As is often the case, I think its a little of both. I still don't see what everyone was basing the hype on for most of our JUCOs, other than hope. I am a little surprised that Floyd isn't starting, let alone 3rd string, given our complete lack of experience at that position.
That's not to say that they won't contribute. Just that I was tempering my expectations for them.
Meeks, Mutcherson, and Cotton-Moya sound like they're going to be great players, but I can't see 2 redshirt freshmen, a redshirt sophomore with no experience, and a former walk-on all starting in the defense as leading to anything but trouble. We maybe could get by if we had a dominant line and linebackers, but we don't.
Either we're going to struggle mightily on defense early on in the season, or the future is really bright for our defense.