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Melvin White + Bene Benwikere; plus some secondary notes


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A lot of fans had the opinion the WR group could be an improvement so our passing game hasn't been a huge surprise and the OL is kinda what I'd thought it would be.....but this secondary behind our front-7 is looking very good.  Even when the opposing QB has had sufficient time these past 2 weeks, it's been hard for them to find open guys.   I'm thinking we've got some great players in place for the future back there.  

 

In particular, Melvin White and Bene Benwikere are the future at CB and Cason is proving to be no slouch minus a few off years recently.  

 

DeCoud was all over the field and SS isn't looking as terrible as I had thought.  

 

Big ups to our defense proving it's such a force and here's to Cason, White and Bene continuing to light things up.   

 

Melvin+White+New+England+Patriots+v+Caro

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God it's great to see praise for Melvin on here.  Was a pleasure to watch him ball at UL, and it's even better to see him keep proving doubters wrong at the NFL level.

 

He's proven to be a legit NFL starter.  23 and 25 will be back there together for a good bit of years.  

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