In Reply to: Jason Fray Must Have Been Mainlining Some Laughing Gas When He posted by NYBruin on January 31, 2024 at 10:20:32
I expected it to look a lot worse, but we do have more returning starters than I thought we'd have (and I do expect that the Offense will be better than last year after losing 6 guys to the NFL and having to replace them). From the article:
"OVERVIEW:
It's unrealistic to think this year's defense can match the productivity last year's unit demonstrated.
Losing your defensive coordinator, an entire fleet of pass rushers, a future top-10 pick, the captain of the defense, and the vast majority of the secondary is not ideal.
With that said, there is still some preexisting talent on this roster -- namely up the middle with the tackles and at linebacker. If this team can conservatively be a top-60 defense nationally, UCLA could have a chance to approach at least 8 wins.
If it reverts to being a defense ranking in the 100s, this could be a very rough upcoming year with an unforgiving schedule. "
the keys will be that we need a pass rusher to make a leap, and the 2 transfer safeties need to be good.