Excelsior Springs must shore up its defense to prepare for the varsity 11-man football season.That point was clear to coach Jake Danneman after his team’s scrimmage with Lathrop July 24 at Excelsior Springs.“We’re struggling with alignment,” Danneman said. “We’re struggling with keeping leverage on things. And I think we’re thinking way too much. We’ve kind of got a little bit of a paralysis through analysis – and when you have that, you don’t play fast. I think our kids are a little bit more worried about making mistakes than they are playing hard and fast.”Danneman can accept mistakes, if his athletes are playing fast and hard, he said.Offensively, Excelsior Springs was “not bad,” according to Danneman.“We’ve got a lot of underclassmen on the offensive line,” he said. “So it’s going to be a process. I mean, it’s going to be a season-long process getting our offensive line to gel and getting t...