At the opening of spring practice or close enough to it for most teams, give your....

impressions of how your team will fare this year in best case and worst case scenario within reason (we all know that technically we could all go undefeated or all go winless, but what do you think is likely the worst you could do and likely the best you could do assuming you'll not have any major injuries, since we can't really predict those). I'm just gonna predict it for the 12 games I know we're playing.

UGA: Best likely scenario is 12-0. We played for it all last year. We're returning a great deal of the offensive line and look to be in great shape to replace the one guy who is gone. The RBs will be as talented if not as experienced. The WRs may be better as a unit. Our freshman QB is now a sophomore.
The defense has some big shoes to feel, but many feel the replacements for Bellamy and LC are better edge rushers. There is no replacing RS, but there is talent behind him that can play at an elite level in the SEC. Our weak link, that ultimately snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, may be much stronger this year. Our younger dbs that needed to mature are more talented that the experienced ones that are gone. Our one shutdown corner returns. And while it may seem odd that you can lose a bunch off of a unit that was good, but not great and be great the next year, that's certainly what happened on our Oline from 2016 to 2017.

The worst likely scenario: We go 9-3. We miss the leadership of those seniors going in the first three rounds of the NFL draft and no one really steps into that role naturally. We lose three of the four games that I feel are possible to lose (SC, LSU, UF and Auburn).

Which is more probable to happen: Obviously, somewhere in the middle, but if I had to choose which is more likely between 9-3 and 12-0, I'm going 12-0. At least preseason, we're likely to be favored in every game on the schedule with the possible exception of LSU in BR.

Which of your incoming recruits is most likely to make a big splash?: If he hadn't gotten injured I'd go with Zamir White, the nation's no. 1 running back out of high school. But he's recovering from an ACL tear. So considering that, I'll go with Olineman, Jamaree Salyer. His coach says he's the most ready high school kid he's ever had. Our All SEC freshman team, starting right tackle from last year played under the same coach. So that's pretty high praise.

Which non starter from last year do you expect to be amazing this year? The easy answer here would be D'Andre Swift. That's our 3rd string tailback who had over 700 yards from scrimmage sitting behind Chubb and Sony. But I'm gonna go on defense and say it's another D'Andre. D'Andre Walker ranked second on the team in TFL and sacks to Roquan Smith and he played far few snaps than either Lorenzo Carter or Davin Bellamy who combined only had one and a half more TFL than Walker.