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We call Locos around here and we can't do it without you. We're going to have fun today. D-Line is a special group and one that has to get back on top of their game after what I thought was a down year last year. We're going to talk about who is in the works to try to make this roster that's coming up later in the show. We're also going to get to the core D-line contributors, and it's a list.

There's going to be a group.

That's coming up next.

But the number one thing that stands out about this D-line this year, amongst everything

else, is that it has to be a rotation.

It has to be a gang mentality that gets SAC Nation back on top.

They had a dip in SAC productivity last year, in pressure productivity last year, even

against the run at times they had a dip.

That's about personnel.

Some of it is just not being able to perform sacks or are terribly volatile from year to year

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