00:00Well, I think it's their ability.
00:01I think it's the defensive line.
00:03Like, that's where it all starts, right?
00:05Like, you're going to go out there with your Pop Warner team.
00:11Where's it starts?
00:12It starts in the trenches.
00:15You look at teams in the playoffs,
00:17and you want to examine who's going to be able to make a run.
00:21Obviously, you're looking at the quarterback.
00:23You're kind of studying the coaches.
00:25And then I think you're looking at both sides of the line of scrimmage.
00:28They did not stop the run adequately last year.
00:32They were abysmal, 27th in the league.
00:35They were inconsistent rushing the quarterback.
00:39I maintain that a healthy Jalen Johnson,
00:42I believe he's 11 for 11 in practices this summer,
00:46is as big a deal as anything else they've got going on in the secondary.
00:51If he can recapture the form he had as recently as 2024,
00:58they'll have a player on defense that they didn't have for a single game last season, right?
01:06So, in terms of ability and talent level and things of that nature.
01:12So, it's in the trenches.
01:15And they could have answers.
01:17Like, the mix and match of defensive tackles with some of these guys that they've brought in
01:25might upgrade the thing.
01:27I don't know.
01:29There are questions about it.
01:30And it's to be determined.
01:32And so, seeing some of those back-end guys play a little bit this weekend,
01:37maybe you get a little bit of evidence.
01:39But they've got some time to go, and they've got quite a bit to prove.
01:43So, I'm going to go, and I'm going to go.
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