For Alabama just the overall crispness off the offense. Losing the OC, QB, #1 RB and #1 WR plus a chunk of the OL means I think we will see some clunkiness on offense, especially early. We have a solid OL nucleus returning, a lot of talented backs, a talented young QB and some really young WRs and a NFL tight end, but it'll take a bit to get it all on the same page.

I'll be honest, I don't have many defensive concerns. We'll give up some points in some games because that's 2021 football, but we've got experienced talent at all 3 levels combined with experienced depth and young extremely talented kids who will be fighting to get on special teams.

- Ray, Eboigbe, Young, Mathis and Dale have all played tons of football and are solid. Tim Smith is ready to break out. Payne will be the #3 or #4 DT.

- The linebacker group went from as weak as I can remember in 2019 to as deep as I can remember in 2021. Will Anderson is a Top 10 pick and Chris Allen in an all-conference level player OLB. Harris/To'o To'o/Moody are all experienced high level guys at ILB. Then you have all the young kids who are super talented and ready to push for PT - Kennedy, Lawson, Braswell, Turner, Sanders. That list doesn't even include about 3-4 Top 100 level freshmen and redshirt freshmen (Blackshire, Koht, etc).

- Jobe is a very good and experienced CB. Moore and Branch were great as freshman at STAR. Battle and Hellams were great at the end of the year. Daniel Wright has played tons of football. The other corner spot will be somebody with limited experience (Armour-Davis or Kool-Aid).

Just not a lot of spots on defense where we don't have experience that has produced. We have proven pass rushers (Anderson, Allen), proven interior disruptors (Mathis), proven thumpers (Harris, To'o To'o), etc.

Hopefully Golding gets them all going in the right direction.

This post was edited on 8/4/21 at 3:25 pm