Dabo Swinney on Duke's defense

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00:00 common characteristics of his defenses in the past?

00:03 Rarely beat themselves.

00:04 I mean, when you watch, you just keep watching the tape,

00:08 rarely is somebody out of position.

00:11 They rarely give up a big play bust,

00:16 you know, where somebody's just absolutely,

00:18 you know, you know it when you see it, right?

00:20 Sometimes, I mean, everybody, you know,

00:21 make plays, football's football,

00:22 but rarely do they beat themselves.

00:26 Very, very smart, very well coached.

00:29 Their eyes are always where they need to be,

00:31 and just a fundamentally sound group, always has been.

00:34 And I think if you really look at his track record

00:37 and his background even before wake,

00:39 you know, that characteristic has always shown up.

00:42 So, you know, a new coordinator was with him at wake

00:46 and came over from A&M as well,

00:48 but just a defense that plays hard, plays smart,

00:53 and, you know, you have to finish against this group.

00:58 You got to put drives together, and you have to finish,

01:00 and then they take the ball away at an alarmingly high rate.

01:04 So, led the nation last year in fumble recoveries

01:09 and second in turnover margins.

01:11 So, they did a good job of taking care of the ball

01:15 on offense, and they did an amazing job

01:17 of creating turnovers.

01:19 So, again, I think a lot of that is just is coached.

01:23 They do a really, really good job, and they buy into it.

01:25 And, again, they use their personnel

01:29 in a very, very good way.

01:30 And you get in some third and longs on these guys,

01:32 you'll see some exotic-type stuff.

01:35 So, well-coached, well-coached group.