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Message: [QUOTE="husky429, post: 4990101, member: 6696"] Donovan was an anchor to our defense that propelled us to #4 in the country. The likelihood of replicating that level of defense is low, especially losing Castle. We dropped to, what was it, #47 in the country when DC went down for that stint? The good news is we still have some really great defenders on the roster. I think Stewart will be able to do a lot of what Castle did, Diarra will be a dog and Solo/Nowell have potential to be excellent defenders as well with their strength and quicks if they get in the film room and take coaching well. Abraham is going to be a great defender if he earns his minutes too. McNeeley has potential too with his size and strength. Mahaney and Reed will need to be coached up. We are not going to have the same level of shotblocking as last year, so we're going to need rely more on positional defense and timely rotations like we did in 22-23. [/QUOTE]