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[QUOTE="SoBristol, post: 2372936, member: 485"]
People discussing 2015, 2016, 2017 as reflecting on Shafer/Babers need to adjust for several notable variables -- the QBs and WRs.

In 2015, the QB situation was a revolving door (compounded by a series of injuries to the OL).   Tim Lester entered the season with Hunt as starter, defaulted to un-proven back-ups, then a true frosh Dungey at 195 lbs, and then a walk-on in his first year at SU (Mahoney).  It was a huge obstacle to establishing the offense.  
2016 -- Babers had Dungey in place as his starter in the Spring, in August, and in the first 8 games, then Mahoney. 
2017 --  junior Dungey at 220 lbs has grown into one of the better QBs in the conference. He has been in place for all games so far (and the OL that started the season remains intact).   
The second variable is the quality/experience of the WRs as a unit.  The 2015 WR unit was led by a soph Ishmael.   The WR unit was certainly much better in 2016 with AET, plus junior Ishmael and the emerging Phillips.  The 2017 WRs have an all-league player in Ishmael as a senior, with senior Phillips at nearly the same level.

Just looking at these key positions (QB and WRs), you would expect a strong upward trend in stats (passing yards & scoring) from 2015 to 2016 to 2017.  With the footnote that AET provided considerable juice to the 2016 receiving unit.
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