We had over 450 yards total offense, dominated time of possession, and still only scored 20 points. I do not think we have near as much talent as many seem to think.
The team has talent, and it also has a serious lack of talent. It depends on where you look. We have a ton of talent at RB. Our QB is very talented, albeit not ready for the load he is being asked to bear which few QBs are, and our backups have solid reputations in that regard. Our WR has solid talent but missing that real #1 featured WR type. Our TEs, partially due to availability, are hurting in that area as is our OL. Unfortunately, while that sounds like that's a lot, it's half the team that is hurting in that area. What makes it worse is that the OL is still only in year 2 of the offense. And while people don't want to hear it, there is a big difference between having an OL of, for example, 2 RS SRs, 2 RS JRs, and a soph all recruited for the system and coached for it their entire times, and what we have where everyone is at most in their second year. That does play a part. We're better than we were last year, that much is obvious, but we also still have some obvious issues.
Defensively we just lack talent in the front 7, and our DBs are good, but they've been caught trying to cheat a couple of times. DL has been hurt with missing players, but the front 7 on D is a big need for improvement through recruiting.
