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Lea's D has been somewhat exposed by Hanratty5ND
These last 2 games.
As Jvan noted, a big key will be how much pressure the Irish front 4 can apply.
And that's the real problem with this D. Even against weak OL's--ND's Front 4 haven't really been great in applying good and consistent pressure this season.
Lack of pass rush will expose ND's other great defensive weakness: The secondary. Too many holes back there that get exposed against better offenses. ND played some horrific offenses the first 6 games.
Key to win this week is to score TD's in RZ and no turnovers(no punts would be great).
Pressure Howell. Force some TO's. Intercept Howell when he hopefully throws a pass or two into our DB's hands.