Logon is who I an wanting to keep and worried he goes pro.

Reid is certainly positioned well enough to go pro but I am hoping his emphasis on education keeps him here another year.

Minter we can certainly survive losing him and I had zero concern about him leaving considering the backups behind him at LB that we have. But man as the season progresses he is looking more and more studly every game. Could be the star of the defense next year if he stays.

Simon hasn't played nearly as well as I expected. He and Reid and Loston have been the db's that have been getting burned most often. Not really hate there but Jalen has been so freaking solid. It is as if they reversed roles as the teacher and the student.

We will finally see the let down next year on he DL. Good but not quite as good (assuming logon leaves) and not as much depth.

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Posted by Penrod

Member since Jan 2011

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Posted on 11/15/12 at 3:06 pm to omegaman66

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but Jalen has been so freaking solid.

After watching J Collins play in nickel packages the first few weeks I was very impressed and surprised that he didn't win the starting job outright from Mills. At that point I hadn't seen much of Mills and I still haven't...ten games into the season and Jalen Mills is hardly ever on TV. I started realizing, that's the point, this guy is so good they hardly target him anymore. Mills could be as good as Claiborne next year, and Collins is a top-tier SEC talent IMO. If Simon comes back next year we will continue to lock down receivers. This will be critical next year because our front seven might need safety help from time to time. Just amazing the talent Les Miles has run through our secondary the last five years.