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[QUOTE="SoBristol, post: 324692, member: 485"]
Many good points there.  
You could say we are in better shape at CB with two returning starters, decent back-ups, and frosh -- and less so at safety where we don't know who will lead the way at FS and there is no obvious back up at SS.   We could use interceptions -- Phillip Thomas led us in that department, and isn't back.   Plus, the pass rush was mediocre last year, and the best guy (Chandler) is in the NFL.  No pass rush = trouble for any secondary.
And, as we saw in 2010, a stellar defense can carry the team.  It isn't only the offense that needs some juice.  
For that offense, many project Jerome Smith as a tough runner between the tackles, and like the prospect of Gulley and Broyld providing supplemental running help as wing backs.  Not many teams have a returning 1000 yd runner.  Our issue won't be Smith, but getting others to carry a good share of the load.   The missing ingredients:  a deep threat; unknowns to complete the OL; and a creative head coach.   Hackett, at least, has inspired 3 of our recruits (the 2 QBs and Provo) -- maybe this is the year when he adds pages to the Marrone playbook to take advantage of what Gulley and Broyld can do to supplement Smith.  
I don't expect Nassib to Lemon & Sales to turn into something we haven't seen in a down-the-field passing attack.  We might hope to see Gulley and some of the kids contribute yards-after-the-catch; a stat in which we have not been stellar.  At a minimum, there is a greater variety of possible weapons and more in reserve than we had last year.
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