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[QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 5640130, member: 5685"]
Schedule wise we are flipping 7 home and aways. Outside of that the main differences are Cal at home vs Tennessee neutral, and Miami road vs NC State road. So while it is a harder schedule IMO than 2024, it is lighter than last year.

On D we should look better with the new DC. The front 6 really shouldn't be any worse. Jobity is a loss though. CBs should be good too. The Ss though are a complete unknown and worry me. That unit will determine IMO how the D goes this year.

Technically we lost 3 starters on the OL but it was really 2.5 guys. We also lost C2. We brought no one in. Even if the talent is there, there should be growing pains given we have so little experience here. However that can all be offset with a better OL coach.

We hope QB2 is fixed but do we really know? CUSA is awful. Collins might have looked good there (I guess we will find out this year).

The combo of talent and experience we are worse at the skills. I think (hope) that these WRs will be good in time, but it will take a few games for them to get their feet wet. Time we cannot afford. I think (hope) that the RBs will be a good system fit, but we cannot deny that they aren't as talented. Talent alone doesn't make you better and we need that to be the case here. TE is a concern. We went from Gadsden to a big drop off to Villari to nto seeming to even have a Villari.

Ultimately Angeli's health and the OL being able to block (more so run block) will be the factors on O, despite the losses at the skills.

For STs will we have good KOs and Ps? We lost guys there. Will the STC be an improvement? We have been waiting for years for it to happen.

I think given what we have, 5 to 7 Ws is fair.
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