WR - Kayshon Boutte WR - Jack Bech LT - Cam Wire LG - Marlon Martinez? Tre'mond Shorts? C - Charles Turner? Marlon Martinez? RG - Anthony Bradford RT - Miles Frazier TE - Kole Taylor/Jack Mashburn QB - Myles Brennan RB - John Emery WR - Malik Nabors/Brian Thomas Reserves: WR - Jaray Jenkins, Deion Smith, Chris Hilton, Kyren Lacy OT - Garret Dellinger, Marcus Dumerville, Xavier Hill, Will Campbell, Thomas Perry OG - Kardell Thomas, Kimo Makane'ole, Emory Jones RB - Noah Cain, Corey Kiner, Armani Goodwin, Tre Bradford, Josh Williams TE - ??? Mason Taylor? Thoughts OL: Whew, this is tough. Dellinger could take the next step a push for starting time, but who does he overtake? I guess Wire? Probably more likely to be the first backup in and continues to develop for another year. Not sure who plays center, but my first guess is Charles Turner, though he could play guard, too. Tre'mond Shorts has played multiple positions and may be able to play center, but definitely adds depth at guard if not a starter. Hopefully Bradford is finally ready to shine. Lots of talent here, but still lots of questions. TE: Not looking great here, going to have to find one in the portal. We probably see Bech lining up here more than I'd like. I really like him in the slot, I think he is dangerous there. Matchup nightmare. WR: No issues here. I'd like a couple more guys just for numbers, but there are 8 guys that can play. This is a good group. RB: I'm calling it, this is the year that Emery finally breaks out. Word is he is 100% locked in and focused. Going to be interesting to see how the carries are divided up among the others (or even including him, if I'm off on this). I think this is a good group either way. QB: I've been high on Brennan for forever, so my only concern is his durability. If he can stay healthy, I think he'll be really good. Overall, I am concerned about OL and TE. I'm hopeful that we can find 5 dudes to put together a good line; lots of highly recruited, talented guys there. Not especially enthused about TE, but if can figure out the OL, this should be a potent offense with quality QB play and all the weapons we have. What y'all think?
It all starts with QB. If Brennan is ready to take the step, we could have a very potent offense. Think you're right about Emery. I can't wait to see him. But just so many possibilities on the o-line. I'll throw this lineup out there: LT - Cam Wire LG - Miles Frazier C - Tre'mond Shorts RG - Kardell Thomas RT - Grant Dellenger
What I think is a good coach will recognize the talent he has and design an offensive and defensive gameplan based on what he has,. Billy Napier and Dave Aranda comes to mind. They both made chicken salad out of chicken shit. I expect CBK to do the same thing. He has done it everywhere he has been.
Man, we have been hearing about Bradford for so long, I just feel like it’s now or never. Thomas was a big time recruit too, though. Can Frazier play guard? Agree, so I’m prepared to be completely wrong about that lineup.
Wait...what? I don't know how you can look at the players Aranda had and call it chicken shit. Most of them are playing in the NFL
That's true, but there were a lot of questions on defense going into the year, especially at LB and CB. We knew what we had with Divinity, but everyone else was unknown. And he ended up missing time, anyway. Fulton had a decent junior season but had not even played a full season worth of football through his career. Patrick Queen wasn't even a starter at the beginning of the year, and mid way through the year I thought he had zero chance of going pro early. But he developed and went on a meteoric rise from then on. Kary Vincent was a backup safety before moving to nickel. Stingley was pretty amazing from day one, not much to say about him. Tyler Shelvin barely got on the field as a freshman. Chaisson looked special as a true freshman, I figured he was going to be pretty good, but after tearing his ACL as a sophomore, that was a bit of a question, too. Lots of guys with potential that were able to put it all together with good coaching. That's where we are with the OL also, and hopefully we will be able to look back and say the same things about them.
Mark it down, my boy Kardell will finally start at RG. And people say they’ve been waiting for Bradford to develop, at least he played last year lol. Kardell needs to step up.
