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Notre Dame’s ideal secondary, hope for the return game and wannabe rivals: Irish mailbag


SOUTH BEND, Ind. — We’re still a couple of weeks away from the Blue-Gold Game, but you’re already in midseason form with the questions.

Let’s go.

How difficult is it to evaluate defensive back play in the offseason? So many drills are slanted in favor of the offense and this isn’t even accounting for the incredibly limited film released by the team. Would a guy like Cam Hart getting praise be more impressive given all this?

Steve S.

It’s impossible for the reasons you mentioned, plus a couple more. For starters, incompletions usually don’t count as highlights and usually don’t make the video cut. On top of that, Notre Dame is not going to include clips of defensive backs covering receivers so well that the quarterback chooses not to throw the football to that receiver.





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