Wow!! How do you ever lose a game? You should be in the Super Bowl.With what we have left in our QB room after Fromm's departure Newman is definitely an upgrade both in talent (DT) and most importantly experience, which is invaluable. Both his ability to extend plays with his feet and his accuracy throwing the deep ball is an absolute plus. You can't argue that's not a positive. I can't count the number of times Fromm should have kept the ball on zone reads.....but didn't. Didn't y'all want Beck? That home boy is already on campus.
As far as WRs are concerned Pickens is elite. After that D.Robertson will be a Sr and the former 5* needs to step it up (30/333/3td) and I think he will. Blaylock was really coming on before blowing his knee out vs. LSU so who knows how/when he returns which leads us to Matt Landers who finally caught his 1st TD vs. Baylor and Kearis Jackson. Nice group of true freshmen enrolling and a few will see PT....Rosemy/Burton?......because of Blaylock's injury.
Former FSU TE Tre McKitty upgrades the position immediately. Don't you just love the transfer portal? Freshman TE Darnell Washington will have a Senior mentor in McKitty and will be a nightmare in the red zone...@ 6'7. He's a freak but Fitzpatrick and Goede should contribute as well.
Bad wheels? Whites knees are fine. Same surgeon as Chubb. I thought the kid played well one year removed from ACL surgery. I expect Zeus to steadily improve heading forward and I do think he'll be RB#1. Do not underestimate that young man.Throw in Cook, McIntosh, and freshman Milton and we should be good to go...that's 19 stars in the backfield so why wouldn't one be confident?
Yes we lost four starters on the Oline but those replacements in the bowl game looked pretty good sans Mays who allowed two sacks. Baylor's Defense was a decent test for Ga's Oline that was assembled in just two weeks. They didn't look like a liability and they more than held their own. Did I mention Kirby's elite OL Coach hire in Matt Luke? He has plenty of talent to work with and I doubt you'll witness the regression you've hoped for more especially with Coach Luke calling the shots....sorry.
I would not be surprised to see both Ratledge and Jones earn PT but in no universe was Joshua Braun ever going to help...lol! Lindberg and Van Pran might even help but Bruan was a RS candidate. Then he got culled.
We lose 4/5 on defense....meh. It will be elite and everyone knows it including you. Kirby rotated Dlines all season and with his recent DL haul there will be no shortage of bodies.
Carmada returns to punt and there's a couple of able-bodied Placekickers waiting in the wings.
All this is so fun to watch as you don’t meet expectations again and then it starts all over again the following offseason