Chansky’s Notebook: Protect "The Man"

Posted Aug 17, 2023
Despite an air raid offense run by a current NFL quarterback and perhaps the first pick in the next NFL draft, UNC has left Sam Howell and Drake Maye too vulnerable. And Mack Brown doesn’t want any more of it. "We’ve had too many sacks here for four years," Brown said this week. "And I’m not going through another season with a bunch of sacks." (Chapelboro.com)

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