There were a couple of breakdowns and the tackling needs to be better, but overall I think this defense will be fine. Buffalo had 14 possession and they punted or turned it over on downs 10 times. There were 0 sacks, but I thought they were able to apply some pressure. Buffalo also was looking to get rid of the ball pretty quickly that made it more difficult to create pressure. Is this defense as good as they were last year? No, but we don't have any benton or herbig type talents out there in the front 7 either. For us to expect this defense to look like what we have had in the last couple of years would be wishful thinking, not because of coaching or scheme but simply because of talent....which could we look at the previous staff for blame? I think the defense will be sufficient to win the west, and hopefully the offense could keep them competitive to win the BIG Championship game if they would get there....but watching these FSU and LSU defenses...we are not there.....yet..