The Defense is Already Fixed...

Looking back at last years defense, I saw some really good pieces and progress. The opposite was also observed. As it was pre-described, the offense came on, slowly, as predicted.

The defense didn't get that same grace. DA is known to run a scheme that is trait specific, while BJ's scheme is talent specific. In that grace, we made two intentional signings in Dayo and Grady. They being one half of the starting DL, rarely played together due to injury. Whether training did that is irrelevant, due to case hardening. Case Harding is a manufacturing term used for toughening, due to job specific repetition. We got that last year from 80% of our defense struggling through unity last year. I fully don't expect that this year. With that, we should come out of TC with the defensive roster we wanted last year.

Heading toward the, above mentioned, opposite. I've gotta start with my most hated Bear from last year, Tremaine Edmunds. He gone! Watch our LB crew make more tackles in the hole this year. I don't care about how tall or fast he was, because he didn't play like it. We plugged in players through all three levels and they have is splash plays and equally ugly plays.

This year we kept those that for and added speed at all three levels. With those additions, we will have the most talented secondary in the league. The DL will improve through knowing the system, case hardening and the ascension of players like Turner and Booker. Booker set a pace for double digit sacks returning from injury. Expect that to happen this year. Sweat will give us 8-10, with Dexter and Turner giving 6-8 apiece. Throw in successful blitzes and we'll get another 10.

Realistically, we'll be middle of the pack defensively and that will be enough with the offense being more solid as it grows. That's another storyline that make the defense better. Playing from ahead is far different than playing from behind. That's the expectation...