TLDR - we are re-loading, not rebuilding with a better O this year, and a small step back on D.
It would appear you did not pay attention to who posted and to whom you are responding. It's a joke, he's not serious.
I'd be interested in your take on what you lost, and what you return and how good you think you will be. It's really a home game for us, so that is a plus. With regard to what we gained or lost, I'll use this post to pull my thoughts together:
Coaching - we lost Lanning, replaced by Will Muschamp and Glenn Schumann who will serve as co-defensive coordinators. As much as I liked Lanning, I don't see us missing a beat coaching wise here. We lost our WR coach, and replaced him with someone better. We lost our OL coach and replaced him with someone as good - better run coach, not sure about about Pass Pro. Our new OLB coach, who officially replaces Lanning's spot on the field came from Rutgers and people are really high on him. We added Mike Bobo as an offensive analyst. All in all, we are better at the coaching position - I say that with all due respect to Lanning, who I really liked.
Offense - we will be better, no doubt.
- QB - Stetson comes back for his 6th year, and will have an entire off-season as QB1 for the first time ever. We have two backups in their 3rd and 2nd year, respectfully who I have faith in should we need them. Talented but inexperienced.
- OL - we should be considerably better. Last year we had our LT being played by a G, and he did a great job. This year we have two 5*s manning the tackles, with another 5* as the primary backup. The Center is in his third year and will be all-SEC. We return our top G from season ending injury and have a number of 5* and high 4* to compete for the 2 spots. Our 2 deep OL would start at almost any SEC school.
- TE - best TE room in the country, and it's not close. Bowers, Arik Gilbert, Darnell Washington, with freshman Oscar Delp. After over a decade of poorly using TE, we are TEU right now. We will truly see a lot of 13 and even 14 formation from time to time.
- WR - we don't have a WR1 that is going to go first round, but we have 9 experienced WR, including a number coming back for 4th and 5th years who are really good. There are other teams - Bama, tOSU - who have a better top 3, but I am confident we have the deepest quality WR room in the country. And that is what works for OC Monken.
- RBS - 5* and 4* Milton and McIntosh step up and will be as good if not better than Cook and Zeus White were last year. Daijun Edwards is going to surprise some people in his 3rd year in the program. We have two really good freshman, including Branson Robinson, the 4th best ranked RB last year, top 65 player.
- Because our D was so good, people forget that our O was really good last year. No. 9 -
2021 Team Offense | College Football at Sports-Reference.com. It's going to be better this year.
Defense - we are re-loading, not re-building, but last year was special. This year we will be top 10, maybe top 5. So when I say it's a step back, we were many steps ahead of most everyone last year, taking a step back still puts us near the top.
- DL - one thing you heard a lot in the draft was the fact that the UGA players all rotated a ton. That's why some of our guys didn't have the stats, but 5 got drafted in the first round. We rotated 9-10 players regularly on the DL. Arguably our best D player last year, Jalen Carter, comes back. He's being mocked top 10 1st rounder this coming year. Then we have a dozen guys who played 25% - 35% of the snaps last year. We clearly won't be as good as last year, but our DL will be top 3 in the country by mid-season.
- OLB/Rush end - we return the 2018 no. 1 player in high school who hasn't lived up to that hype, but has been really good. Coming back for his 4th year, Nolan Smith will be all-SEC. We have 2-3 other guys who were 5*, high 4*, some mature, some young. We'll be fine here.
- ILB - this is the one position where we take the biggest step back. We lost 3 ILB to the NFL, one first rounder, 2 second rounders. But, we have the talent to replace them - all top100 guys - but they lack experience. This is where our back loaded schedule helps. Lanning will try to isolate these guys ... it's your best chance.
- CB/S - we had a safety go in the 1st round, and we return 3 really good guys who aren't great but should do the job. These guys will go rounds 4-6 in the draft. We have some really highly rated freshman, but not expecting them to help this year. At CB Kelee Ringo will be a shutdown CB, while we are going to have to rely on some talented buy unproven guys on the other side.
- Our front 7 will be good enough to support a secondary better than last year. Good that you catch them early, plus your HC was their DC, so he will know how to attack them.
Special Teams
- Our PK comes back, and he's really good. Surprisingly, he was challenged in the spring ... so we have some good backups.
- We lost our punter who was drafted in round 4 (even before the SDSU guy), and he was special and could flip a field. We have a 26 year old Aussie - always wanted my own Aussie punter. Should be interesting to see how he works out.
We are favored by 16 at this time. With it being a home game, in essence, that sounds about right.
