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Mark Dantonio: Michigan State needs to make plays in fourth quarter

Mark Dantonio previews MSU spring football and updates the health of QB Brian Lewerke's shoulder injury going into practice. Filmed March 12, 2019. Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING — Mark Dantonio believes Michigan State will go into fall with a top-five defense nationally, one that returns almost intact.

Of course, that’s not what needs fixing. It’s the offense that sputtered to a bottom-10 finish in a number of categories in 2018.

The disparity the Spartans are working to overcome this spring to improve on last year’s 7-6 record is drastic. But the starkest discrepancy came in points allowed and scored.