to Nico will be a step back.