Recruiting Football Talk VII

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LittleVol said:
I do too.
I think our style of recruiting is much better long term than certainly a Texas AM.
Even though their classes have been ranked very high.

Heupel is constantly upgrading via recruiting or transfer portal.
We lost all those DBs and yet it feels like were better there now, with the portal additions, recruitng and just letting the younger guys play during the Bowl Game.

We got Pearce, Ross, Herring, and Joseph at LEO
Thomas, Eason and a lot of big strong guys at DT.
Carter,Telader, and Spillman at LB.
QB room brimming with talent.
WR is absolutely ridiculous on paper.
Got Heard at LT along with Warren and getting Campbell to return at OT.

This team on paper is stronger than the 2022 team imo. And because of Heupels recruting style that should continue. Bringing in the right mentality along with super stars and underrated talented guys led by elite QB play. I like Heupel more and more each season
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I too am a very optimistic VOL fan and think we have a team that can make the playoffs next season if things go our way.

We are not as talented at WR as the 22 squad next year though. Not at RB either. Not proven commodities anyway...I do think Matthews CAN be a beast but right now hes an 18yo HS kid that has never played against press man coverage...must less from SEC corners a year away from NFL rosters. Bru is a beast but is coming back from injury and may not be 100% right away. Squirrel is a beast in the slot but it remains to be seen who will be able to win consistently outside at WR next season. Same thing with Seldon at RB, who we will count on to carry half the load. I think he can be great some day...but when? Hopefully the running game is tits right away next season but Wright was THE quickest RB in the SEC last season. Hands down. He turned 5 yard holes into 15 yard gains all season long. Those are big shoes to fill...it might be a good while before we or anyone in the SEC has a RB average 7+ yards per carry for over 1000 yards in a season. What he did was sensational.

I think we will be better at defense next season at literally EVERY position on the field. We return most everyone in the front 7 and the guys we have coming into starting positions in the secondary should be better at ALL 5 positions. So that bodes well for our VOLS. We had a pretty damn good defense last season. It will ve even better next season and we know whats about to happen at QB so the future is bright. We are gonna be very young at QB, RB, and in the secondary. Will probably take a while to get up to speed...and improve each game over the season. We have a brutal stretch in the middle of our schedule though over 5 games IMO. I think next year is a 10-2 type season, but i would not be surprised to see us go 9-3 due to youth...or maybe, if everything goes our way 11-1. That would be overachieving though. I think we have a good shot at making the playoffs though...and then its anyones for the taking right???

Coach Hype has done an amazing job and will be the Coach to lead us back to Championships. I believe that 100%
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
I too am a very optimistic VOL fan and think we have a team that can make the playoffs next season if things go our way.

We are not as talented at WR as the 22 squad next year though. Not at RB either. Not proven commodities anyway...I do think Matthews CAN be a beast but right now hes an 18yo HS kid that has never played against press man coverage...must less from SEC corners a year away from NFL rosters. Bru is a beast but is coming back from injury and may not be 100% right away. Squirrel is a beast in the slot but it remains to be seen who will be able to win consistently outside at WR next season. Same thing with Seldon at RB, who we will count on to carry half the load. I think he can be great some day...but when? Hopefully the running game is tits right away next season but Wright was THE quickest RB in the SEC last season. Hands down. He turned 5 yard holes into 15 yard gains all season long. Those are big shoes to fill...it might be a good while before we or anyone in the SEC has a RB average 7+ yards per carry for over 1000 yards in a season. What he did was sensational.

I think we will be better at defense next season at literally EVERY position on the field. We return most everyone in the front 7 and the guys we have coming into starting positions in the secondary should be better at ALL 5 positions. So that bodes well for our VOLS. We had a pretty damn good defense last season. It will ve even better next season and we know whats about to happen at QB so the future is bright. We are gonna be very young at QB, RB, and in the secondary. Will probably take a while to get up to speed...and improve each game over the season. We have a brutal stretch in the middle of our schedule though over 5 games IMO. I think next year is a 10-2 type season, but i would not be surprised to see us go 9-3 due to youth...or maybe, if everything goes our way 11-1. That would be overachieving though. I think we have a good shot at making the playoffs though...and then its anyones for the taking right???

Coach Hype has done an amazing job and will be the Coach to lead us back to Championships. I believe that 100%
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