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Don't expect drastic defensive improvements in 2016

As things stand, it's hard not to be excited about the Union's draft haul this year. The most exciting additions have to be the Georgetown duo of Joshua Yaro and Keegan Rosenberry. Yaro was the pre-draft number one pick and Rosenberry projected as a talented and high-upside full back that the Union organization was very familiar with. Seeing as defense was the Union's biggest issue last season, there is a lot of optimism around the Union regarding the future of the defense.

I'm here to temper those expectations, at least in the short term. One huge reason for this is the fact that defense is arguably the toughest position for young players to learn.