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[QUOTE="anomander, post: 2661569, member: 2766"]
I think many are going to be in for a surprise the turnaround our defense makes this year. I’m not sure where the defense ranked, but after 9 games I thought our defense was slightly above average.  There were no blowouts and even kept us in games, as well as being a huge factor in the Clemson win.  Once the injuries started to pile up that’s where the drop off occurred.  Plus, losing Dungey effected the defense just as much as the offense.  The O couldn’t stay on the field, which further broke down an already depleted D. The only thing the defense didn’t do through 9 games was force turnovers.  That must improve, if only to give the offense a chance for easy scores and maybe even sl
E points put up by the defense.  Fast forward to this years defense and IMO the overall depth has drastically improved.  We have studs on the DL, who should actually give us a pass rush that doesn’t involve blitzing.  The secondary is young, but should be the most improved group on the team.  LB is the only question, but you can argue the new guys are bigger and more athletic almost to a man.  Ii think a lot of the improvements with be with the eye test since running an offense like we do we will always give up big yardage.  Even still, I wouldn’t be surprised if we have a top 60 defense.
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