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A look at the new and improved run defense

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Jon Snow Grand Master

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13 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

If it's top 16 it will be in spite of him

Don't worry it won't be. They will be lucky to break the top 25. This is going to take another draft or two you get to the top 10.

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On 4/1/2025 at 5:37 PM, frankw said:

On paper we look improved. And at this point it should be nearly impossible to be worse than we were last year anyways. But if there's an NFL franchise out there that understands more than most the ultimate insignificance of checking off boxes as improved before actually seeing the results on the field it's the Panthers.

i think a significant portion of our problems last season on the defensive line were due to injury  

if not for Derrick Brown's injury this dL would have had a different outcome / end result

 

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3 hours ago, bandu said:

i think a significant portion of our problems last season on the defensive line were due to injury  

if not for Derrick Brown's injury this dL would have had a different outcome / end result

 

Oh absolutely injuries were a killer.

I'm expecting big things from Derrick with the additions we've made.

But I won't listen to any excuses this year for our defensive coordinator. We need results.

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To me defensive coaches need to be aggressive and want to dominate their opponent. Blitz and go for it rather than die by degrees and bend until you break prevent type strategies. I hope Evero felt he had no choice but to play that way rather than he played that way by choice. Canales  said they would be discussing the defense including scheme and strategies. No matter who plays out there, the defensive coordinator creates the culture out there every day. Somedays you can win even if outgunned if you play for each other and not for yourself.

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