"WAAAY TOO EARLY" '14-'15 Depth Chart

"I think next year's group will be better than this year's group minus Gallon."

I assume you exclude Funchess because you have him as a TE next year not a WR. 

So by your statement you are saying the top 3 next year will exceed Dileo, Chesson and Joe Reynolds, who have combined for 18 catches.  By definition whatever group we throw out next year will beat that by a country mile because we need to have WRs who start next year with new names - and someone has to, by definition, catch Devin's passes.

That is like saying, I expect next year's TEs to improve over this year's group... excluding Funchess.  Sure if we exclude the (1st/2nd) best player on the field for the offense we can expect everyone else to be better I guess. It misses the point.  You said you are not worried about the offense - I am simply saying we lose a boatload of production and its asking a lot for a bunch of underclassmen to take over that.

As for Winston yes - I stand by my point, until he does it on the field it doesnt matter.  I dont recall you calling for Winston's stardom this past July or did I miss it?  For every Winston there are plenty of guys who don't do it, are good but not great, are average, or are bombs.  Who knows which are which.  Did you think William Campbell was a star in the making as a freshman / sophomore 5 years ago?

Which is why I say it doesnt matter until they do it on the field.  You are declaring "stardom" for Darboh based on nothing that I can see other than practice talk.  That's a big leap and reminds me of talk about Dymonte 8 months ago on these same boards.

i think his practice talk comment and his comment re expectations were directed at those fans who really need to temper expectations and understand this is not the UM team of late 90s and early 2000s -- theyre not fresh off a national title and they have not stacked 5-6 elite classes on top of each other.  and the comment regarding jameis winston does not suit the argument....hes a 5 star beast and an incredible athlete and as of late (or the last 25 years) FSU has traditionally been a much better and more consistent team than UM with more talent and more future pros.  winston stepping in as a "star" in the only true sense of the word is much more likely, given his rep and state of FSU program, than any UM redshirts stepping in as "stars" as redshirt freshmen.  sorry thats just a fact.  peppers is a future pro and the only dude capable of stepping in as a "star" but DB and returns are much different animal than QB in terms of impact.  takes a while to turn around a team with questionable image and history in eyes of current 16 yr olds and a very average roster so while hoke has made strides and his recruiting looks good according to those who rate recruting, this squad is not there yet....certainly have not reached a point of next man up depth.  were all fans here and we all want UM to win big, just try to be somewhat unbiased and temper your expectations a tad -- until its proven on the field, all these players are just competing and being physical and working their tails off, in hoke speak.  the only dude truly deserving of "star" hype is peppers bc he will instatnly become the most athletic player on their roster and actually will be a "star in true sense of the word

Step 1 of making plays is being in the position to make plays.  Stribling is almost always in that position, which is very encouraging.  A year of weight room, getting some more leg strength to make those jumps, and strength to wrest the ball away from bigger WRs, and he really could make some serious strides as his instincts seem to be very very good.  I am excited about him.  Hey and all that for the price of 3 stars....

Dymonte has been a highly touted high end recruit who many thought due to Wilson's struggles would come in and steal the job soon as a freshman. OR "worst case" take the nickel job outright, until he moved to safety as a sophomore.  He is not at Peppers level in hype but he was in the next tier.  As of a week or two ago there was even a thread here saying he should be getting snaps on offense. 

Kid thus far is on a milk carton, outside of special teams.

There are isolated incidents across the country of kids coming in and excelling as freshman.  For every one of those there are 200 who sit and learn or play and struggle.  Each time you try to point to the 200, someone points out the 1 and say "it is possible, why do you not think so - it happens".  Yes it happens... but the expectation is interesting.

I am looking at our 2013 class skill position on offense and the only one getting even modest playing time is Green.  And it is minor.  No one else of all the offensive recruits other than Butt and now after today Bosch are getting any real playing time on offense.  Just trying to frame the realistic probabilities - maybe Peppers and Hand are the Winstons, who knows.  Counting on it, or expecting it - at a position that is not even the main role - is asking a lot.