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Louisville puts a lot of "Denzel Daxon" types (passed on or overlooked *South* Florida players) into the NFL. Eli Rogers, John Miller, Charles Gaines, Lamar Jackson, Gerod Holliman, BJ Dubose, Brandon Radcliff, James Burgess, and all the way back to Elvis Dumervil. Also if you extend to simply...

You said TEAM TFL (with your 110 number - it was actually 111) and sacks...if its team TFL and sacks, you need to include everyone, and that includes Darrion Owens, Malek Young, and Anthony Moten as well who won't be on the team this year. Defensive Line accounted for 31.5 sacks last year and...

Team lost 3 of its Top 5, 5 of its Top 10. From a TEAM aspect, the defense is losing 52 tackles for loss...18.5 sacks. Replacing 47% of your TFL and 42% of your sacks is...well...a lot.

The team has more depth, but its young depth. The team needs to replace 35.5 tackles for loss and 16.5 sacks last year. Thats well...a lot. And you're going from 5* and 4* seniors on the outside and one of the most productive interior DL in all of college football (RJM) to first and second...

Because a lot of what made our defense as good as it was over a stretch of the season isn't something that is often sustainable from season to season. Phil Steele uses the metric of turnovers across NFL and CFB where turnovers are a result of what he calls "good fortune"...teams that have a...

Seems you're doing the same thing. But, we aren't elite. The counting stats are nice...sure...but more important numbers show a defense, namely pointing to the DLine that was average against the run at best, but also struggled getting off the field in part because they couldn't stop the run...

43rd in the nation against the run in 2017, 26th in 2016. 75th in Opp. 3rd Down Conversion Rate in 2017, 53rd in 2016. 89th in first downs allowed via the run in 2017, 42nd in 2016. 106th in the red zone in 2017, 33rd in 2016. Tackles for loss and sacks are great, don't get me wrong...but...

Going into next season with three 4* and four 3* interior defensive linemen is not really good, but if you think so...cool.

That isn't true at all. iDL - 4* - Bethel, Silvera 3* - Martin, Ford, Miller EDGE - 4* - Jackson, Garvin 3* - Jackson, Patchan, Rousseau, Joyner This is what was left from the 14-18 classes...four 4* players, seven 3* players. Go ahead and compare that to any of the really talented D-Lines...

On the flipside...0/1 techs are a near dying breed as a valued commodity. You've gotta do more than plug or you're too limited to play most downs in college football. The best (with pass rush upside) are mere two down players at the college and NFL level, still. I'm puzzled by letting him...

Defensive Line is an arms race...and Miami is currently outmanned and doesn't have the firepower to compete with the elites. Numbers and talent are lacking. As I said in another thread...if the Canes end up with 4-5 interior DL players, I guess I'm fine with Daxon going elsewhere. But, if we...