we’ve already made great strides to # 3 (OL depth) as far as I’m concerned … now we have to see what we can get out of our depth chart.

1. 4 (No. 21 stays healthy) is going to be a weekly prayer for the next three (dare we dream four?) years.

1. (improve secondary). Let’s hope Stephon had a soph. slump. His multiple conference honors - no matter how disappointed we were in his play - are testament that he is an excellent player. Getting Shaq back as the Mike will help settle things down. Nice DBs and S’s in our next class, too.

1. (top 10 recruiting class) just doesn’t mean that much to me. Texas and Florida dominated the recruiting ranks for the last three years, and laid huge eggs in 2010. For years and years during the Brad Scott and Lou Holtz eras, Carolina had top 20 recruiting classes but the program produced bupkis. Yes - its all about talent, but except for the top flight guys, the recruiting services (Scout, Rivals, etc) cannot accurately handicap who is going to be great at the FBS level - or even going to be a good team player. Trust the coaches and dont sweat the rankings is my new philosophy.

They really shut down some elite talent at running back. I don’t really consider the spur position a linebacker, but Allen was the best member of that defense in my opinion, with Devin Taylor an extremely close second. I’d only not give the linebackers an A, or A+, ‘cause I remember too many missed sacks, especially on Newton. Other than the sacks, I can’t think of any glaring things they did wrong the whole season. I recall once where Jeffery got beat deep for a touchdown, but I believe he was somehow on their best receiver. It’s hard to blame him for that. All in all, an outstanding job from all of them. Allen needs to become the leader of the secondary in the offseason, and teach the rest of them what they’re doing wrong. Speak up dude, ’cause you obviously have it down.