The reasoning before, for not running a pressure defense, is the youth in the defense.
That in no longer an excuse. The nucleus of the defense will be going into the following years: Buck yr 10, Grove yr 9, Moore yr 8, Franklin yr 8, Paye yr 5 Odeyingbo yr 5, Thomas yr 4, Cross yr 3, Jones yr 3, Brents yr 3.
I didn't include Blackmon, Speed, Womack, Lewis and a few others, because I don't expect them back.
These are Ballard's guys. If they can't handle it than he and his players should be gone.
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