Mark Potash

He made the most of this defense, and that's a credit to him and a credit to Ben Johnson for hiring him.

It made a big difference.

That could have been a disaster.

That defense with the injuries they had.

You know, the funny thing is about the defense is what they had going in, they had the elements.

You know, they –

Same old thing.

They had playmakers at all three levels.

They had the elements of a good defense.

And then they had injuries, starting with Jalen Johnson and then Kyler Gordon.

And then all of a sudden, now they're vulnerable.

And so Dennis Allen really made a difference.

But I guess going back to the original point is, yes, that was a good defensive performance against the best offense in the league.

But in all objectivity, I think they had a little bit of help.

Okay.

You know what?

While we're at defense, I'm glad we got there, and that's the beauty of a podcast.

We can spray in all sorts of directions, and we could circle back to stuff.

But I am thinking about the defense, and there's a couple names that you didn't mention right there, and understandably, because neither made an impact this year.

One of those is Dio Dangbo, who was hurt early in the game after really –