I think QB play will be better so the team will be better. Nobody thought the DL/defense would be better after losing Murphy and Sweat and it was. We have recruited and developed well. There shouldn't be much of a drop off at any position, it's next man up at this point.
Also the QB shares the blame this year just like last year. I don't think you'll get just how mediocre Ewers was until next season. He missed critical throws and routinely self sacked himself. And then committed the self dagger with the sack/fumble. I told you he wasn't good enough to go out there and win us a game when it had to be on his shoulders. The offense wasn't going to be good enough if he showed up to be a bus driver and he was barely that. His QBR was 69.5, bum ass Will Howard was 90.0. Howard made critical throws all night, Ewers did not.
And I know you are going to run in here talking about we couldn't run the ball, Ohio St only ran for 81 yards in that game and they managed to overcome that.