Dennis Allen
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last year because it was brand new.
We do have a high volume of things that we carry in the defense.
We focus so much on that that we lost sight of some of the fundamentals and techniques that it takes to
to do those things.
And I don't think we were as fundamentally sound defensively as we need to be.
So how do we have to coach it better?
Well, let's minimize how much we're focused on the scheme.
OK, and let's focus on not what we're going to do, but how we're going to do it.
And I think that's how we're going to improve.
And, you know, you look across the board at all three levels of the defense.
And and I just feel like, you know, you go in and you watch it.
And in some ways, you're you're a little you're you're disappointed because it doesn't look exactly like you want it to look.
You're also really encouraged because if we can get better at those fundamentals and techniques on all three levels of our defense, how much can we really improve?
I think that was a big part of what we do in the offseason.
We'll have the same discussions next year.
It's still going to come back to how can we coach it better?
How can we teach it better?
How can we help our players reach their maximum potential?
I think
Anytime, if you look at it any differently, I just don't know how you're going to have a lot of success.