re: What our defense is missing.

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Debo Jones - Butkus award finalists Beckwith - Despite what some people think, he's still 1 of the top MLBs out there. Lewis Neal - 8 sacks and has been solid vs the run as well Godchaux is also extremely disruptive and a good DT. And Arden Key has played very good for a true freshman. We have some difference makers. The problem is we have no depth at LB and at DT. That's the issue. Saying we have no difference makers in the front 7 is just wrong. We do have some. But we have a huge drop off after them and they get worn down during games, especially the guys in the middle. And the reason we are 8-3 is because of our front 7 on D? Really? Really? Is this a joke?

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I love our players, and each guy you listed there is a very good player who is definitely a quality starter on most SEC defenses, with Bama being an exception. However, none of them are elite with the possible exception of Key in a year or two. If you put a couple of our former elite front 7 guys on this defense WITH these guys, it would make all the difference in the world.

We've been missing that game-changer element from the defense the last three years. For two of those years, Chavis schemed around this and disguised weaknesses. Steele just ran his scheme straight for most of the year and opened up the floodgates in the process.