Five Questions for Fall Camp: Defense

Posted Jul 31, 2008

Sometimes you have to take spring hype with a boulder of salt, but if Aleric Mullins lives up to the comments made by many of his teammates, he’s taken his game to another level. With Blake’s’ get-up-the-field, penetrating, no-holds-barred philosophy of coaching the defensive line, I see Mullins and Marvin Austin as the starters, with Cam Thomas coming in on short-yardage situations, and Tydreke Powell and Townsend providing fresh reinforcements to keep up the pressure as the tackles rotate. (Inside Carolina)

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