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Steven M. Sipple: NU defense isn’t making bold predictions, but expectations should be high | Football



By the way, you know who else wasn’t making bold proclamations about the Nebraska defense’s prowess? The leader of the group. The person in whom the defenders clearly have ample trust. There’s no way all those veterans return to the program if they don’t have a high level of trust in Chinander as a leader and a tactician. 

So, we have to ask him: What’s realistic for this defense? How high is the ceiling? 

“That’s a good question,” said Chinander, who then basically danced around it. 

That’s OK. It’s probably what Nebraska fans want to hear. Chinander, though, noted the Huskers last season cut down their number of missed tackles per game, from about 11 in 2019 to eight. He said his unit needs to further cut down the number of explosive plays allowed and “find a way to create two or more turnovers a game.”

Nebraska forced only two turnovers in its final five games combined in 2020.

So, yeah, plenty of work to do this spring.

However, Chinander’s excitement is evident. He sounds confident without overdoing it. The season begins Aug. 28 with what figures to be a difficult game at Illinois. Buffalo could be a handful Sept. 11 in Game 2. Then it’s on to Oklahoma, which surely will have one of the nation’s most explosive offenses.

Yeah, seems like a good time to have a veteran defense.



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