UMass Football News--April 3rd, 2019

Josh Walfish reports the Minutemen defense is flying to the ball and coach Bell has finished with installing the new offense.

The Minutemen defense has a lot to do to climb out of the NCAA defensive cellar. Like UMass hockey, football is going to need more than one year to fix all the problems, but more speed in the front seven and generating some pass rush would be encouraging this year.

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Pitt's receivers are excited about Coach Whipple's offense. And they should be. UMass finished 14th in passing offense and 16th in passing efficiency last in 2018. In our case, the passing offense was all we had. The Minutemen finished 102nd in rushing offense and in the bottom ten in nearly every defensive stat. 2018 NCAA UMass stats and ranks here.

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Rutgers is getting ready for their opener against UMass.

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MyFantasySports.com profiles Andy Isabella.

Raising Zona thinks Isabella could help the Cardinals WR team speed.

CBS Sports has a mock draft with Kansas City taking Andy #30 in the 2nd round.

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