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Originally Posted by raybec 4
There's a lot of optimism in this thread.
I think between 35 and 37 total sounds about right
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Yeah, but I don’t think it’s completely unwarranted.
The defense started off ****ing horrible last year, which skewed the full season stats.
Jones being inside for a full season will help.
The defense was significantly better once Ingram came around.
Dunlap was better than Ingram last year. Karlaftis is likely an upgrade or whoever you believe was our third DE last year. Clark can’t be worse and seems to have dedicated himself in the offseason to being in better shape.
Veach made a major investment in the secondary. He typically gets it right in the secondary, so we can expect an improvement there. We were near the top of the league in pressures, but couldn’t get the QB down. I think more of the pass rush issues from last year are on the secondary than we realized.
The linebackers look much better on paper, which should help us get into more 3rd and longs if we aren’t getting gashed against the run.
All of that, should equal an improvement.