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I have been watching a ton of tape over the last few months. I think calling Nebraska's D horrible or abysmal is a gross overstatement, and it doesn't really explain why we lost 8 games. Despite not having a true nose, good safeties, and starting the best catch tackler/ most underwhelming 4 year starter in Nebraska history (D.Young); they didn't get a ton of help from the Offense when it mattered. Our Offense was so boom or bust, but mostly bust. There are so many quarters where the Offense did not put up points. If Nebraska is able to just eliminate scoreless halves and quarters, it changes everything. Let alone a decent jump on D would make Nebraska more than formidable. They could contend for the conference rather easily.
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Pretty much agree @Vince R.. I would say the other thing to keep in mind was there was not only decent improvement as the season went along but we made significant improvements from the prior year. Granted, it was going from horrendous to kind of bad but that's significant progress in the right direction. If we make another decent jump like that we'll be in pretty good shape for this year.
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Big thing is improving on 3rd-downs, so many times we had two good plays then blew it on 3rd-and long. Being able to field a bigger/stronger legit 3-4 d-line that can rotate should help a lot. Should be able to rotate at LB more too. Pro day showed how slow our safeties were, losing experience but gaining athleticism. Corner developed considerably over the course of last season. Not expecting big things but we should give up one less score a game and force some turnovers.