This is what I find puzzling as well. I generally liked our defensive performances last year, so I give the staff the benefit of the doubt. But Huggins was one of the first freshmen that stood out to me last year, with a really athletic pick in the opener. Stiner, to his credit, did have two really big plays last year in consecutive weeks(technically should've batted the ball down against Lsu). But the overall body of work does not warrant his continued playing time. Taylor either. We were probably going to lose to uga regardless, but those two all but sealed it. Can't imagine they aren't looking like better options in practice as well. If nothing else, the ceiling is much higher with someone like JH, and you could be laying the groundwork for a ridiculous Safety tandem by net year, when we'll likely need some help with losses at DL and Corner.
Maybe the most bizarre element of the whole thing is the fact that Huggins was this staff's recruit, while Stiner and Taylor were left over Mac specials. I can appreciate their not isolating the old guys and that may have contributed to the chemistry last year. But this seems to be at the expense of performance.