Chris Hoke

You talked about this.

The defensive line played lights out.

And listen, I've been pretty critical of these guys, especially Keanu Benton.

You know, Kenny Benton tries to make a lot of plays instead of just playing technique.

He's making plays and he needs to continue to work on that because he has a tendency to get back to trying to just get high and try to make, make plays and get some tangled up a little bit, but he's making a lot of plays.

He's playing good technique.

These defensive linemen stayed on their feet.

That was the biggest thing that stuck to me.

I've watched the game three times since Sunday night.

And as I've watched this, what I've noticed is they were well-prepared.

They knew where the ball could go and where the ball couldn't go.

You saw very few D linemen

They're on the ground.

They were on their feet.

They were reading the down blocks.

They were reading the reach blocks.

They knew where the angles were coming from, how they had to block them in order to create leverage.

They were beating those blocks cross and face.

I was really impressed at their preparation and how they played in this game.

There's no question that a guy like Cam rubs off on the young fellows.