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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 5323789, member: 549"] [MEDIA=twitter]1958254704099545328[/MEDIA] -> [URL='http://UConn football won’t know the potential of its defense until the season begins']The tallest task for the UConn football program this offseason was replacing defensive players, most of whom had been with the program and played together since Mora took over as head coach and defensive coordinator in 2022[/URL]. They’ve done so by both adding through the transfer portal and counting on younger players in the program to step up, but the results are nearly impossible to see in practices against a familiar offense without actual tackling. “I’d like to be able to sit here and say, ‘Yeah, I know what they’re all about,’ but there’s so many new guys that I don’t. And games always reveal things, positive and negative things, you have to work on,” Mora said.<- -> “It’s time for those guys to take that step from kind of some late-game action to some real action, and if they can do that, then I think we’ve got a nice group there. Because I think we’ve got some good starters and some guys that are proven, but some of those unproven guys on game day have to take a step up. And the indications are, from what we’ve seen in practice, they’re ready to do that. But they’ve got to go do it on the field against an opponent that’s not wearing the same helmet as them,” Mora said. <- [/QUOTE]