Get your popcorn ready, Aggies fans.

Texas A&M’s offense could potentially be the SEC’s most potent in 2016 when incoming five-star quarterback Kyler Murray has his best chance at winning the starting job as a sophomore and fellow star receiver Christian Kirk will have a year of big-boy football under his belt.

We’re talking hypotheticals here, but look at what the league is likely losing on offense after this season to spotlight the Murray to Kirk development:

  • Mississippi State QB Dak Prescott (eligibility)
  • Arkansas QB Brandon Allen (eligibility)
  • Auburn WR Duke Williams (eligibility)
  • Ole Miss WR Laquon Treadwell (likely early draft casualty)
  • Ole Miss WR Cody Core (eligibility)
  • South Carolian WR Pharoh Cooper (likely early draft casualty)
  • Tennessee WR Marquez North (likely early draft casualty)
  • Georgia WR Malcolm Mitchell (eligibility)

That leaves slim pickings on offense as far as impressive quarterback to wide receiver combos are concerned. Competing for the top spot with Murray-Kirk in 2016 will be Tennessee’s Joshua Dobbs-Josh Malone, Florida’s Will Grier-Demarcus Robinson, Auburn’s Jeremy Johnson-Jason Smith, LSU’s Brandon Harris-Travin Dural and Mizzou’s Maty Mauk-Nate Brown.

Remaining programs aren’t yet sold on their quarterback situation and there’s lingering questions at the No. 1 receiver spot for 2016.

It’s not so far-fetched to think Kirk, who is entering his freshman season this fall, could be one of the SEC’s fastest rising stars a year after next. Most think he’ll follow the same trajectory as Speedy Noil, Texas A&M’s current rising sophomore who made 46 catches for 583 yards and five touchdowns last fall.

We don’t mean to dismiss Kyle Allen at quarterback for the Aggies (who I projected will lead the SEC in passing yards and touchdowns next season), but most are putting Kevin Sumlin’s national championship eggs in Murray’s basket and not his highly-skilled incumbent. And if you’re putting stock into offensive coordinator Jake Spavital’s line of thinking, Murray may have a chance to win the job this year during fall practice.

It’s a lot to ask for a true freshman who hasn’t yet thrown a college pass, but Murray has the skill set to make it happen.

As for Kirk, he has made his way up the depth chart in the slot as an early enrollee, passing former four-star Laquvionte Gonzalez in the spring which forced a near immediate transfer. Texas A&M’s loaded at wide receiver, perhaps the most talent-rich position on its roster.

And they’re young, too. Ricky Seals-Jones, Edward Pope, Josh Reynolds and Noil will all have at least one year of eligibility remaining at the start of the 2016 campaign. The only pass-catcher the Aggies lose off next season’s 2015 team is tight end Brandon Alexander.

Kirk will benefit from competition and on-field reps this fall and should have plenty of practice time to develop a relationship with Murray as two pivotal pieces for the future of Texas A&M football.

They’ve already known each other for more than a year as two of 2015’s hottest commodities on the recruiting circuit.

“This is a brotherhood and for a quarterback-receiver relationship that’s very good,” Kirk told Saturday Down South after the Under Armour All-America Game in January.