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Notre Dame Portal Class On Defense Must Be Solid

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🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Bryan and Vince take a look at the three players that Marcus Freeman and company brought in on the offensive side of the ball. What can we expect from this trio of upperclassmen in 2024? The duo also talks about the two players that the Irish brought in on special teams. What can Notre Dame fans expect from Mitch Jeter and James Rendell? Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/  Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.irishbreakdown.com  Stay locked into Irish Breakdown for all the latest news and analysis about Notre Dame: https://www.irishbreakdown.com​ Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/irish-breakdown/id1485286986 Like and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/irishbreakdown Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/irish-breakdown-newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Let's jump into our defensive discussion here, Brian.

0:23.2

We're talking transfers.

0:24.9

And this is a little bit different, you know, difference of a discussion than we had from the offensive side of things.

0:32.7

Offensively, we talked about these guys having to be, you know, playmakers are going to have, I mean,

0:37.5

they're going to have to be impactful guys for the offense to be successful.

0:43.8

Defensively, these guys are important. They're important. They do need to make plays and all

0:49.8

of that, but they bring kind of a different level of experience to the defense that isn't necessarily

0:56.1

coming to the offense. So it's a different impact that they're looking for defensively,

1:02.5

that they're not necessarily looking for offensively. And so let's talk about that first. Let's talk

1:08.1

about the overall impact of these defensive transfers that are coming in

1:12.9

and really highlight the experience that they have.

1:15.9

We're talking about two 60-year guys and one fifth-year guy.

1:19.8

That's a lot of experience coming to the defense, that's for sure.

1:23.0

Well, a lot of proven production, Vince.

1:25.2

I mean, you know, if you look at the group as a whole, you've got R.J.

1:30.4

Obin has, what is it, 67 career tackles, right?

1:35.1

He's the light guy of that group, right?

1:37.9

Rod Hurd has 194 career tackles and Jordan Clark has 139 career tackles.

1:44.2

This is a trio of players that have 400 career tackles coming into the season as in

1:49.1

their college careers.

1:50.8

And it's a veteran group.

1:52.7

And honestly, this defensive group, in my opinion, is exactly what Notre Dame's

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