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Following that same pattern, David Ash & Demarco Cobbs.

I thought Edmond would be a beast on defense and an upgrade even for our run defense from last season. Surprise.

The fact Jinkens is playing at all is very suprising to me.

David Ash - Great
Mike Davis - Great
Carrington Byndom - Bad
Greg Daniels - Good
Demarco Cobbs - Terrible

My Humor wants to say
Pleasant surprise: Malcom Brown
Disappointment: Malcolm Brown

I did expect Malcom to be even better than he has been and I really have been disappointed for Malcolm. Ash has been good but I expected him to be good. I believe I would have to say that like the rest of you I am unhappy about our poor defense which was suppose to be so good. I also have been puzzled by our offense and the overuse of Bergeron. I do believe that Mack, if he stays should have his head set taken from him while Ut is on offense. I believe he goes it a turtle when we play OU. In fact I use to defend Davis saying it was Mack who was calling some of the plays. Mack was once considered a brilliant offensive coordinator- almost as good as his brother. I believe he does interfere.

I expected Ash's growth.

Very happy for Mike Davis to reclaim legit Black Shipley status.

Most surprised by Daje Johnson's ability to get on the field and make plays. Very bright future if he takes care of business.

Most shocked by how terrible Cobbs has been given all the reports prior to the season, but what can you really expect with no tackling in the pre-season? No wonder Bergeron is treated as the second coming of Sticky Ricky and Cobbs was made out to be some sort of Lawrence Taylor/Troy Palomalu hybrid or something. A lot of players probably look like all-americans when there's no hitting.

Who is "we"? You got a rat in your pocket? Mack taking the training wheels off Gray finally doesn't mean Gray wasn't just as talented before the season even began. He should have gotten him more time in the first three games. Might have actually been able to beat WVU if he had. But I digress..

I'm going to go like this:

Offense
Greg Daniels - biggest surprise
David Ash - biggest breakthrough
Mike Davis - best comeback

Defense
Peter Jinkens - biggest surprise
Cedric Reed - biggest breakthrough

On the other end of the stick
5. Chris Whaley
4. Adrian Phillips (moving in the right direction)
3. Mykkele Thompson (moving in the right direction)
2. Anthony Fera
1. Demarco Cobbs

Demarco Cobbs and Adrian Philips being as bad as they are is the biggest surprises for me. I think the offense is coming along nicely given what they looked like last year

I have no idea what you people are surprised about with Byndom. Even when he was taking heat for the Ole Miss or WVU games, it was misplaced - Phillips and Thompson knocked him off of routes and tackles. Byndom's played fine. Were you expecting Deion Sanders level production?

Can anyone possibly explain just what happened with Adrian Phillips. I hope he rebounds next year. Kid looked like a rising star last year.