2017 Revisited

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if Anzalone returns.

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I thought he was a senior?

No...he is a junior and really not high draft material...has only played 1 year of football...if you add up everything. He has been injury prone since arriving.

I expect 11-1.

11-1 should be the expectation next year. All the weapons back on offense and hopefully a QB whether it's Trask or Franks or potentially Stidham who can make the offense explosive. The offense is primed for a good QB to come in and be explosive next year.

The defense is losing a lot but there's a lot of guys who got a lot of experience this year which should make the growing pains next year not as drastic and painful.

I think we go 11-1 and finish 4-1 against LSU, A&M, UGA, Michigan, and FSU. The offense will be ranked Top 50 in the country and the defense will be Top 20.

I don't see the defense being a top 20 team or the offense being top 50.

On defense with the losses due to graduation and the draft the defense will be hurting for depth especially in the secondary. I read that Duke Dawson will most likely leave as well now. Leaving us with Gardner as the player to lead our defensive secondary next year. The D-line does have some playmakers still but depth will be an issue if we don't bring some guys in and LB showed some promise for sure but we need depth there as well.

On the offense I like our playmakers and the O-line will be improved hopefully. I just am unsure about our QB situation and we will know pretty early next year how that will be. We have the ability to be a top 50 offense but like this year we expected a boost on offense yet we went backwards as far as offensive rankings. Stidham or good play from one of our FR can change that.

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I think we go 11-1 and finish 4-1 against LSU, A&M, UGA, Michigan, and FSU.

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Not sure what you saw this year to think this. Fracois will be better and FSU is way ahead of us talent wise. Michigan is better. Eason will have another year under his belt. I see 2-3 but I hope its what you think and we go 4-1.

Dawson leave early for what? He is not even remotely close to being draft material. Washington will be back also, and Marcell Harris who has been lights out lately + Gardner and that makes four right there.

Anzalone is a junior ditto Caleb Brantley who isnt a lock to leave...Bullard as a senior was taken in 3rd round folks.
CeCe and Bryan, Davis, Zuniga, Polite, Sherit is a jr. so please calm the hell down.

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Not sure what you saw this year to think this. Fracois will be better and FSU is way ahead of us talent wise. Michigan is better. Eason will have another year under his belt. I see 2-3 but I hope its what you think and we go 4-1.

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Here's my explanation:

-Michigan will be breaking in a new starting QB and replacing all 11 starters on defense and playing in their season opener. Harbaugh is a hell of a coach so that is a toss up, but our offense should be able to take advantage of all the players they're losing. That game could go either way

-Texas A&M crashed and burned this year when Trevor Knight got hurt. He's gone next year and the new quarterback didn't impress me at all. They lose talent on defense and it's in the Swamp. Very winnable game next year.

-We have a giant coaching advantage over UGA. Kirby is a spitting image of Will Muschamp and I don't think he has the ability to outcoach us. I don't think we will lose to UGA. Eason did not progress this year. He has an incredible arm, but no coaching, no play calling, and no touch on short and intermediate throws.

-I like Florida over LSU every year that Ed Orgeron is their head coach. They have no quarterback and their talent level will steadily decline under O. Mac will coach circles around him just like they did this year. The game being in the Swamp helps too.

-FSU will once again be talented but they lose their best defensive player in Demarcus Walker and their only playmaker in Dalvin Cook. Francois is good but he has nobody to throw to and without the safety net of Dalvin Cook he'll prove to be more average than great IMO. The games in the Swamp and we would've been in the game each of the last two years with competent QB play. I don't know if we beat them, I'd say no right now, but we certainly have a better chance with better QB play.

Also, I wanted to throw in the UT game. They'll be breaking in a new QB, losing all of their best defensive players and most of their weapons on offense. We will beat their asses next year in the Swamp. This year was an anamoly. Mac will kick the shite out of Butch in the Swamp next season.

They have a chance to turn the corner next year. The offense has to improve. There's no excuse for it to be putrid again next year. The excuse cannot be it's a freshman. There's too many redshirt freshmen QBs that end up being great in year one. They simply have got to be ready to play come next August.

7-5 and Mac is fired mid year after starting 3-4. We don't have any DTs for the 3rd straight class and defensive recruiting has been poor. Imo the offense will sputter and the defense won't be good enough to save us.

It's too early to say much about 2017 at this point, but my very early thoughts:

--DL was overrated this year. Gave up 200 yards rushing 5 times, and only got 14 sacks in the last 9 games, and if you take out South Carolina, only had 9 sacks in 8 games. The unit was overrated IMO, and will be weaker next year than it was this year. The big thing to me is that UF is missing an elite pass rusher. Will one develop this off season? And the big question, who the frick will play DT behind Bryan, Clark, and Polite? Big concerns at DT. DE should be OK, if not elite.

--Secondary is scary. UF showed they don't trust guys like Putu and Williamson all year long. When Washington and Dawson were both out against FSU they went 3 LBs instead of bringing in a back up DB. UF actually has a lot of bodies back there, Taylor, Lenton, McWilliams, Williamson, Putu, Burnett, but not anyone they really trust. Gardner, Washington, Harris and Dawson are really going to have to stay healthy next year or this unit may be in trouble. Regardless, this is a big step down from what we had the past few years.

--LB is light on depth, but they look all set with Joseph, Moon, Reese, and Johnson as your first guys up for next year. If Anzalone stays, it's a decent unit. Nothing special, but solid.

--OL is a much improved pass blocking unit right now than it has been. UF only gave up 25 sacks this year which was a huge improvement over last year although still not very good, but with continued improvement they should be a decent pass blocking OL next year. Anyone who plays QB for Florida next year should have decent protection. Lots of guys got PT and a ton are coming back. They are soft as baby shite though in run blocking. That has to improve for UF to win a championship.

--RB , TE, and WR are positions at UF that are overrated, but a lot of them come back. none of these guys can take over a game, but there are a number of solid players. A decent QB could really elevate the play of these units, but right now, none of these units is scaring anyone.

--QB - need to find one. without one, UF is in trouble next year. Whomever it is should have a decent OL to give them pass protection though.

--ST - kicking specialists will be best in the country - hopefully the rest of the units improve because they played like fricking dog shite this year.

Good home schedule, not many road games, but unless UF finds a QB, I don't see them doing more than winning the east again, and that is only because the east is such shite.

Will be interesting to see what recruits they add, what coaching changes occur, and how much they improve in the off season.