Our OL will be better that its been in a while.

We have the best WR crops since maybe 2014. On paper. But I'll take paper over what we had last year. And the reports from camp sound good.

QB? Keyton is on his 2nd year in the system. Stevens knows the system. No idea what happens here except we will run the QB less and hopefully be closer to Coach Joe's vision of the offense. No reason to think otherwise.

RB is strong for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd down RBs. Not sure about depth beyond that. Hill has been underutilized and that should change this year. Our QB won't lead the team in carries, and that will give Kylin a lot more carries. We are in great shape there.

Our DL takes a step backwards. No way to replace Simmons and Sweat. But we have some good to great players coming back who a lot of schools would have loved to have had. We might not be #1 or #2 in the country good, but we will be stout no doubt.

Solid at LB.

If you listen to Steve's Boneyard podcasts, you'll hear reports that our DC says the secondary will be better than last year. Cole is supposed to be and NFL prospect.

If last year's D was a 10, this year is at least an 8.

The offense comes down to QB play and I think we'll be better passing than last year. Hill finally gets utilized like a RB should. Will the WRs be as good as they seem in practice?

In summary, we have only a small downgrade in defense. The offense has some questions to answer, but could be better than last year. Our schedule is certainly better than last year.

Lets's kick this thing off and kick some ass! Hail State!