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Belfry has some good pieces to be successful on offense. Belfry's never going to have an elite secondary, but this should be a very solid secondary from talent standpoints and conventional Belfry standards.

Their season will be determined by the Front 7 on defense. The way Belfry plays defense they have essentially 4 LB'ers... those 4 spots are without a doubt the single biggest factor on whether Belfry is a contender to reach the State Finals or a pretender. The inability to get off blocks, bad angles, missed assignments, and generally getting out manned at the LB spots on the whole was Belfry's Waterloo last season and the year before.

Belfry should have the coaching and the offense to be a threat to make the Semi-Finals, but none of that matters if the teams they may see in Round 2 or Round 3 can gain 5 yards per carry at will because they simply cannot stop the run consistently in late game situations.