Season Wrap Up With SVS-Just Competing Cannot Be Good Enough
I have taken a few days to kind of gather my thoughts and talk to a few people about where things are. Friday wasn?t great, because we lost to Ole Miss for a 3rd straight year and 5th time in 6 years. However, the future was put on display. And I think we all saw something to build off of.
1. I thought Kamario looked ok on Friday. He missed 2 TD throws(wrong read on a Thompson option route and missed Thompson wide open in the end zone). However, his athleticism was put on full display. I think the passing will get there. I do think we will be bringing in a portal QB, but it will be in a backup role. He is who we have to build around an he is a HELL of a piece to build around.
2. I thought our RBs regressed as the year went on, and I think our Line play probably contributed to that. I thought Fluff looked decent in spurts. I think he is going to have a good year next year being the feature back and playing alongside Kamario.
3. Our WRs have came to play 2 years in a row. I have been extremely impressed with our recruiting in the portal out of that position group. I hate that we only got a year from Thompson. I hope we can hang on to Evans. I think we will get as least 3 WRs out of the portal, and possibly 4.
4. Our line is shit. There is no other way to put it. Hopefully Lewis and Owens improve but we need to really hammer that position in the portal. They were a definite Achilles heel the entire year.
5. Our D Line was improved but not to the level it needed to be once we lost Whitson. We need to improve talent AND depth at that position.
6. I think our LB group is in a really good spot. Jalen Smith and Tyler Lockhart are two really good building blocks and Zakari is going to be great for us next year.
7. Kelley Jones is elite and we need to hope he does not pursue the NFL. The rest, ehhh. Corey Bell has to go. His portal recruiting, and honestly HS recruiting, has been bad the last two years. Brumfield was absolutely abused on Friday. Ole Miss hunted him.
8. I thought our safety group was some good and some bad. Manning was a good pickup for us. I thought Isaac was hit and miss at times. I was a tad disappointed in Tony Mitchell. I expected more out of him.
9. Special teams started off incredible with the Ferrie 55 yarder and unfortunately that was kind of the high water mark. We were really sloppy with our operations, Ferrie missed some easy ones, the botched snap at Mizzou, two times we get a stop only for field goal block to get a stupid penalty and the team end up scoring a TD. Odom needs to go there.
10. I do not know if I have ever seen a team where 2 plays could have changed the outcome of the season. The Shapen pass against Florida and the stupid roughing the passer penalty against Texas. If Shapen just eats that or throws it away, we kick the FG and win. And if Deonte Anderson just does not give Arch an extra shove, we take over up 17 at the Texas 38.
11. This is a MASSIVE offseason for Lebby and Co. They need to hit the portal hard on both LOS and shore up the secondary. We also need a backup QB, another( and possibly 2) RB, 3-4 WRs, and a TE. That is probably, all in, a 8-11 mil commitment. That will be on top of restructuring current player deals.
