Michigan’s defense took something of a step backward in 2019, but when you say that, it wasn’t an overall regression. © Provided by Wolverines Wire The Wolverines attack under Don Brown finished No. 11 in total defense, by far his lowest since arriving in Ann Arbor, considering he hasn’t overseen a defense worst than third since coming in 2016. But, the maize and blue surprisingly gave up more than 300 yards in the season opener against Middle Tennessee before getting gashed at Wisconsin a few weeks later. And we all know what happened against Ohio State, who one-upped its offensive performance from the year before. Speaking with Jon Jansen on the In the Trenches podcast, Brown walked through the season, sharing the ups and downs, particularly noting that while the team got better, the defense has to be better against the Buckeyes. “I’ll tell you what, it was a group of…
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