That’s the expression Chip Kelly used this week when he met with the San Francisco 49ers defense for the first time.
“The thing I got from that was we just got a fresh start. We aren’t too concerned with what happened last year,” Quinton Dial told reporters on Wednesday. “That’s a thing of the past now. We’ve just got to focus on what’s ahead.”
For reference sake, San Francisco ranked 18th in scoring defense and 29th in total defense last season.
To do his part in helping the unit improve in 2016, Dial spent a significant portion of his offseason going back and watching film of himself.