And as Hewitt saw last season, a strong defense can carry a team a long way.

The Bears have won eight straight, and their defense has carried an unsure offense.

So far it's been the pitching, but we expect the offense and the defense to carry us the second half.

The Nets' defense carried them early in the season when they were 9-9.

But it was refreshing to see the defense carry the offense, which continued to struggle.

A superb defense carried Chicago to an 11-5 regular season.

Meanwhile, the defense, one of the top three in the game, will carry the Giants.

The Bears' defense, however, that has long carried the team.

We didn't shoot the ball that well but our defense carried us.

We want to go out and show everybody that the defense can carry this team to the big one.