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[quote author=Spiny_Norman link=topic=13731.msg144833#msg144833 date=1448914401] And all of its top defensive performers this year will be moving on.

All? By my count 40% of its tackles-for-loss leaders return: http://www.cfbstats.com/2015/team/674/ta...index.html

5/7 of its INTs: http://www.cfbstats.com/2015/team/674/in...index.html

About 50% of its passes broken up, as well as the majority of its QB hurries: http://www.cfbstats.com/2015/team/674/mi...index.html

Now, to paraphrase a line, you're being modest about this production because there's much to be modest about... but it's not nothing.
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On the DL, we lose Scarlett and Shittu, but Phillips (injured this year) and Thomas come back.  We will still be very thin.

At LB, we will lose Martinez on the inside and Anderson on the outsie, but Kalambayi and Alfieri (who played a fair bit with Anderson's injury) return on the outside, and Palma and Davis (who was injured much of the year) on the inside.  We lose much of our star power, but hopefully guys will step up and we should continue to have pretty good depth.

In the secondary, we lose Harris from our corners and Whitfield from our safeties, but we return Holder, Meeks, Murphy, Alexander (the latter two have been playing with injuries to Harris and Holder) among corners/nickelbacks, Reid, Lloyd, Simmons and Edwards among safeties.  Plus we have Buncom redshirting and a good class coming in.  I think the secondary should be better next year.

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[quote author=Spiny_Norman link=topic=13731.msg144833#msg144833 date=1448914401] And all of its top defensive performers this year will be moving on.

All? By my count 40% of its tackles-for-loss leaders return: http://www.cfbstats.com/2015/team/674/ta...index.html

5/7 of its INTs: http://www.cfbstats.com/2015/team/674/in...index.html

About 50% of its passes broken up, as well as the majority of its QB hurries: http://www.cfbstats.com/2015/team/674/mi...index.html

Now, to paraphrase a line, you're being modest about this production because there's much to be modest about... but it's not nothing.
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On the DL, we lose Scarlett and Shittu, but Phillips (injured this year) and Thomas come back.  We will still be very thin.

At LB, we will lose Martinez on the inside and Anderson on the outsie, but Kalambayi and Alfieri (who played a fair bit with Anderson's injury) return on the outside, and Palma and Davis (who was injured much of the year) on the inside.  We lose much of our star power, but hopefully guys will step up and we should continue to have pretty good depth.

In the secondary, we lose Harris from our corners and Whitfield from our safeties, but we return Holder, Meeks, Murphy, Alexander (the latter two have been playing with injuries to Harris and Holder) among corners/nickelbacks, Reid, Lloyd, Simmons and Edwards among safeties.  Plus we have Buncom redshirting and a good class coming in.  I think the secondary should be better next year.

BC