Their offense was the problem last year. I thought people exposed kiffy's offense last year, the defense was good enough to win, their offense was below average last year despite the hype.
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Well yea, we will be doing that. We just had 2 4* QBs leave, but IMO you don't bring in someone like Spencer Sanders who is allegedly a bad locker room guy & really hasn't been all that great either with just one year left. I'd almost guarantee that he & Howard both were promised to start. Otherwise it makes no sense since Howard was already 3rd string on a much better team.
Anybody scared of Spencer Sanders didn't watch him play against decent teams. He's not an SEC QB. Dart is better than him and it's not close.
Guys, I would like to announce that I am transferring to ole miss to play QB with 2 years of eligibility remaining.
Walker Howard to OM makes sense and helps the team
Sanders to OM makes zero sense and only helps the “perception” they want and Kiffin is
Sanders to OM is great because Aub still has no QB
I think freeze can develop ashford
All these QBs for them is fine, but they have lost a ton to the portal on their defense.
On the surface this makes ZERO sense unless Kiffin has completely lost faith in Dart. I guess I can buy that Walker Howard has been sold that he'll be the starter next year, but if I'm Howard I wouldn't be too confident in that. I mean Kiffin probably told Dart the same thing. And if I'm Spencer Sanders, why in the hell would he transfer there? He's not beating out Dart and I doubt he could beat out Howard. THE ONLY THING I can think that Lane could have sold him on is a massive NIL deal and the chance to be a package/gadget QB.
The flip side of this is amazing though. They have committed AT MINIMUM probably 2+mil in NIL to their offensive backfield and they're hemorrhaging defensive players. They won't have the NIL to build their defense back up. They better hope they can score 50+ every game next year because they won't be able to stop ANYONE
It doesn’t really seem that strange to me. Howard was not going to be starting this year over Dart. He was going to learn the offense and start in 2024. Sanders and Dart will now be competing for the top QB position. Dart is decent but I think Kiffin knew he had to try and get someone better to have a shot at being in the upper part of the SEC. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out for them.