I'm seeing a lot of improvement from week one to today, but that's how it should be if you're fairly healthy. What made me want to rip my hair out is our failure to make stops on 3rd down, especially 3rd and long. I see major improvements there along with our ability to now force turnovers. What I think hurts us the most is missed assignments, tackling, and the ability to put together a good pass rush. Get that figured out and we probably look like a decent defense. What I don't understand is how we can play solid against OSU most of the game but struggle filling gaps against Illinois. Seems like our defense can show up in the bigger games but struggles in the games that we should win. Saw this last year from UCF most of the season until they played Auburn, then their D showed up to play. With that being said, I dont think we're going to see a high caliber defense anytime soon. Not really recruiting that well on D and not quite sure if our coaches have the ability to flip 3 stars and walk ons into big time playmakers. But as long as I see continuous improvements from year to year I'll be content.