Maybe he feels like he has to say it since he gets a pay check from UF and he wants to spread some positivity. He is too straight forward to really think this and say it on his own.
Fans get so uptight about things so fast but this is the correct answer.
The coaches know what they got in Wilson so they don't need to risk injury, they let the young guys fight it out.
If it wasn't for talking would anyone know any of our players on defense even existed?
They haven't been good for years. The only way they get any publicity is if they are talking or on video clips of opposing teams making big plays against them.
We aren't where we need to be yet but we are improving on the lines.
Maybe are players wouldn't start for Georgia or Ohio State but we have 3-4 who would start at TN, UK, SC and teams like that.