With a loaded secondary and beastly defensive front, can UW improve on what was the one of the Pac-12’s best defenses against the pass?
A defensive unit is only as strong as its weakest link. Prior to the start of the 2015 season, much was made of the loss on defense of Danny Shelton, Hau'oli Kikaha, Shaq Thompson and Marcus Peters; four players good enough to be taken early in the NFL draft, but somehow not good enough to make the Husky defense any better than middle of the Pac-12. In a 2014 season that saw the UW defense allow 287 yards-per-game through the air, 28 TD passes and yield a QB rating to opposing passers of nearly 138, when all was said and done that star-studded defense could only muster a pass defense ranking of 10th-best the conference.