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Minnesota Football 2021 Preview: Cornerback Upgrade / Downgrade

A Gopher defense that gave up 30 points per game and was 12th in rushing defense in the Big Ten also wasn’t nearly as bad against the pass. Coverage wasn’t a huge issue last year.

What do we think about our corners this year?

How did I do last year?

I predicted an upgrade and in the poll provided, 66% of you all also predicted an upgrade.

This unit, I will confidently call an upgrade. We know exactly what we are going to get with our starting corners and I firmly believe that Smith is going to be a starting caliber CB for this team.