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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1036851" data-attributes="member: 18006">One thing that sounds pretty certain is that Hafley's defense is going to be fairly simple for the players - "attack, attack, attack, at every opportunity. Interfere with your man, harass him, make them make mistakes and don't give them a chance to go to Plan B." It's supposedly designed to be simple, so that players don't have to waste time thinking, or running down checklists - just react.How well that works against NFL-level offenses remains to be seen. Once other offenses start to get the idea, they may have some surprises for us. We'll see what we'll see. But at least in the early part of the season, it shouldn't look too complicated from the outside.So, sooo very much rests on the DBs. If Stokes looks like the Stokes from 2021, and he and Jaire stay healthy, I think we'll be OK. Xavier should be a force of nature, especially in a system where he's free to play wide open and just do what he sees needs to be done. Then it comes down to Bullard, Williams, or even Oladapo if necessary to step up and anchor the defensive backfield.Gutekunst seems to have put all the right pieces in  all the right places for this D to succeed. I guess we'll see how they all work together.</blockquote>

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