2015 defense and secondary

We have every reason to be very optimistic about the defense. I can't think of a team in a better situation.

It looks like we are going to struggle at safety. Strong everywhere else.

I said I would like to see it happen, who here wouldn't? I never said its going to happen.


While very unlikely, nothing is impossible.

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Would like to see this defense hold opponents under 200 yards a game

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While I'd love to see it, don't think it'll happen; heck I'd be ecstatic if we could hold opponents under 300 yards...if our D allows < 300 then I think we go undefeated...

Spread teams have put up some big numbers against us the last couple of years...and to boot, the rules currently favor the HUNH teams. Last year, too many times did I see confusion in our D before the ball was snapped. And while our front 7 has the potential to be awesome, we had the same key players at the end of last year (just 'bout the same DL and Ragland at LB) and we still struggled...hopefully the experience of another year in the system will prove different this year.

I'm guessing it may be more of a schematic issue as opposed to talent. We're loaded up front, and there's plenty of raw talent in our secondary (seems like half the CBs are on the track team)...could be that, in our D, the mental aspect is far more important than the physical. Either our D is too complex for many of our players or the spread teams, at least the good ones, have figured us out...or maybe a combination of both. Hope that proves not to be the case this year.

Marlon Humphrey time