How Parallel is '08 with This Season?

Not very parallel

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New QB, 2nd year OC - following a very productive O in '08/'13.

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Cameron is an NFL calibre OC and one of the best QB position coaches at any level.
Crowton was an average OC and a poor QB coach.

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Will be interesting to see if Les affords Cam...

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Cameron runs the O.

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Lots of questions on D.

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Chief is one of the best. 2008 had some kind of 2 headed monstrosity.

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How Parallel is '08 with This Season?

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How similar is a kumquat and a diamond ring?

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New QB

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True. Either it'll be Jennings or Harris. So you've got one that has one start and the other has no starts but is leading so far. With that said, this isn't news. Flynn was gone after '07, RP was the heir and he screwed that up and eventually got kicked off the team, as we all know. JL was thrown in way before he was ready.

Cam will have the QB's ready, I have faith in that.

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Lots of questions on D.

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Uh no.


So to answer your question, not very parallel.

I'd say that this team is more similar to the 2012 squad than the 2008 squad.. a lot more similar. Adderall posts

Breaking in a new QB.
Insanely talented young RB who took over the starting job halfway through the season.
2-3 very promising young WRs, who were good but not great. Not much depth at the position.
A TE we all thought was going to be very involved in the passing game.
Very very conservative offense early in the season. (177 ypg passing first 8 games, 267 in the last 4.. though to be fair we had no reason to pass vs A&M that year, we ran extremely well)
New return man for punts/kick offs.
Strong kicking game expected
Expecting alot out of Hunter like we were with Mingo
Strong LBs.. we have Debo, Beckwith, Kwon.. 2012 had Minter, Barrow.. no Welter
3rd down offense will probably struggle slightly, it will be nothing like 2013 with automatic 3rd downs. It will be more like 2012 (40.21% on 3rd downs)
2012 had a 1.23 turnover margin, 2011 1.43, this team needs to be somewhere in between.

2014 has an easier schedule than 2012.. and 2012 went 10-2. I'm expecting 10-2 this season

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'08 had a much better group of WR's (Toliver, LaFell, and Byrd)

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Not sure where you are getting this from. Landry and Beckham are probably two of the best receivers we have had.

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Lots of questions on D.

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care to explain? i'm not trying to be a dick, but i don't see it.

A few parallels in terms of replacing a lot of offensive talent, but the offense was seldom the problem in 2008. The real problem was the Mallveto-led D that was routinely shredded. The stability at DC makes is a huge distinction between 2008 and 2014.

Charles Scott was an absolute beast in 2008. He set school records and abused the gumps. Your memory of the 08 running game is bad.

Les is a much better head coach today then he was in 2008. And his coordinators are so far superior of the hacks we had in 2008 it is laughable.
If Cam and Chief are doctors, Crowton was not only held back in kindergarden, he was sent back to pre k and Malveto can't spell their names (unless on special teams;).

ETA: So to answer your question, not very parallel unless you want to manipulate it to be.

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New QB, 2nd year OC - following a very productive O in '08/'13.

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Very different circumstances thought. in 2008 we had a plan for New QB and that guy got kicked off the team. This year the New QBs know one of them si going to be the man coming into the situation.

Also Cam>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Crowton

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Lots of questions on D.

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Not really. Return both corners and a safety
Return Both DE's
Return a bunch of Linebackers with playing time.
DT are gone but they sorta weren't that great, and we know Lacatoure has one spot wrapped up ( i personally think he is gonna be the next Brockers)