re: SEC returning production (national ranking - LSU: 122)

Yeah, people that dont have their head in Eds gumbo knew the, we are young excuse last year was bullshite.

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I assume this is just skill positions which we knew we were losing heavily in.

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Yeah when you lose your QB, top 2 RBs and top 2 WRs this is sort of expected

We return 7 starters on defense. We don't lack experience.

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No but this proves the youth excuse last year was wrong. This is the year that the team will be plenty young. That might not be the end of the world in my opinion but it should have never been used as an excuse in 2017.

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they werent young, they were inexperienced older players... (career backups, that got their shots because we didnt recruit someone better than they were)

This year at WR we have an extreme abundance at talent...and again, no experience..

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This is the year

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Here we go again

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real interesting stat

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Probably won't see Tiger ReeRee comment on this stat.....

Its not a good stat to stimulate ticket sales....

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I wonder what these stats were in past years and if fan expectations reflected that.

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Good question. IDK, but my opinion is that we are pretty solid with the exception of elite RB and the obvious question marks at QB. Obviously those two are a big deal so how that shakes out is critical. The other would be CB depth which we whiffed on in the final days of recruiting. I do have high hopes for Joseph though.

Like I said, the OP was an interesting discussion point, but what it means depends on your assessment of who steps into those spots and the 800LB gorilla of how our staff develops and utilizes them.