Look, I personally feel like this team, if it didn't have baggage and growing pains from two new coordinators and a bunch of new coaches, has the talent and leadership to win a lot of games this year. I've said it in other posts. Only Clemson is more talented across the board than us, A&M has more overall talent but has exploitable weanesses (e.g., QB and DB), I'm not impressed by UNC outside their QB and a handful of defenders, and I believe FSU is highly overrated. The rest of our schedule is weaker than us.
TVD in those last 7 games of 2021 was the best QB in the ACC. I think he bounces back to that form. Plus he now has an NFL JV Team along the OL with some really frickin good RBs, guys that made the 2021 starters transfer out. I would be shocked we aren't scoring 30+ ppg and wouldn't be shocked if we're closer to 40 than 30 ppg. On the defense we have 3 preseason AAs in Kinchens, LT and JW. Messidor is an animal, Kelly and Bain are going to wreak havoc, and we finally have some LBs. I would be shocked if we can't hold opposing teams below 25 ppg, and wouldn't be shocked if we were near or below 20. That outcome is very possible. It's there in front of the team. They just got to believe, got to gel and got to stay cohesive.