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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OldSchool101" data-source="post: 613349" data-attributes="member: 10086">I thought it was ironic that I said last year mid-season that we needed a top 11 Defense (Literally I said top 1/3rd) in order to turn the tide into the playoffs, even with our top rated Offense.  My theory was normally more like top 8 D by playoffs but we were already well into the season, so moving that number down that far from being ranked #20-something becomes unlikely.I'm sorry if I hurt someone's feelings, but the loss of A.J. and Brad don't concern me at all..  Although I will miss Hawk's service and respect his knowledge I think his play was waning with up and down battles of consistency. As for Brad?  I'll leave that alone to be nice! I'm actually excited to see who wins this battle inside.  We also found out last year that our best talent was on the field when CM3 moved inside.The main concern for me is buttoning up the loss of Williams at Corner.  We have talented personnel to achieve this so my guess is that it will be a minor setback, at most, by early regular season with a potential to be the same or even slightly better than last year as the playoffs come into sight. A reasonable expectation for this years D is top 10.  I'm not saying I don't think we can achieve better either.. but I'd be very content ranked like top#8 going into the playoffs. Especially if our ST play comes alive like it should</blockquote>

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