I wasn’t playing up Ali and Rigg, just reminding people they’re not here. But feel free to downplay them if you want, but I think it‘s silly to do so. They were both multi-year SEC starters on really good UK teams. Both, though not drafted, got NFL camp invites. Bates never started until Rigg left, and Coen had the luxury of having both, not just Bates. Look, we have talented skill players on this year’s team, but they are woefully inexperienced . True and RS freshman. A big contrast from a year ago. Talented experience matters. Just saying. In fact, if you told me I could have Wan’dale back, but I would have to RS both Brown and Key to have him, I’d do it. Would you?
You bring up leaving Buford at LT. Lol. Have you seen him at RT. Lets just say his not a two time All-American out there. He’s not even Flax out there. He”s definitely not Rosenthal, a talented 2year SEC starter. And btw, I wish we had a six year senior, multi-year starter like Fortner to “plug in” at center. Jesus. Wouldn’t that be nice. Lol.
Now, on to next year. I honestly think we are going to be a better offense next year, no matter who the OC is. Other than C-Rod, we’ll be better at every position. A year’s experience being the main contributor to this. A lot of talented young players back. And as good as Will is, 13 tds to 8 int, I feel we can get equal or even better production in the portal. I know that sounds crazy, lol, but I think it’s certainly possible. We could have 5 new starters on the OL, and I still think we could be better. That’s how bad our OL play has been this year. And I think Hall, Rodriguez, and Goodwin are definitely more talented than what we have now.
