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<blockquote data-quote="pressvirginia" data-source="post: 129289181" data-attributes="member: 1348623">Re: above Daily Mail blog, I'd find it more important to have a consistent QB who can initiate the Air Raid &amp; who doesn't turn the ball over rather than having 85 or 89 players. Backups &amp; backups to the backups is a nice luxury - especially when unforeseen injuries occur - but there's plenty that remains to be seen from the starters as well as playing fundamentally sound &amp; disciplined with fewer self-inflicted mistakes/turnovers; i.e. it still is mildly astounding that with the increase in depth, there's not been one dependable punt returner. A marked improvement from a few key starting positions could be the difference in the W-L column, the only stat that really matters.Whole depth thing has been intensified as a top priority when the regression began in 2012. Sure it was the Big East week to week, but depth wasn't this big a dark cloud over the program when it won 3 BCS bowls in 6 years. I'm confident those WVU teams could've held their own in this recent Big XII. One such beat OU by 20.There's also been the bump up in NFL draftees of late. There were roster gaps, particularly on D, but I'm just not too sure about this notion that the cupboard's been so bare.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pressvirginia, post: 129289181, member: 1348623"] Re: above Daily Mail blog, I'd find it more important to have a consistent QB who can initiate the Air Raid & who doesn't turn the ball over rather than having 85 or 89 players. Backups & backups to the backups is a nice luxury - especially when unforeseen injuries occur - but there's plenty that remains to be seen from the starters as well as playing fundamentally sound & disciplined with fewer self-inflicted mistakes/turnovers; i.e. it still is mildly astounding that with the increase in depth, there's not been one dependable punt returner. A marked improvement from a few key starting positions could be the difference in the W-L column, the only stat that really matters. Whole depth thing has been intensified as a top priority when the regression began in 2012. Sure it was the Big East week to week, but depth wasn't this big a dark cloud over the program when it won 3 BCS bowls in 6 years. I'm confident those WVU teams could've held their own in this recent Big XII. One such beat OU by 20. There's also been the bump up in NFL draftees of late. There were roster gaps, particularly on D, but I'm just not too sure about this notion that the cupboard's been so bare. [/QUOTE]

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