re: Next Year

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We are in trouble! Defense may be a little better probably losing Freak and Ego. Offense will be much worse--losing Hill,Mett,Beckham,Landry and Collins. Poor talent evaluation by LSU has cost this program.

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Mett, Hill, Beckham, and Landry will likely go between 1-2nd round, no later than third. I would bet the house that coach Haley and Miles would advise Johnson and Ego to stay another year. Johnson has done nothing, and cannot defeat a doube team yet. If he plays 4-3 DT, he will be double teamed consistently. If he plays 3-4 DE he will be double teamed consistently. If you can't defeat some of these combinations of college centers and guards who won't make the NFL, how do you plan to beat the combination of an all pro NFL guard and/or center. Until he learns to beat that like Dorsey, Brockers, Logan, and others, he will not be a success in the NFL.

Ego has been the better of the two, but his performance is up and down. If he comes back another year and improves a little, with better players around him and a more consistent game, he will be one of the higher DT taken. No doubt some agent will try to fill their minds with these thoughts that they are 1st - 2nd round locks, but hope they are honest with themselves, because neither are ready for the NFL right now. To be honest, not a single player on our defense is really NFL ready at this point.