This is very straight forward and IMO right on the money.
The breakout:
O line- significant returning players with lots of snaps. Question mark at center
Te- does State throw to the TE?
wideouts-depth and some talent. Harmon and Louis, nice combination.
Running backs-Samuels and Hines in space, Gallaspy in gaps
QB-experience and options
Not displeased with that side of the ball
D line-should be loaded. Talent and lots of depth, ability to continuously rotate quality throughout the game.
Linebackers-Moore and Fernandez both solid and decent, nothing off charts but not an issue
D backs-limited experience with some holes. Strong effort by d line should take some pressure off them
Kicking-punter excellent, automatic 3 points ain’t happening
Coaching- no faith
Just a few comments:
O-line- yes, center is a question mark and one with several viable solutions
TE- State rarely throws to TE. Our TE is primarily a run-blocker.
DB- These guys could surprise us. In the spring “Game” we played mostly press coverage. In some circumstances we were rolling our boundary CB into what would normally be a safety’s position and using a safety to fill and cover on the field side. This should help out our coverage on short passes that hurt us so much last year. We are putting defenders where defenders need to be. The “safety” corner can cover the deep ball to that side while the safeties are free to help out underneath. I know. TMI
Kicker- I’m not selling out the FG kicker just yet. The grad transfer could be a nice find.
By “Coaching- no faith” I must assume you mean head coach. Otherwise I’d say I have more confidence/faith in this group of assistant coaches than any since Chuck Amato’s first year — and only his first year. I’ve said enough already about the HC. He is the one who put all this together. With this array of talent we may not have as many controversial decisions to make. I don’t do a lot of ‘hoping’ but this is one thing I am hoping for.
If we have a shakiness in our coaching set-up IMO it’s the OC, Drinkwitz. He’s inexperienced but we have veterans around him so he’s got support. George McDonald was assistant HC at Syracuse and has OC experience.
