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Kings buying into first-year coach Dave Joerger’s defensive system

Edit Sacramento Bee 22 Oct 2016
Saying the Kings didn’t talk on defense last season isn’t completely accurate ... The chatter usually followed a basket by the opposition, a blown defensive assignment or a failed defensive switch ... Those problems illustrate a bad defensive team ... The Kings’ defense ranked last in 2015-16, allowing 109.1 points per game....

Firebirds roll past Warriors to remain unbeaten

Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 22 Oct 2016
BAILEY – Behind a dominating defensive performance and a punishing ground game, Southern Nash rolled to a 35-6 victory over Hunt to improve to 8-0 and set up a huge game next week against the defending NCHSAA 3-A state champions, Rocky Mount High ... Longtime Southern Nash assistant coach Brian Batchelor served as acting head coach and sung the praises of his defensive unit....

Why Rex Ryan gave John Blake the 'Freak Maker' a chance to coach Bills defensive line

Edit Syracuse 22 Oct 2016
— To understand why Rex Ryan made John Blake the defensive line coach of the Buffalo Bills this spring, you have to go back to when Ryan was first hired by the Jets ... Ryan was Blake's defensive coordinator at Oklahoma back in 1998, and he knew about Blake's history as a Super Bowl champion with the Dallas Cowboys in the early 1990s ... "Blakester the Freak Maker," defensive tackle Jerel Worthy said with a smile....

Aaron Donald is the best defensive player in football (NFL - National Football League)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Oct 2016
Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, drafted the pick after Beckham in 2014, has already arrived as the league's most dominant defensive force ... He backed up his Defensive Rookie of the Year campaign with a 2015 season that ranks among any season authored by a defensive player since the turn of the century, including Darrelle Revis (at his peak) and J.J ... The amount of pressure Donald creates from defense tackle laps the competition....

Stats show just why Michigan’s defense dominates

Edit Detroit Free Press 22 Oct 2016
Michigan linebacker Jabrill Peppers is listed on most for his versatility, including some as the defensive player of the midyear, despite moving around so much ... If there were unit awards, Michigan’s defense likely would sweep them all, just like how the Wolverines have trashed opponents. Looking across the national statistical defensive categories, the Wolverines are dominating....

First-half stats show just why Michigan’s defense has dominated

Edit Detroit Free Press 22 Oct 2016
Michigan linebacker Jabrill Peppers is listed on most for his versatility, including some as the defensive player of the midyear, despite moving around so much ... If there were unit awards, Michigan’s defense likely would sweep them all, just like how the Wolverines have trashed opponents. Looking across the national statistical defensive categories, the Wolverines are dominating....

Heitkamp Travels to Asian Pacific to Review U.S. Missile Defense Capabilities, Improve National Security (Heidi Heitkamp)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Oct 2016
Senate fact-finding trip examining the nation's missile defense capabilities in deterring rising nuclear and ballistic missile threats from North Korea ... Heitkamp got a firsthand view of active defense systems being used to address and deter threats from potential adversaries, and worked to strengthen bonds with leaders and government officials of allied countries that help keep our nation secure....

Steve McLendon to Ravens: 'Please run the ball' | Jets Q&A;

Edit NJ dot com 22 Oct 2016
The Jets' run defense looked unusually unimpressive in Monday night's 28-3 loss at Arizona, where the Cardinals ran for 171 yards -- 4.9 per carry. . Entering the game, the Jets were tied for first in the NFL in run defense, with 3 yards per carry allowed.  ... After watching the film of the Arizona game, what did you think of the run defense?  ... Do you view Monday as just an aberration for your run defense? ....

WATCH: Eagles keys to beating Sam Bradford and the Vikings

Edit Lehigh Valley 22 Oct 2016
Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz said this week that the Vikings have established a simple formula for their early season success.  ... They haven't made very many mistakes and I think that has led and as well as their defense is playing, that's been a good formula for those guys....

Jets defense looking to come up with more turnovers

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 22 Oct 2016
FLORHAM PARK, N.J ... And the solutions, the big defensive lineman says, are just as simple ... But the Jets also are ranked 23rd in overall defense, an alarmingly low spot for a team coached by the defensive-minded Todd Bowles, whose squad finished fourth overall last season. New York has allowed 27.3 points per game, which ranks 25th in the NFL, and the passing defense is 28th.Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette ... ....

Finland wins the Nordic Championships 2016 final 30 – 14 (SAJL - Suomen Amerikkalaisen Jalkapallon Liitto ry)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Oct 2016
Team Finland are Nordic Champions 2016 after using a dominant defensive performance to topple the Swedish offense, 30 - 14 ... In the first half both teams shined in defensive plays and forward moving was quite difficult for both offenses. Sweden played tough defense and it succeeded to minimize the Finns offensive progress well ... The Swedish thunder thigh Vilinhton Tengroth slipped past from the lion defense and stopped in the end zone....

2 Americans slain in Kabul back in U.S.

Edit Arkansas Online 22 Oct 2016
soldier from Illinois and an Army civilian employee from Oklahoma who both had been deployed multiple times to support military operations in Afghanistan were killed in an attack this week in Kabul, the Defense Department said ... The Defense Department initially said in a statement that the men died Thursday but later confirmed the deaths were Wednesday ... civilians injured also were from the Defense Ammunition Center....

Vandergrift couple's son killed during attack in Afghanistan

Edit WPXI 22 Oct 2016
The Department of Defense said Michael G ... Sauro was assigned to the Defense Ammunition Center, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, Oklahoma ... "Mike was the type of person who no matter what you asked of him, he was always willing to lend a helping hand to everybody," said Deborah Schreiner, chief of HAZMAT Training at the Defense Ammunition Center, Oklahoma, where Sauro was assigned....
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