Talent Comparison from 2015 to past VT Teams

I was thinking about how much our talent had fallen off and wanted to compare this team to previous years. 2009 is the last year I can think of that we were really good, and good enough to compete at the highest levels. (2010 to a lesser extent we didn't really have a good defense)

QB Tyrod vs Brewer I think it is obvious we take Tyrod

RB Edmunds/JC/McMillian/(Maybe Shai) vs Ryan Williams
This one is a little harder. Ryan obviously had one of the best seasons by a VT running back ever, but if I didn't know before the season that he would be healthy all year I might take our current group. (Wash)

WR Ford/Phillips vs Coale/Boykin
I think it is important to remember that this is Sophomore Coale/Boykin and not senior versions. I think Ford and Phillips looked far better than Coale Boykin as freshmen, but that 2009 group had a deep group of receivers behind them. (Wash)

TE Boone vs Hodges/Cline/Mallack
No comparison. 2015 is a lot better.

OL vs OL Without listing all of the players on both offensive lines. (Wiki has a good breakdown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team#Ro...) I would easily take the 2009 version. Although I really do want Wyatt

DE Nekos Brown/Worilds vs Dadi/Ekanem
Out of those 4 I think Brown is clearly the odd man out. I don't know if Worilds beats out Dadi or Ekanem, but I think that is real close. However I like that pair a lot better than the 09 pair. (2015)

DT This one is 2015 all the way. I think this is our best/deepest groups of DTs ever. No disrespect to Graves, but I like our backup DTs this year over our starters from 09. (Graves/Taco) (2015)

LBs This one is tough. First of all each had a problem spot at LB. This year it looks like Mike. 2009 was backer. If we were only comparing those two spots I would call it a wash, but if you include Grimm I'd go 09, but its close.

CB Fuller/Facyson vs Rock/Virgil Rock/Virgil was a fine pair of corners, but I don't think they are really even that close to Fuller Facyson. (2015)

Safety Chancellor/Porch vs Clark/(Frye?) This one is also hard considering we don't know exactly who the Rover will be. Its easy to give it to 09 considering how good Chancellor has been in the NFL, but he wasn't nearly the FS that he was a Rover. Also with Clark being Clark that might not necessarily be a huge gap. However I think 2009 gets the slight edge.

Conclusion: Overall I don't think think there is a significant difference between the two teams. That 2009 team was probably deeper than this team, but we aren't as far behind as you would think based on the last few years.