defense
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Shula enters his third season overseeing a defense remade by the March trade for All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie, the signing of cornerback Jaylen Watson and the trade for Garrett.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Those teams featured dominating pass rusher Chris Jones, so McDuffie knows how a player such as Garrett enables the defense to “flip the script” and attack offenses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Towns has always been an elite shooter, but not not ago, it was easy to find Knicks fans fed up with the big man’s ambivalent defense and virtuosity at collecting foolish fouls.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, Rivera was barred from seeing his family and denied the right to a defense during his detention.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
For most of the trial, George Scoville handled his brother-in-law’s defense alone.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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Set, Hut! Football Vocabulary
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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