re: Realistic Goals for our defense

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I want to see us stop third and long consistently. I think everything will follow after that improvement.

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3rd down wasn't really a problem with this years defense. 1st, 2nd, & 4th down were all significantly worse.

The real problem is that teams averaged 6.2 yards on 1st down & 5.5 yards on second down. We couldn't even get teams to 3rd down when you are giving up 11.7 yards on the first two downs on average.