The Hurricanes tremendous run in 2017 starts and ends with their defense. With the emergence of the Turnover Chain, the Canes swag came from their defense, and was the key to many victories last season.

Defensive coordinator Manny Diaz, now in his third year in that role has the Canes ready to put the hammer down on more offenses in 2018.

As we did last week with the offense, lets see what some of the strengths and weaknesses are with the Canes defense.

Strength: Linebackers

A position of almost no concern for Miami.