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Don Brown has Michigan's defense ready to attack

In his previous job, Don Brown faced a major task.

Boston College had a struggling defense in 2012, and Brown was hired to save it.

He challenged the Eagles to record 36 sacks, which is a decent but not unreasonable college number.

Brown’s group got to 36 that season, a massive leap for one year and the goal of trying to double the tackle-for-loss total.

His style and system helped achieve that, improving each season.

Now in his first year as Michigan’s defensive coordinator, he’s expected to take U-M’s defense, which ranked No. 4 overall last year, and push it to where his BC unit was in 2015, at No.