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2026 vs 2025 Talent & Coaching
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:41 pm
Was thinking about talent under Golesh vs last year w/Freeze
QB + BB clearly an upgrade from Arnold
RB + Cobb is gonna have a monster year. Omar gonna have to step up. The kid from Baylor will be a bust.
WR - Hard to lose Cam Coleman, Eric singleton, and Malcolm Simmons and say it’s positive.
TE +/- Can’t be worse than Preston Howard but we’re unproven here
C - I like Cole Best as a leader but Connor Lew will be tough to top
G - Dillon Wade and J. Wright are both playing in Sundays
T + I’m gonna hedge and say we’re better here on potential. Murphy was okay and Chaplain couldn’t keep the snap count straight.
S + We’re stacked this year
CB - like WR it’s hard to lose Crawford and Lee and say it’s a positive
LB ++ I think we are going to have the best LB corps we’ve have since 2004
DE - Losing Keyron, McCloud, and Amaris Williams is tough.
DL +/— lost Blocton and Keldrick which hurts but Autry and Jourdin Crawford will help. Might be even to slightly down. Eager to see Cody Sigler in action. Getting Dallas back helps too.
Coaching ++ I love this staff. Head and shoulders above last year. Way better leadership and organization.
QB + BB clearly an upgrade from Arnold
RB + Cobb is gonna have a monster year. Omar gonna have to step up. The kid from Baylor will be a bust.
WR - Hard to lose Cam Coleman, Eric singleton, and Malcolm Simmons and say it’s positive.
TE +/- Can’t be worse than Preston Howard but we’re unproven here
C - I like Cole Best as a leader but Connor Lew will be tough to top
G - Dillon Wade and J. Wright are both playing in Sundays
T + I’m gonna hedge and say we’re better here on potential. Murphy was okay and Chaplain couldn’t keep the snap count straight.
S + We’re stacked this year
CB - like WR it’s hard to lose Crawford and Lee and say it’s a positive
LB ++ I think we are going to have the best LB corps we’ve have since 2004
DE - Losing Keyron, McCloud, and Amaris Williams is tough.
DL +/— lost Blocton and Keldrick which hurts but Autry and Jourdin Crawford will help. Might be even to slightly down. Eager to see Cody Sigler in action. Getting Dallas back helps too.
Coaching ++ I love this staff. Head and shoulders above last year. Way better leadership and organization.
This post was edited on 7/29/26 at 11:13 pm
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:50 pm to TailbackU
Worst thing about last year is that we absolutely had the talent to take a step forward and Freeze just refused to do it.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:40 pm to TailbackU
Nice breakdown. The only thing I would offer is that in a few positions, where you mentioned the departed but not returning or an addition. You did at DL.
We can just combine DE and Edge if you want but I believe Darrion and Jared Smith have a higher ceiling than the players you mentioned. We have several guys that are inexperienced but very talented, and will make a name for themselves this season.
As far as the WRs go, would you rather have WRs that are uber talented but misused, or WRs that fit well in a system and play to their potential?
And my last point, I think I see more positives than negatives in your post
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DE - Losing Keyron, McCloud, and Amaris Williams is tough.
We can just combine DE and Edge if you want but I believe Darrion and Jared Smith have a higher ceiling than the players you mentioned. We have several guys that are inexperienced but very talented, and will make a name for themselves this season.
As far as the WRs go, would you rather have WRs that are uber talented but misused, or WRs that fit well in a system and play to their potential?
And my last point, I think I see more positives than negatives in your post
This post was edited on 7/29/26 at 11:41 pm
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