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Gotta give Doug another couple of years, especially if Battle is gorn.Did some nice things as a pure stopper.
Was a lot more advanced than expected too.
You have to wonder if that plays into the Howard contract situation - Knowing you have a young KPD coming into the list for next season.
Cole and Van Es (plus SchoonerMonster) would gives us a couple of promising defensive bookends to build around.