Not being together for a long time, that's not good for a defense. The longer you are together as a group, the better you are going to be. We can't fake that. That's just going to take time. How long, I don't know. But I know this, they are working hard at getting everybody on the same page and not making mistakes. That's how you get that started.

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Against Benton our defense was better. It's been something different every time. We've just been playing better lately. We got Hood back and our younger players are going out there with more confidence.

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