It’s May, so let me tell you why everything is fine [before I can be definitively proven wrong]
We've been here before.
In fact, we were here last offseason, wondering how the Cardinal would reload the defensive line after losing Henry Anderson and David Parry to the pros. We expected 2015 to be a down year for the unit, and, considering the high standard set by recent squads, it was, but not nearly to the extent some feared. Aziz Shittu finally realized his full potential, Brennan Scarlett proved to be a godsend after Stanford rescued him from Cal, and Solomon Thomas flashed often enough to complete a starting unit that, by the time of the Rose Bowl, looked like the strongest part of the defense.