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Texas A&M’s Week 2 depth chart has been released ahead of facing McNeese State

Here is what Texas A&M’s Week 2 depth chart looks like

After falling to Notre Dame 23-13 in prime time to open the 2024 season, Texas A&M and head coach Mike Elko are focused on film, practice, and motivation to fix the issues that plagued the program in Week 1.

Starting quarterback Conner Weigman’s career-low performance took most of the oxygen out of any positives, though few and far between, that the Aggies made on Saturday night. In his 10th career start after missing the final eight games of the 2023 season due to injury, Weigman was just plain off, throwing for just 100 yards and two interceptions.

Vowing to earn back the fanbase’s trust after speaking with the media this week, the redshirt sophomore knows that fixing his footwork issues will only increase his accuracy. However, after most of his receivers had issues gaining separation in their routes, will Elko shape up the Week 2 depth chart?

Released earlier this week, Texas A&M’s updated depth chart ahead of taking on McNeese State this weekend showed little change on offense and defense, outside of junior Koli Faaiu taking over as the team’s starting center after Mark Nabou was lost for the season due to a lower-body injury.

However, I do expect freshman athlete Terry Bussey to be featured more in the offense this weekend after taking 12 snaps at wide receiver in the opener. His elite athleticism and impressive speed should be utilized more outside of returning kicks and punts.

Texas A&M will host McNeese on Saturday, Sept. 7, for an early kickoff at 11:45 a.m. The game will air on the SEC Network.

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Michael Bratton, better known as ‘SEC Mike’ and Cousin Shane debate who has the better passing attack: Texas A&M, or Kentucky?

Michael Bratton and Cousin Shane debate who will reign supreme through the air in the SEC this coming season: Texas A&M, or the Kentucky Wildcats?

Texas A&M’s 2023 wide receiver rotation has received a ton of hype this offseason due to the overwhelming about of blue-chip talent scattered throughout the depth chart, beginning with the assumed starting rotation consisting of senior Swiss army knife Ainias Smith, former five-star acrobat Evan Stewart, junior big-play machine Moose Muhammad III, and Spring MVP Noah Thomas, who was dubbed “mini Mike Evans” during his high school playing days.

Entering their first season in Aggieland in rotational roles, the freshman duo of former four-star wideouts Raymond Cottrell and Micah Tease joins Kentucky transfer track star Jordan Anthony who may still be green as a three-down football player. However, his lighting speed and seam-busting potential are more than enough for Head Coach Jimbo Fisher and his staff.

Now who will be throwing passes to these guys is a whole other debate, as sophomore Conner Weigman likely holds a slight edge over senior veteran Max Johnson; nothing is set in stone until Fisher’s official announcement, which could come on any given day before their Sept. 2 season opener.

This week, podcaster Michael Bratton, better known by his monicker “SEC Mike,” and his podcasting partner, better known as “Cousin Shane,” posed an interesting question within the SEC ranks: Who possessed the more elite passing attack in the conference? Texas A&M with, in Bratton’s opinion, Conner Weigman with Stewart, Smith, and Muhammad, or Kentucky mentioned above Wildcats assumed starting lineup of quarterback Devin Leary and a starting wide receiver core of Dane Key, Barrion Brown, Tayvion Robinson?

Both fanbases will, of course, choose their squad based on preconceived biases, but throwing the question to two guys who cover the entire SEC day in and day out, Bratton feels that the Aggies are poised to turn things around if we’re singlehandedly basing it off of their potentially elite passing attack.

“Texas A&M is Connor Weigman, Ainias Smith, I mean, that’s an elite group right there. Or, Kentucky, Devin Leary, Dane Key, Barrion Brown, Tayvion Robinson? Yes, I realize both of those teams we have been highlighting for a couple of weeks now I think both have the potential to be the most improved offenses in the SEC.”

In Head Coach Bob Stoops’ 10th season at the helm, Kentucky finished 7-6 (3-5 in the SEC) and hired up-and-coming offensive coordinator Liam Cohen to the same position. At the same time, Texas A&M’s new and well-known play-caller Bobby Petrino should be the key to opening up A&M’s offense in 2023. Enter Cousin Shane, who provided an interesting answer with all the information presented that places Wildcats’ quarterback Devin Leary in high regard.

“I, I think I could word it a couple of different ways, like, if I’m going into a game and remove Texas A&M and remove Kentucky and justing looking at a quarterback and a group of receivers, I worry more about Kentucky’s quarterback, and I worry more about Texas A&M’s receivers.”

Shane went on to outright choose Kentucky, viewing them as a more “complete package,” but don’t get lost in the commentary because no matter how you swing it, the Aggies passing attack behind the arm of Conner Weigman or Max Johnson is more than due to heavily improve under Petrino’s tutelage in the midst of what I have coined the Jimbo Fisher revenge tour.

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