Shannon Sharpe

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(12-02-2024, 03:59 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: This is what gives me hope for the future. Just have to get decent on Defense and we will be okay with Burrow and our Offense especially 
if we upgrade the OL coach and commit to the running game when it works.

defense is also fairly variable year over year. An elite defense can become an average defense (and vice versa) without any changes since so much of defensive production is opportunistic. Geno Stone is the perfect example of this. He was a ball hawk last season because he was just in the right place at the right time. This season, he can't even tackle a guy, let alone intercept a pass. This kind of shift could theoretically happen across an entire (or a significant portion of a) defense, for better or worse.