The 2017 season was pretty doggone great. That was the best defense we ever had - better than 1999, better than the D that had Stroud and Henderson upfront. The playoffs were great. We got closer to the SB that year than we ever have. The Conference championship games in 1996 and 99 - the team was out of both contest by the fourth quarter.

You look at that 2016 defense, and you realize just a few years before, the defense was bad to medicore. There were a few free agents added, most notably Campbell. But the rebuild happened. If we can get guys like Simmons or Brown, and pair him up with Allen and Harrison (who I believe is a stud), if we can Myles Jack to play at the level he did in 2016--we'll be on our way back. It won't be next year, but the arrow will be pointing up.

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