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1 area where the defense must improve going into the playoffs

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If this defense had one area of concern heading into the playoffs, many fans would point to the play of Deommodore Lenoir as their biggest source of stress. On today’s Bully Ball podcast, however, Steph Sanchez said there’s a bigger problem hiding in plain sight for this defense in the playoffs.

“I’m not concerned, too much, about the performance of one individual player. As a whole defensive unit, though, I would like to see third down conversion percentage improved. That’s been an issue all season. That’s an entire unit issue, not just one individual player.