Us having the best depth in program history coming up, blah, blah, blah..
Anyone want to stand by that now?
Anyone want to stand by that now?
There has been some talk in the past about
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I think we learned the last five weeks is there is a difference between building depth and building quality depth.
hell yes, I will. it's still there. yes, we missed on a select few PLAYERS in 2010 and 2011 but by and large we've still got a great foundation. CJ Johnson comes to mind, he wore us out last night. whatever it was, without specifics, that made him flip to ole miss, we CANNOT let that happen again. have to get that fixed.
The specifics was CJ Johnson received a new Chevy truck on his first day
enrolled at Ole Miss. He traded in the Land Rover he received on signing day. That is just what he was dumb enough to put on twitter.
enrolled at Ole Miss. He traded in the Land Rover he received on signing day. That is just what he was dumb enough to put on twitter.
We're still as deep as we've ever been and in general we're as solid as I've ever seen us across all 22 positions on the field. There's not any position I look at where I think we have somebody playing that just doesn't belong on a field in the SEC.
The problem is we have almost zero play-makers. We have a stable of receivers that would be good third options on a good SEC team. We have two OT's that would be ok if the rest of the line filled with quality SEC players. We have an interior OL that would be great if the tackles were solid. DL is worse, but outside of Cherrington, I don't think we play anybody that kills us.
The only players we have that are potentially playmakers are Russell, Banks, and Slay. Russell doesn't have the wr's or OL to really help us, and we don't have the DL to give Banks and Slay a chance. I don't know how we've managed to build a complete team without some diamonds in the rough emerging, but we seem to have done it. You give us one legit outside receiver and a DL that demands a double team and we look like a completely different team. If Quay emerges as a legit DL, Nick Griffin becomes our primary back, and Morrow emerges as a legit deep threat, we look much better next year (not that I am predicting that will happen; just saying as bad as we've looked this year, it wouldn't take a miracle for us to be significantly better next year with basically the same players).
The problem is we have almost zero play-makers. We have a stable of receivers that would be good third options on a good SEC team. We have two OT's that would be ok if the rest of the line filled with quality SEC players. We have an interior OL that would be great if the tackles were solid. DL is worse, but outside of Cherrington, I don't think we play anybody that kills us.
The only players we have that are potentially playmakers are Russell, Banks, and Slay. Russell doesn't have the wr's or OL to really help us, and we don't have the DL to give Banks and Slay a chance. I don't know how we've managed to build a complete team without some diamonds in the rough emerging, but we seem to have done it. You give us one legit outside receiver and a DL that demands a double team and we look like a completely different team. If Quay emerges as a legit DL, Nick Griffin becomes our primary back, and Morrow emerges as a legit deep threat, we look much better next year (not that I am predicting that will happen; just saying as bad as we've looked this year, it wouldn't take a miracle for us to be significantly better next year with basically the same players).