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Out: Gruden caught himself taking a couple of shots at the way the defense was under former coordinator Jim Haslett. He quickly corrected himself in both instances. “We were awful at getting turnovers last year,” he said when asked about takeaways. “It’s no coach’s fault or anything like that, we just have got to do a better job of preaching getting the ball back.” Then on the subject of how aggressively the defensive line will play: We want to let our defensive line go and let them get up the field – [Jason] Hatcher, you know – get the handcuffs off of them a little bit, let them get up the field. Not that they had them [handcuffs] on last year, but the frame of mind is to be a more aggressive-style defense and let them play.