Everyone talking about the NFL Draft and the flashy offensive guys but nobody wants to talk about how our defensive. While Oregon is throwing money at 5-star skill players and Colorado is patching together another 43-man transfer circus. The American is getting more athletic every year, programs loading up on speed at receiver and quarterback. I keep seeing people sleep on the defensive front seven coming together in spring ball. The transfers we brought in through the portal are fighters. They are learning the system, buying into the culture. We don't need 50 new faces. We need the right ones who understand gap integrity and playing downhill. The secondary is what has me really fired up. We lost some contributors but the depth we are developing in that room is real. The communication, the eye discipline, the way they rally to the football in practice. That is the stuff that wins close games in the American. While programs like Tulane and Memphis are trying to out-athlete everyone. And by the fourth quarter when our conditioning takes over, good luck. This unit is gonna surprise a lot of people in 2026.