This week we're looking at the key questions facing every SEC team this offseason. Now we take a look at Missouri, a team coming off a 4-8 campaign in Barry Odom's first season:
1. Can the defense return to its pre-2016 form?
If there was aspect of the Tigers that figured to be a strength in 2016, it was the defense. The unit returned seven starters from a 2015 group that was one of the best in the SEC and nationally, and the Tigers' new head coach, Odom, was the team's defensive coordinator before being promoted.