GumboBC

In terms of pure talent at CB, we are not the most talented. Ambrose appears (and I say appears because of how we wrote Bellamy off last year) to be the weak link. But if Ambrose does play as bad as he\'s looked he WILL NOT be starting.

Behind Ambrose we have some aveverag guys that have some potential.

My point is simply that we can still finish in the top 10 (not saying we will but that we can) in defense this year. It\'s been done time and time again by teams with average secondaries. Mainly due to having a great pass rush. I don\'t think I\'m stretching it too much when I say we should have one of the better pass rushes in the league. Some might disagree, but we\'ll see.

Of coure we have to be able to stop the run or it really won\'t matter. I\'ve been encouraged by our run defense. I can\'t say we\'ll be able to stop the run, but if we do, our pass rush should make our secondary much better than a lot of folks anticipate.

Am I being optimisitc? No, because I know things could go wrong. But I understand that the peices are in place for all those things to happen.

Some want to point at the linebackers as the weak link. And that is a BIG concern for me too. But, they will benefit if the D-line is stronger this year. IMO, the D-lines inability to keep blockers of the linebackers has hurt tremendously.

And our linebackers have the speed and size to get the job done. They also know the system.

It\'s no secret that this defense has a tremendous challenge ahead of them to improve upon last years ranking.

The only thing I can say for sure is a strong pass rush can make the most average secondary look great.