A lot of people are going to disagree, but it is what it is.

Jay Ward: Ward is a very solid SEC player, but he doesn’t look any better than last season. He is not a game changer and this secondary lacks/needs a true baller back there. Maybe Brooks or Bernard-Converse can be that in the fall.

Sage Ryan: I won’t say he is a bust because that’s absurd. He has a long way to go though. He is definitely not your plug and play 5 star talent that we all thought he was. Let’s see how much progress he makes by game 1. He doesn’t have to be a starter this year, but we badly need him to develop by 2023.

Zavier Carter: Carter looks like our most consistent edge rusher and May end up better than Ojulari THIS year

Kolbe Fields: young player with speed, but if he allows runs his way like he did today he won’t be seeing much playing time this year. If he does we are in BIG trouble.

Tre Bradford: Bradford can be a game changing back on offense if utilized correctly. Reminds me of a poor man’s Percy Harvin.

Peyton Todd and Ezekeal Mata: If both of these players continue to progress we should have improved punting and continue having a great kicking game. Mata just probably can’t hit the long ones like York could and that’s fine.

Offensive Line: with the additions of Cambell, Frazier, and Shorts our offensive line can go from mediocre to tops in the SEC by mid season.
Frazier and Shorts are very solid and will only get better.
Campbell will be our best offensive lineman since Whitworth. Future NFL star. He man handled several great edge guys on multiple plays.

QBs: Nussmeier looked the most consistent and made the most accurate passes of the day. If he continues to progress he will be the answer if the coaches are looking for someone with a great arm and running ability.

Daniels made some good throws and good runs. What most people don’t realize is QBs weren’t allowed to be tackled so defenders weren’t keyed in on QBs to run. If this would have been a live game Daniels would have been focused on more and wouldn’t have scrambled as well as he did. He has potential. He is also very inaccurate at times.

Brennan made some good throws. I feel like the passing game wasn’t as open with Brennan in as it was for Nussmeier. This is probably because they were testing Nussmeier’s decision making skills more so than Brennan. Brennan’s plays were super vanilla like WR screens, inside runs, etc. I honestly think the coaches know they have a solid arm with Brennan and wanted to see how he handled the little things. If not he wasn’t given the same opportunity to showcase his arm.

Howard has all of the tools. He has a talented arm and is mobile. He showed maturity when he scrambled by continuing to keep his eyes down field like really good QBs do. He was very inaccurate throughout the whole game. He made a few nice throws and actually reads the field very well, he just isn’t there with the timing yet. I don’t see him on the field more than a few plays this year unless two guys transfer out.

Offense: it’s tough to say how good this group will be without a QB taking the job and knowing just what kind of offense we will run. Boutte is a game changer and Emery could be. Right now we have no identity.

Defense: we badly need a solid lock down #1 corner. Maybe Bernard-Converse or Banks can be that. I’m hoping both will come in and take the 1 and 2 spots and run away with it or else this will be the least talented secondary LSU has had pre Saban. Luckily with solid coaching the secondary should still be solid. One or two major injuries there and we will be having Pelini flashbacks. Same with LB corps. Defensive line is going to terrorize opposing teams.