The Defense has more talent? Therein lies the problem.
Maybe you don't pay attention, but our secondary has needed a Grad Transfer & a Juco for 2 going on 3 years in a row. The DLine has also had injuries all along the line.
We've had a loaded WR corp for 3 years now, had a bunch of 4-star backs that were more than capable. It's also funny to se people leaning on losing Walton, when many of yall were the same ones who said our Offense would be better without him, there were actual threads on that very topic.
We haven't had the depth at Safety, or LB until is season. But again, the O has a backfield full of 4-star RB's, the WR corp will be as loaded as it's been in a decade once Pope & Ezzard join the group already on campus. The TE group will be bringing in 2 4-star kids with 5-star talent.
If the O is bad again this year, what excuses will be made this time?
This years team is far more loaded offensively than any of the teams since the early 2000s so we should be a potent offense. And just because you bring in a grad transfer don’t mean a unit isn’t good. A lot of teams do it every year period.
And yes they had more talent
Looking at potentially 5-6 draft picks on the dline from 2017( Thomas,McIntosh, Norton, joe Jackson, djack?)
The linebackers- have nfl futures
Db- nfl future secondary especially Jackson and jaquan).
On offense
After Walton went down we had one 4star at running back and a converted athlete(4star) who just switched to the position.
Oline- you know the drill it isn’t that talented collectively but they played okay
Qb- malik rosier(no nfl future)
Tight end- behind Herndon not much
Receiver- Berrios, richards, Thomas we’re the only receivers to show something last year. Cager and langham has their moments
So yes I can Definitively say Diaz was working with more talent than the offense in 2017..... it won’t be the same case in 2018 because the offensive recruiting was elite but the 2018 defense will be ridiculously talented as well