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A look back at 2019 updgrade/downgrade predictions for the defense

Defensively, 2019 wasn’t exactly historic, like the offense was, but it was a very good defense. This was also a group that returned an awful lot from 2018, much was expected of them. We predicted if 2019 units were going to be an upgrade or a downgrade, let’s see how close we were.

DEFENSIVE END (link)

My Prediction: Upgrade
Voting Prediction: Upgrade (70%)

More broadly speaking, defensive end has been the position group that has been the most disappointing in the three years of the Fleck era. Not a criticism and this area hasn’t been “bad” but it has certainly been a question mark each season, yet to be a real strength.