The WR group checks all the boxes. Multiple home run threats, possession receivers, everything. The RB group has not-as-good-as-Bijan talent, but each one would be the unquestioned starter on any other Big 12 team. JT Sanders changes defenses just by being on the field.
So now we look at Quinn and the OL.
I think its obvious that Ewers has all the gifts. As a high schooler, he could just use those gifts. That's not enough to win games at Texas, but Sark gave him all the refinements needed to be the game changer. We saw it before he was hurt. After he returned from injury, he spent too many games playing like a talented high schooler rather than remembering his coaching. We're told he's fully steeped in the Sark wisdom. I believe he is, but show me.
I want to believe that I'm looking at the best OL in America. They're picked and trained by Kyle Flood. This should be the OL that just resets the DL backwards 3 yards. No one knows how good an OL is, though, until they're pounded on by an angry defense. By then, it's too late to fix. How good is this OL really?
Does the Texas defense have a Brian Orakpo level pass rusher? Every level of the defense has athletic playmakers that can stifle an opponent, but not if the QB has all day - as Texas fans have seen too often. Unlike the offense, I don't have any pass rushing candidates I can talk up using evidence. Right now, this is my biggest concern. I have to just hope one arrives.
Obviously and rightly, Alabama will be favored. Texas will be the favorite in every other game. They have the fewest question marks entering the season. I expect this to be an exceptional team. Will they be legendary?
