KEY TO DEFENSE

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(07-20-2023, 05:19 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: No doubt with the lose of both our quality safeties in Bates and Bell how well Hill Scott and Battle will
Be a big key in having a solid defense

It will take probably into the regular season before we start seeing the safeties fully adapt.
It's rare to see both starting safeties depart at the same time.
Luckily, Hill has had a year in this offense, which should help, but both Battle and Scott are brand new.

I'm personally not expecting they perform well in September, but I do expect they should be playing well into the second half of the season.

As others have said, if the addition of Murphy and the growth of Carter and Ossai does boost the pass rush, that's going to just make the secondary look better because it's less time for the receivers getting open.