Oth, do you not think that Jay would get a gift ,and get 3rd over Ramy if he comes in looking somewhere close to 2009?
an 09 Jay can take everyone, he had striations in all four muscles in the quads and nailed everything.
That would not be a gift, that would be well deserved but and average Jay like and 04, 05, 06 Jay will not be enough to beat Phil, Ramy or Kai
Jay no matter how he looks he has top 5 on lock and not necessarily out of politics but out of the fact that all the judges subconsciously will not drop him beyond 5th.
The way I see it is Jay will be placed in front of anyone who is not 100%, so it largely depends on how other come in and not him.
I also feel Kai will burn out and do something drastic and fall a few placings, 4th or 5th.