re: ESPN predicts outcome of every game on 2017 Vols schedule

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I know. They are making me into the bad guy because I have to ruin their fun with real information. It's just rude. Don't put me in this position with your alternative facts!

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Not only that I'm not sure anyone is too worried about QB next season. We have favorites but by all accounts we have exceptional talent in the QB stable.

Where Tennessee fans are concerned is:

1. DEFENSE - Players are there and because of injury tons got PT and starting time *but* what about the DTs and the Corners. DTs need to get healthy AND corners have to show improvement (though I think they will since Martinez really was that bad - he didn't do anything after year 1 and Dooley's DBs were so bad it only looked like improvement.

2. WRs - We return JJ and several studs like Byrd, Callaway and Jennings but outside of JJ and to a lesser extent Byrd there's a ton for the WR corps to prove. That said Azzani was also that bad. I just don't think he was very good at teaching college students and had wanted him fired for years.

3. RB - We have John Kelly who is fantastic and we have Ty Chandler who should contribute immediately and CFA who has finally gained enough weight to be a more effective RB. But despite CFA's speed (and he's prob. the fastest RB we have) and Chandler's potential they will still be forced into more playing time than I'd like early (both will likely struggle with pass pro at first). The biggest issue is whether or not 3 is enough. Depth concerns me here.

Where I feel confident: QB and OL.