Sabre Roundtable: Supersized Spring, Part 2

In Part 1 of the Sabre’s Supersized Spring Roundtable, we tackled the offense. This time around, we’re taking a look at the defense where Chris Long and Marcus Hamilton are the likely stars this coming season. And what about the special teams? Who will replace Connor Hughes and Kurt Smith? See what the panel of the Sabre’s Kris Wright, Chris Horne, Mike Ingalls, Greg Waters, Nick Sauer, and WINA’s Jed Williams have to say in this set of questions. (Editor’s note: The answers to these questions were provided prior to Tuesday’s press conference with Al Groh so the status of some players were not known at that time.)


Moving on to the defense, there are a ton of things still up in the air. With that said, which part of the defense should be the strongest? The biggest area of concern? What impact will Mike London have?

KRIS: I think the strongest part of the defense will be on the edges with Chris Long leading the defensive ends, some experienced corners led by Marcus Hamilton, and outside linebackers like Clint Sintim and Jermaine Dias who came on strong at the end of the season. Virginia could be difficult to attack on the edges with a lot of experience and talent in those positions.

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