Bill Connelly’s 2019 NC State preview is up at the mothership, so go check that out if you haven’t already. The basic gist is that the advanced numbers expect the Wolfpack offense to tumble toward average while the defense improves a good bit with the returning experience on hand.
Years where the quarterback is an unknown quantity are incredibly difficult to ballpark because the performance there can swing results dramatically one way or the other. If the new guy is average, then maybe seven wins is about the best we could expect in the fall; if he’s closer to Ryan Finley or Jacoby Brissett in his ability to impact games, then that opens the door for greater success.