re: Give an honest assessment of your team going into the season

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Complete wild card.

No one can forget the horrendous run defense in 2021 although it stabilized to a degree at year-end. Drink worked the portal and with the new DC, I think we'll see a marked improvement.

WR room is a strength with the addition of Burden and some other guys who didn't live up to expectations last year, getting healthy.

The biggest question mark is QB. Can Brady Cook get the ball to the receivers? If so, we should be adequate there.

I don't see how we can do anything but take a step back a the RB position, but we never thought Badie could step up and fill Rountree's shoes so who knows.

The offense was super conservative in '21. Drinkwitz says he's going to "open it up" in '22. Great if the O-Line can protect Cook and he can get the ball downfield.

Bottom line, I think we are improved but take no umbrage in the 5.5 over/under. Gotta show it on the field. We'll know more after K-State and even more after Auburn.

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I agree with this assessment. I think we'll surprise some teams, but drop ones we should not. I am thinking 7-5.