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I took the liberty of correcting a couple of typos in the transcript.

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Football: Defensive Line Meets With the Media Tuesday


Jim Heacock, defensive coordinator

On the defense
"We need to get better everyday. We need to be more dominant as a defense and need to get tougher up front. We have to get a better up front and improve our turnover margin."

On replacing Vernon Gholston
"We have two different looks. One is with Lawrence (Wilson) at one end and Cameron (Heyward) at the other end and we are also working in Thaddeus Gibson in there. I really wanted him to get some reps in that spot."

On Thaddeus Gibson
"He has had a great off-season and he is going to be one of the guys that see a lot of action this season for us. He has been great in the weight room and so far has been solid."

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Todd Denlinger, senior defensive lineman

On the team
"We just need to work at getting more pressure as a team. It all starts with us on the defensive line. Last year the (defensive) tackles only had about four or five sacks we need to triple that this year."

On lessons from last season
"We need to collapse the pocket. So often we were just trying to get up field. Now we know that we need to get inside and work as a four man unit in order to break down the protection."

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