...even if the offense develops slowly, it probably won't matter -- not with linebackers Brian Cushing, Rey Maualuga and Keith Rivers knocking people around and pass rusher Lawrence Jackson coming hard off the edge.Then there is Mays, a difference-maker in the secondary, especially now that he has a firmer grasp of coach Pete Carroll's sophisticated defense.
Mays said he was still puzzling it out when he was thrown into action last season against Nebraska. The result: five tackles in the Trojans' 28-10 victory.
"Physically, I knew I could play," Mays said. "It was more the mental part, knowing where I needed to be on the field. I don't think I really understood everything until after the season, when we got into spring ball. That's when I really started understanding what was going on."...
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