re: Fall Camp 2020 - Kentucky Week - Depth Chart Released

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Except he was already a starter last year?

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I’m not in the camp that thinks Big Kat goes off this year. Just explaining why some think he could have a career year despite the track record thus far.

But one thing to understand about Steele is that he doesn’t have a specific role on defense for pressure. And the last time Steele spoke he was still trying to determine where pressure would come from this season. He even mentioned Holland as an example of that.

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Not to mention we haven't had a pass rush since Sensei Mud... How is he afforded more opportunity now than he was last season?

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No Marlon, no Brown. We know Steele will generate sacks, pressures, and QB hits. We don’t know from where. And the absence of those guys opens the opportunity for Bryant to take some of those pressures. Opportunity is not a guarantee but he has the best chance of his career this season and I’m betting that’s why people assume, by default, he’ll reach that potential.

I think he’ll generate better stats by absence of the players around him that left but I’m not sure he reaches an all-SEC level